Disable persistent highlighting

spacemacs/.spacemacs

@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ values."
    ;; wrapped in a layer. If you need some configuration for these
    ;; packages, then consider creating a layer. You can also put the
    ;; configuration in `dotspacemacs/user-config'.
-   dotspacemacs-additional-packages '()
+   dotspacemacs-additional-packages
+   '(
+     evil-search-highlight-persist
+     )
    ;; A list of packages that cannot be updated.
    dotspacemacs-frozen-packages '()
    ;; A list of packages that will not be installed and loaded.