diff --git a/core/core-modules.el b/core/core-modules.el
index 8ba8de2aa..3288fa09f 100644
--- a/core/core-modules.el
+++ b/core/core-modules.el
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ non-nil, return paths of possible modules, activated or otherwise."
 
 (autoload 'use-package "use-package-core" nil nil t)
 
+(setq use-package-compute-statistics doom-debug-mode
+      use-package-verbose doom-debug-mode
+      use-package-minimum-reported-time (if doom-debug-mode 0 0.1)
+      use-package-expand-minimally (not noninteractive))
+
 ;; Adds the :after-call custom keyword to `use-package' (and consequently,
 ;; `def-package!'). :after-call takes a symbol or list of symbols. These symbols
 ;; can be functions or hook variables.
diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el
index 2d1adc193..14dabc350 100644
--- a/core/core.el
+++ b/core/core.el
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ else (except for `window-setup-hook').")
  create-lockfiles nil
  history-length 500
  make-backup-files nil  ; don't create backup~ files
- ;; `use-package'
- use-package-compute-statistics doom-debug-mode
- use-package-verbose doom-debug-mode
- use-package-minimum-reported-time (if doom-debug-mode 0 0.1)
- use-package-expand-minimally (not noninteractive)
  ;; byte compilation
  byte-compile-verbose doom-debug-mode
  byte-compile-warnings '(not free-vars unresolved noruntime lexical make-local)