diff --git a/modules/ui/doom-modeline/packages.el b/modules/ui/doom-modeline/packages.el
index ccaceb313..dc4ad0cbe 100644
--- a/modules/ui/doom-modeline/packages.el
+++ b/modules/ui/doom-modeline/packages.el
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 
 (package! all-the-icons)
 (package! eldoc-eval)
-(package! evil-anzu :when (featurep 'evil))
+(package! evil-anzu :needs evil)
 (package! powerline)