diff --git a/modules/lang/python/config.el b/modules/lang/python/config.el
index 85c5638bf..662c92bd0 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/config.el
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ called.")
 ;; Packages
 
 (use-package! python
-  :defer t
-  :mode
-  ("\\.flake8" . conf-mode)
-  ("Pipfile$" . conf-mode)
+  :mode ("[./]flake8\\'" . conf-mode)
+  :mode ("/Pipfile\\'" . conf-mode)
   :init
   (setq python-environment-directory doom-cache-dir
         python-indent-guess-indent-offset-verbose nil)