diff --git a/modules/config/default/packages.el b/modules/config/default/packages.el
index 9f7eb6793..87f8e83b6 100644
--- a/modules/config/default/packages.el
+++ b/modules/config/default/packages.el
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
 ;;; config/default/packages.el
 
-(package! emacs-snippets
-  :recipe (:fetcher github
-           :repo "hlissner/emacs-snippets"
-           :files ("*")))
+(when (featurep! +snippets)
+  (package! emacs-snippets
+    :recipe (:fetcher github
+             :repo "hlissner/emacs-snippets"
+             :files ("*"))))