diff --git a/core/autoload/projects.el b/core/autoload/projects.el
index fb7888e99..622893e4f 100644
--- a/core/autoload/projects.el
+++ b/core/autoload/projects.el
@@ -146,6 +146,6 @@ If DIR is not a project, it will be indexed (but not cached)."
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom-project-ignored-p (project-root)
   "Return non-nil if remote or temporary file, or a straight package."
-  (or (file-remote-p project-root)
-      (file-in-directory-p project-root temporary-file-directory)
-      (file-in-directory-p project-root doom-local-dir)))
+  (and (not (file-remote-p project-root))
+       (or (file-in-directory-p project-root temporary-file-directory)
+           (file-in-directory-p project-root doom-local-dir))))