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Wondering if there is any reason I couldnt disable the following modules:
loadmodule "m_away";
loadmodule "m_ison";
loadmodule "m_links";
loadmodule "m_lusers";
loadmodule "m_map";
loadmodule "m_pass";
loadmodule "m_userhost";
loadmodule "m_watch";
loadmodule "m_trace";
loadmodule "m_tsctl";
loadmodule "m_unsqline";
loadmodule "chanmodes/noinvite";
loadmodule "chanmodes/noknock";

these are all features I dont use on my ircd and would like disabled.

I disabled whowas, invite, and rules and it worked fine.

Possibly they can not be disabled because they depend on others and some are necessary to fulfill the requirements of the protocol.

The file conf/modules.default.conf contains a number of sections, the first one is: Some of the commands you mention are in this first section. I would not recommend disabling these as they provide the minimal/RFC1459 functionality. In particular it's very unusual not to have the basic commands PASS, LUSERS, ISON and USERHOST. Running without these can easily cause issues at clients and/or the server.

Many commands from the other sections (but be sure to read the section headers) could be disabled depending on what kind of server you run and if it's a single server or multi server network. So, yeah, go ahead and disable stuff you don't need in those other sections. UnrealIRCd 4 gives you that ability. And test it of course

Also, in general and not specifically towards you, when disabling commands I regularly hear someone say "I don't need this" when they actually don't know what they are doing. For example, I've heard people considering not loading m_nick, thinking this would only affect nick changes....