diff --git a/core/core-modules.el b/core/core-modules.el
index ebafdff0f..79b16cb32 100644
--- a/core/core-modules.el
+++ b/core/core-modules.el
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 Each entry is a three-level tree. For example:
 
   (:feature (version-control (:emacs vc) (:ui vc-gutter))
-            (spellcheck (:tools flyspell))
+            (spellcheck (:checkers spell))
             (syntax-checker (:tools flycheck)))
 
 This marks :feature version-control, :feature spellcheck and :feature
diff --git a/modules/app/irc/config.el b/modules/app/irc/config.el
index 96c099aa9..38f910a0c 100644
--- a/modules/app/irc/config.el
+++ b/modules/app/irc/config.el
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ playback.")
   (define-key lui-mode-map "\C-u" #'lui-kill-to-beginning-of-line)
   (setq lui-fill-type nil)
 
-  (when (featurep! :tools flyspell)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers spell)
     (setq lui-flyspell-p t))
 
   (after! evil
diff --git a/modules/config/default/+evil-bindings.el b/modules/config/default/+evil-bindings.el
index 2e3b61fff..8bf7742be 100644
--- a/modules/config/default/+evil-bindings.el
+++ b/modules/config/default/+evil-bindings.el
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
         (:when (featurep! :lang org +present)
           :desc "org-tree-slide mode"        "p" #'+org-present/start)
         :desc "Read-only mode"               "r" #'read-only-mode
-        (:when (featurep! :tools flyspell)
+        (:when (featurep! :checkers spell)
           :desc "Flyspell"                   "s" #'flyspell-mode)
         (:when (featurep! :lang org +pomodoro)
           :desc "Pomodoro timer"             "t" #'org-pomodoro)
diff --git a/modules/email/mu4e/config.el b/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
index 1a4adb51f..3b980d191 100644
--- a/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
+++ b/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   (defadvice! +mu4e--refresh-current-view-a (&rest _)
     :after #'mu4e-mark-execute-all (mu4e-headers-rerun-search))
 
-  (when (featurep! :tools flyspell)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers spell)
     (add-hook 'mu4e-compose-mode-hook #'flyspell-mode))
 
   ;; Wrap text in messages
diff --git a/modules/lang/cc/config.el b/modules/lang/cc/config.el
index 4d6e428e0..09d03513f 100644
--- a/modules/lang/cc/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/cc/config.el
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ This is ignored by ccls.")
     :hook (irony-mode . irony-eldoc))
 
   (use-package! flycheck-irony
-    :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+    :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     :config (flycheck-irony-setup))
 
   (use-package! company-irony
diff --git a/modules/lang/cc/packages.el b/modules/lang/cc/packages.el
index ae5401fc5..28e121ab3 100644
--- a/modules/lang/cc/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/cc/packages.el
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     (package! ccls)
   (when (package! irony)
     (package! irony-eldoc)
-    (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+    (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
       (package! flycheck-irony))
     (when (featurep! :completion company)
       (package! company-irony)
diff --git a/modules/lang/clojure/config.el b/modules/lang/clojure/config.el
index 29ccaa616..55f52738b 100644
--- a/modules/lang/clojure/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/clojure/config.el
@@ -158,5 +158,5 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-joker
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after flycheck)
diff --git a/modules/lang/clojure/packages.el b/modules/lang/clojure/packages.el
index e289c1e81..b6eb1d017 100644
--- a/modules/lang/clojure/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/clojure/packages.el
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 (package! cider)
 (package! clj-refactor)
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-joker))
diff --git a/modules/lang/crystal/config.el b/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
index be955030f..07df73ccb 100644
--- a/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-crystal
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after crystal-mode)
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-ameba
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after crystal-mode
   :config (flycheck-ameba-setup))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/crystal/packages.el b/modules/lang/crystal/packages.el
index 0df4c86b9..5a5567281 100644
--- a/modules/lang/crystal/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/crystal/packages.el
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 (package! crystal-mode)
 (package! inf-crystal)
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-crystal)
   (package! flycheck-ameba))
diff --git a/modules/lang/elixir/README.org b/modules/lang/elixir/README.org
index 2fbbac114..1ae98cf91 100644
--- a/modules/lang/elixir/README.org
+++ b/modules/lang/elixir/README.org
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ manager or a version management tool such as [[https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-e
 If you want to add support for LSP ([[modules/tools/lsp][:tools lsp]]), be sure to install [[https://github.com/JakeBecker/elixir-ls/][elixir-ls]]
 and enable ~:tools lsp~ in your ~init.el~.
 
-To support linting with [[https://github.com/rrrene/credo][credo]], add ~:tools flycheck~ to your ~init.el~
+To support linting with [[https://github.com/rrrene/credo][credo]], add ~:checkers syntax~ to your ~init.el~
 ** Install Elixir
 *** With ~asdf~
 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ sudo zypper install elixir
 - Mix integration
 - Phoenix support
 - ~iex~ integration (~:tools eval~)
-- Syntax checking (~:tools flycheck~, using [[https://github.com/aaronjensen/flycheck-credo][flycheck-credo]]~)
+- Syntax checking (~:checkers syntax~, using [[https://github.com/aaronjensen/flycheck-credo][flycheck-credo]]~)
diff --git a/modules/lang/elm/config.el b/modules/lang/elm/config.el
index 479800eed..695a596f7 100644
--- a/modules/lang/elm/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/elm/config.el
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-elm
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after elm-mode
   :config (add-to-list 'flycheck-checkers 'elm nil #'eq))
diff --git a/modules/lang/elm/packages.el b/modules/lang/elm/packages.el
index 23bf4d45d..7f27aa3f0 100644
--- a/modules/lang/elm/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/elm/packages.el
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 ;;; lang/elm/packages.el
 
 (package! elm-mode)
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-elm))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
index bedc8c0f0..5aebdf93d 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ This marks a foldable marker for `outline-minor-mode' in elisp buffers.")
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-cask
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :defer t
   :init
   (add-hook! 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook
diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/packages.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/packages.el
index 5f7405ac1..8bd841a2c 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/packages.el
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 (package! elisp-def)
 (package! elisp-demos)
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-cask))
 
 (package! buttercup)
diff --git a/modules/lang/erlang/config.el b/modules/lang/erlang/config.el
index 6324785fc..5c6779aad 100644
--- a/modules/lang/erlang/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/erlang/config.el
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-rebar3
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after flycheck
   :config (flycheck-rebar3-setup))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/erlang/packages.el b/modules/lang/erlang/packages.el
index 00a871c99..a40b52568 100644
--- a/modules/lang/erlang/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/erlang/packages.el
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 (package! erlang)
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-rebar3))
 
 (when (featurep! :completion ivy)
diff --git a/modules/lang/ess/config.el b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
index 2d9c2eb98..b38b09a4e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ess/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.jl\\'" . ess-julia-mode)))
   :config
   (setq ess-offset-continued 'straight
-        ess-use-flymake (not (featurep! :tools flycheck))
+        ess-use-flymake (not (featurep! :checkers syntax))
         ess-nuke-trailing-whitespace-p t
         ess-style 'DEFAULT
         ess-history-directory (expand-file-name "ess-history/" doom-cache-dir))
diff --git a/modules/lang/go/README.org b/modules/lang/go/README.org
index df0dbf48a..664e4742d 100644
--- a/modules/lang/go/README.org
+++ b/modules/lang/go/README.org
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ This module adds [[https://golang.org][Go]] support.
 + [[https://github.com/brantou/emacs-go-tag][go-tag]]
 + [[https://github.com/mdempsky/gocode][company-go]]*
 + [[https://github.com/s-kostyaev/go-gen-test][go-gen-test]]
-+ [[https://github.com/weijiangan/flycheck-golangci-lint][flycheck-golangci-lint]] (if =:tools flycheck= is enabled)
++ [[https://github.com/weijiangan/flycheck-golangci-lint][flycheck-golangci-lint]] (if =:checkers syntax= is enabled)
 
 * Prerequisites
 ** Go
diff --git a/modules/lang/go/config.el b/modules/lang/go/config.el
index b5605a83b..05947af45 100644
--- a/modules/lang/go/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/go/config.el
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@
   (setq company-go-show-annotation t))
 
 (use-package! flycheck-golangci-lint
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :hook (go-mode . flycheck-golangci-lint-setup))
diff --git a/modules/lang/go/packages.el b/modules/lang/go/packages.el
index 64a72ea6b..80b3f5c63 100644
--- a/modules/lang/go/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/go/packages.el
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 (when (featurep! :completion company)
   (package! company-go))
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-golangci-lint))
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el b/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
index c5474bb32..698c2e1d7 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                            "-fdefer-typed-holes"
                            "-fdefer-type-errors"))
   :config
-  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     (flycheck-add-next-checker 'haskell-dante '(warning . haskell-hlint)))
 
   (set-company-backend! 'dante-mode #'dante-company)
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el b/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
index 309a92aac..2986dd2bd 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This is necessary because `intero-mode' doesn't do its own error checks."
   (setq haskell-compile-cabal-build-command "stack build --fast")
   (set-lookup-handlers! 'intero-mode :definition #'intero-goto-definition)
   (set-company-backend! 'intero-mode 'intero-company)
-  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     (flycheck-add-next-checker 'intero '(warning . haskell-hlint)))
 
   (when (featurep 'evil)
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/config.el b/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
index 515a7c00b..65a14d85d 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 (after! haskell-mode
   (setq haskell-process-suggest-remove-import-lines t  ; warnings for redundant imports etc
         haskell-process-auto-import-loaded-modules t
-        haskell-process-show-overlays (not (featurep! :tools flycheck))) ; redundant with flycheck
+        haskell-process-show-overlays (not (featurep! :checkers syntax))) ; redundant with flycheck
 
   (set-lookup-handlers! 'haskell-mode
     :definition #'haskell-mode-jump-to-def-or-tag)
diff --git a/modules/lang/java/+meghanada.el b/modules/lang/java/+meghanada.el
index 4c33f652e..f45007cff 100644
--- a/modules/lang/java/+meghanada.el
+++ b/modules/lang/java/+meghanada.el
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   :init
   (setq meghanada-server-install-dir (concat doom-etc-dir "meghanada-server/")
         meghanada-use-company (featurep! :completion company)
-        meghanada-use-flycheck (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+        meghanada-use-flycheck (featurep! :checkers syntax)
         meghanada-use-eldoc t
         meghanada-use-auto-start t)
   :config
diff --git a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
index 02f513175..6baffcc41 100644
--- a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   (add-to-list 'magic-mode-alist '(+javascript-jsx-file-p . rjsx-mode))
   :config
   (set-electric! 'rjsx-mode :chars '(?\} ?\) ?. ?>))
-  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     (add-hook! 'rjsx-mode-hook
       ;; jshint doesn't know how to deal with jsx
       (push 'javascript-jshint flycheck-disabled-checkers)))
diff --git a/modules/lang/kotlin/config.el b/modules/lang/kotlin/config.el
index fb26af8fc..d5eda36af 100644
--- a/modules/lang/kotlin/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/kotlin/config.el
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-kotlin
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :hook (kotlin-mode . flycheck-kotlin-setup))
diff --git a/modules/lang/kotlin/packages.el b/modules/lang/kotlin/packages.el
index f7c3361dc..771f80755 100644
--- a/modules/lang/kotlin/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/kotlin/packages.el
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 
 (package! kotlin-mode)
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-kotlin))
diff --git a/modules/lang/ledger/config.el b/modules/lang/ledger/config.el
index 35f6b83dd..bd87308af 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ledger/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ledger/config.el
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-ledger
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after ledger-mode)
 
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/ledger/packages.el b/modules/lang/ledger/packages.el
index 7142c61b2..2c2179e12 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ledger/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ledger/packages.el
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 (when (featurep! :editor evil)
   (package! evil-ledger))
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-ledger))
diff --git a/modules/lang/lua/config.el b/modules/lang/lua/config.el
index b69e286e5..e54bf0c73 100644
--- a/modules/lang/lua/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/lua/config.el
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   (add-hook! 'moonscript-mode-hook
              #'+lua-moonscript-fix-single-quotes-h
              #'+lua-moonscript-fontify-interpolation-h)
-  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     (require 'flycheck-moonscript nil t)))
 
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/lua/packages.el b/modules/lang/lua/packages.el
index c4e8e4f7b..8c7d8c99a 100644
--- a/modules/lang/lua/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/lua/packages.el
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 (when (featurep! +moonscript)
   (package! moonscript)
-  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     (package! flycheck-moonscript
       :recipe (:host github :repo "hlissner/emacs-flycheck-moonscript"))))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/nim/config.el b/modules/lang/nim/config.el
index 4d05f63fe..fbf169299 100644
--- a/modules/lang/nim/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/nim/config.el
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ windows."
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-nim
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after nim-mode)
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/nim/packages.el b/modules/lang/nim/packages.el
index ba994148a..7084efad3 100644
--- a/modules/lang/nim/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/nim/packages.el
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
 (package! nim-mode)
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-nim))
diff --git a/modules/lang/ocaml/README.org b/modules/lang/ocaml/README.org
index 9f6755935..ce5b47645 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ocaml/README.org
+++ b/modules/lang/ocaml/README.org
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ opam install merlin utop ocp-indent dune ocamlformat
 
 * Configuration
 + If =:completion company= is enabled then autocomplete is provided by =merlin=
-+ When =:tools flycheck= is enabled then =flycheck-ocaml= is activated to do
++ When =:checkers syntax= is enabled then =flycheck-ocaml= is activated to do
   on-the-fly syntax/type checking via =merlin=, otherwise this is only done when
   the file is saved.
-+ Spell checking is activated in comments if =:tools flyspell= is active
++ Spell checking is activated in comments if =:checkers spell= is active
 + A REPL is provided if =utop= is installed and =:tools eval= is active
 + If =:editor format= is enabled, the =ocamlformat= executable is available and
   there is an =.ocamlformat= file present then =format-all-buffer= is bound to
diff --git a/modules/lang/ocaml/config.el b/modules/lang/ocaml/config.el
index 69ce17737..c9b0ebc1d 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ocaml/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ocaml/config.el
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   (tuareg-opam-update-env (tuareg-opam-current-compiler))
 
   ;; Spell-check comments
-  (when (featurep! :tools flyspell)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers spell)
     (add-hook 'tuareg-mode-local-vars-hook #'flyspell-prog-mode))
 
   ;; Ensure asterixes in block comments have at least one space of indentation
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         "t" #'merlin-type-enclosing)
 
   (use-package! flycheck-ocaml
-    :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+    :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     :hook (merlin-mode . +ocaml-init-flycheck-h)
     :config
     (defun +ocaml-init-flycheck-h ()
diff --git a/modules/lang/ocaml/packages.el b/modules/lang/ocaml/packages.el
index a3e38a112..a4d54b3ec 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ocaml/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ocaml/packages.el
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 (unless (featurep! +lsp)
   (package! merlin)
   (package! merlin-eldoc)
-  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     (package! flycheck-ocaml)))
 
 (package! ocp-indent)
diff --git a/modules/lang/perl/config.el b/modules/lang/perl/config.el
index 1e433ee1e..9301646b7 100644
--- a/modules/lang/perl/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/perl/config.el
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-perl6
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after perl6-mode)
diff --git a/modules/lang/perl/packages.el b/modules/lang/perl/packages.el
index e00de4f19..4d5b56d67 100644
--- a/modules/lang/perl/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/perl/packages.el
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 
 (package! perl6-mode)
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-perl6))
diff --git a/modules/lang/plantuml/config.el b/modules/lang/plantuml/config.el
index 4c7d1e749..45a18a685 100644
--- a/modules/lang/plantuml/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/plantuml/config.el
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-plantuml
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after plantuml-mode
   :config (flycheck-plantuml-setup))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/plantuml/packages.el b/modules/lang/plantuml/packages.el
index 0335841a7..3f2ed51c0 100644
--- a/modules/lang/plantuml/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/plantuml/packages.el
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 ;;; lang/plantuml/packages.el
 
 (package! plantuml-mode)
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   (package! flycheck-plantuml))
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/README.org b/modules/lang/python/README.org
index 78b140771..b64c7c6ec 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/README.org
+++ b/modules/lang/python/README.org
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Adds Python support to Doom Emacs.
   + [[https://github.com/emacs-lsp/lsp-python-ms][lsp-python-ms]]*
 + ~+cython~
   + [[https://github.com/cython/cython/blob/master/Tools/cython-mode.el][Cython-mode]]
-  + ~:tools flycheck~ [[https://github.com/lbolla/emacs-flycheck-cython/tree/master][Flycheck-cython]]
+  + ~:checkers syntax~ [[https://github.com/lbolla/emacs-flycheck-cython/tree/master][Flycheck-cython]]
 
 * Prerequisites
 This module has no direct prerequisites. Here are some of its soft dependencies.
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/config.el b/modules/lang/python/config.el
index f75675109..f7cf2d73e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/config.el
@@ -310,5 +310,5 @@ called.")
 
 (use-package! flycheck-cython
   :when (featurep! +cython)
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after cython-mode)
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/packages.el b/modules/lang/python/packages.el
index 053f1fb94..0a67b2a80 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/packages.el
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 (package! pip-requirements)
 (when (featurep! +cython)
   (package! cython-mode)
-  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     (package! flycheck-cython)))
 
 ;; LSP
diff --git a/modules/lang/sh/doctor.el b/modules/lang/sh/doctor.el
index e85643b71..a25f3dfbc 100644
--- a/modules/lang/sh/doctor.el
+++ b/modules/lang/sh/doctor.el
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; lang/sh/doctor.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+(when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
  (unless (executable-find "shellcheck")
   (warn! "Couldn't find shellcheck. Shell script linting will not work")))
diff --git a/modules/lang/solidity/config.el b/modules/lang/solidity/config.el
index 7921df560..8552c3982 100644
--- a/modules/lang/solidity/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/solidity/config.el
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 (use-package! solidity-flycheck  ; included with solidity-mode
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :after solidity-mode
   :config
   (setq flycheck-solidity-solc-addstd-contracts t)
diff --git a/modules/lang/swift/config.el b/modules/lang/swift/config.el
index 68470f3c7..5a31b95d6 100644
--- a/modules/lang/swift/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/swift/config.el
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 
 (use-package! flycheck-swift
-  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
   :unless (featurep! +lsp)
   :after swift-mode
   :config (flycheck-swift-setup))
diff --git a/modules/lang/swift/packages.el b/modules/lang/swift/packages.el
index 6dd3244f0..3c1d15d90 100644
--- a/modules/lang/swift/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/swift/packages.el
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
     (package! lsp-sourcekit)
   (when (featurep! :completion company)
     (package! company-sourcekit))
-  (when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (when (featurep! :checkers syntax)
     (package! flycheck-swift)))