diff --git a/modules/completion/company/autoload.el b/modules/completion/company/autoload.el
index d9934721b..04133b1c1 100644
--- a/modules/completion/company/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/completion/company/autoload.el
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MODES should be one major-mode symbol or a list of them."
                    (lambda () (when (or (eq major-mode mode)
                                    (and (boundp mode) (symbol-value mode)))
                            (require 'company)
-                           (make-variable-buffer-local 'company-backends)
+                           (make-local-variable 'company-backends)
                            (dolist (backend backends)
                              (cl-pushnew backend company-backends :test #'equal)))))
              (add-hook hook fn))
diff --git a/modules/lang/latex/config.el b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
index f90a2200a..e7912bc93 100644
--- a/modules/lang/latex/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
   ;; major-mode as `latex-mode', but uses LaTeX-mode-hook for its mode, which is
   ;; not something `set-company-backend!' anticipates (and shouldn't have to!)
   (add-hook! LaTeX-mode
-    (make-variable-buffer-local 'company-backends)
+    (make-buffer-local 'company-backends)
     (company-auctex-init)))