diff --git a/core/autoload/modules.el b/core/autoload/modules.el
index ed71220b1..303baa235 100644
--- a/core/autoload/modules.el
+++ b/core/autoload/modules.el
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ modified."
                 ;; Replace autoload paths (only for module autoloads) with
                 ;; absolute paths for faster resolution during load and
                 ;; simpler `load-path'
-                (let ((load-path (append doom-psuedo-module-dirs
-                                         doom-modules-dirs
+                (let ((load-path (append doom-modules-dirs
                                          load-path))
                       cache)
                   (save-excursion
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ module. This does not include your byte-compiled, third party packages.'"
   (interactive)
   (cl-loop with default-directory = doom-emacs-dir
            for path in (append (doom-files-in doom-emacs-dir :match "\\.elc$" :depth 1)
-                               (doom-files-in doom-psuedo-module-dirs :match "\\.elc$" :depth 1)
+                               (doom-files-in doom-private-dir :match "\\.elc$" :depth 1)
                                (doom-files-in doom-core-dir :match "\\.elc$")
                                (doom-files-in doom-modules-dirs :match "\\.elc$" :depth 4))
            for truepath = (file-truename path)
diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index 8c91e575d..0c3098d38 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@
   (list (expand-file-name "modules/" doom-private-dir) doom-modules-dir)
   "A list of module root directories. Order determines priority.")
 
-(defvar doom-psuedo-module-dirs (list doom-private-dir)
-  "Additional paths for modules that are outside of `doom-modules-dirs'.
-`doom//reload-doom-autoloads', `doom//byte-compile' and
-`doom-initialize-packages' will include the directories in this list.")
-
 (defvar doom-packages ()
   "A list of enabled packages. Each element is a sublist, whose CAR is the
 package's name as a symbol, and whose CDR is the plist supplied to its
@@ -346,8 +341,7 @@ them."
               (cl-loop for key being the hash-keys of doom-modules
                        for path = (doom-module-path (car key) (cdr key) "packages.el")
                        do (let ((doom--current-module key)) (_load path t)))
-              (cl-loop for dir in doom-psuedo-module-dirs
-                       do (_load (expand-file-name "packages.el" dir) t)))))))))
+              (_load (expand-file-name "packages.el" doom-private-dir)))))))))
 
 
 ;;
@@ -445,7 +439,7 @@ This doesn't require modules to be enabled. For enabled modules us
 added, if the file exists."
   (append (cl-loop for plist being the hash-values of doom-modules
                    collect (plist-get plist :path))
-          (cl-remove-if-not #'file-directory-p doom-psuedo-module-dirs)))
+          (list doom-private-dir)))
 
 (defun doom-module-table (&optional modules)
   "Converts MODULES (a malformed plist) into a hash table of modules, fit for