diff --git a/modules/ui/fill-column/autoload.el b/modules/ui/fill-column/autoload.el
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+;;; ui/fill-column/autoload.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;;;###autoload
+(add-hook! (text-mode prog-mode conf-mode) #'hl-fill-column-mode)
diff --git a/modules/ui/fill-column/config.el b/modules/ui/fill-column/config.el
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-;;; ui/fill-column/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
-
-(def-package! hl-fill-column
-  :hook ((text-mode prog-mode conf-mode) . hl-fill-column-mode))