diff --git a/core/autoload/packages.el b/core/autoload/packages.el
index 90f844168..1afd7a85d 100644
--- a/core/autoload/packages.el
+++ b/core/autoload/packages.el
@@ -214,14 +214,12 @@ files."
 objects, in the order of their `package! blocks.'"
   (doom-initialize-packages)
   (cl-remove-duplicates
-   (let (packages)
-     (dolist (name (append (mapcar #'car doom-packages) doom-core-packages))
-       (when-let* ((desc (cadr (assq name package-alist))))
-         (push (cons name desc) packages)
-         (cl-loop for dep in (package--get-deps name)
-                  if (assq dep package-alist)
-                  do (push (cons dep (cadr it)) packages))))
-     packages)
+   (cl-loop for name in (append doom-core-packages (mapcar #'car doom-packages))
+            if (assq name package-alist)
+            nconc (cl-loop for dep in (package--get-deps name)
+                           if (assq dep package-alist)
+                           collect (cons dep (cadr it)))
+            and collect (cons name (cadr it)))
    :key #'car
    :from-end t))
 
@@ -332,7 +330,8 @@ Used by `doom-packages-install'."
   (cl-loop for (name . plist)
            in (doom-get-packages :ignored (if include-ignored-p 'any)
                                  :disabled nil
-                                 :deps t)
+                                 :deps t
+                                 :sort nil)
            if (and (or (plist-get plist :pin)
                        (not (package-built-in-p name)))
                    (or (not (doom-package-installed-p name))
diff --git a/core/cli/packages.el b/core/cli/packages.el
index ed71d5a77..be9592de4 100644
--- a/core/cli/packages.el
+++ b/core/cli/packages.el
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 (defun doom-packages-install (&optional auto-accept-p)
   "Interactive command for installing missing packages."
   (print! "Looking for packages to install...")
-  (let ((packages (reverse (doom-get-missing-packages))))
+  (let ((packages (doom-get-missing-packages)))
     (cond ((not packages)
            (print! (green "No packages to install!"))
            nil)
diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index 36121bf39..60c5b9dc1 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ them."
               (cl-loop for key being the hash-keys of doom-modules
                        for path = (doom-module-path (car key) (cdr key) "packages.el")
                        do (let ((doom--current-module key)) (_load path t)))
-              (_load private-packages t))))))))
+              (_load private-packages t)
+              (setq doom-packages (reverse doom-packages)))))))))
 
 
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