diff --git a/core/core-ui.el b/core/core-ui.el
index 9ec858d13..a198c225d 100644
--- a/core/core-ui.el
+++ b/core/core-ui.el
@@ -311,13 +311,6 @@ local value, whether or not it's permanent-local. Therefore, we cycle
   :config (setq rainbow-delimiters-max-face-count 3)
   :init (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode))
 
-;; indicators for empty lines past EOF
-(def-package! vi-tilde-fringe
-  :commands (global-vi-tilde-fringe-mode vi-tilde-fringe-mode)
-  :init
-  (add-hook 'doom-init-ui-hook #'global-vi-tilde-fringe-mode)
-  (defun doom|disable-vi-tilde-fringe () (vi-tilde-fringe-mode -1)))
-
 ;; For a distractions-free-like UI, that dynamically resizes margets and can
 ;; center a buffer.
 (def-package! visual-fill-column
diff --git a/core/packages.el b/core/packages.el
index 779ff3b85..5adea83c4 100644
--- a/core/packages.el
+++ b/core/packages.el
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   (package! nlinum-hl)
   (package! nlinum-relative))
 (package! rainbow-delimiters)
-(package! vi-tilde-fringe)
 (package! visual-fill-column)
 
 ;; core-popups.el
diff --git a/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el b/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
index 24ffed444..c9d535f16 100644
--- a/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ whose dimensions may not be fully initialized by the time this is run."
 (add-hook 'window-setup-hook #'+doom-dashboard|init)
 (add-hook 'after-make-frame-functions #'+doom-dashboard|make-frame)
 (add-hook 'server-visit-hook #'+doom-dashboard|server-visit)
-(add-hook '+doom-dashboard-mode-hook #'doom|disable-vi-tilde-fringe)
+(when (featurep! :ui vi-tilde-fringe)
+  (add-hook '+doom-dashboard-mode-hook #'+vi-tilde-fringe|disable))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/modules/ui/vi-tilde-fringe/config.el b/modules/ui/vi-tilde-fringe/config.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3467a770d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ui/vi-tilde-fringe/config.el
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+;;; ui/vi-tilde-fringe/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; indicators for empty lines past EOF
+(def-package! vi-tilde-fringe
+  :commands (global-vi-tilde-fringe-mode vi-tilde-fringe-mode)
+  :init
+  (add-hook 'doom-init-ui-hook #'global-vi-tilde-fringe-mode)
+  :config
+  (defun +vi-tilde-fringe|disable ()
+    (vi-tilde-fringe-mode -1)))
+
diff --git a/modules/ui/vi-tilde-fringe/packages.el b/modules/ui/vi-tilde-fringe/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10b52d811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ui/vi-tilde-fringe/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; ui/vi-tilde-fringe/packages.el
+
+(package! vi-tilde-fringe)