diff --git a/modules/completion/vertico/config.el b/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
index c797303e2..1aa68732d 100644
--- a/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/vertico/config.el
@@ -253,14 +253,16 @@ orderless."
 
   (set-popup-rule! "^\\*Embark Export:" :size 0.35 :ttl 0 :quit nil)
 
-  (defadvice! +vertico--embark-which-key-prompt-a (fn &rest args)
-    "Hide the which-key indicator immediately when using the completing-read prompter."
-    :around #'embark-completing-read-prompter
-    (which-key--hide-popup-ignore-command)
-    (let ((embark-indicators
-           (remq #'embark-which-key-indicator embark-indicators)))
-      (apply fn args)))
-  (cl-nsubstitute #'+vertico-embark-which-key-indicator #'embark-mixed-indicator embark-indicators)
+  (after! which-key
+    (defadvice! +vertico--embark-which-key-prompt-a (fn &rest args)
+      "Hide the which-key indicator immediately when using the completing-read prompter."
+      :around #'embark-completing-read-prompter
+      (which-key--hide-popup-ignore-command)
+      (let ((embark-indicators
+             (remq #'embark-which-key-indicator embark-indicators)))
+        (apply fn args)))
+    (cl-nsubstitute #'+vertico-embark-which-key-indicator #'embark-mixed-indicator embark-indicators))
+
   ;; add the package! target finder before the file target finder,
   ;; so we don't get a false positive match.
   (let ((pos (or (cl-position