diff --git a/core/autoload/ui.el b/core/autoload/ui.el
index eecbde67e..a3056e886 100644
--- a/core/autoload/ui.el
+++ b/core/autoload/ui.el
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ;;; core/autoload/ui.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(defvar doom--line-number-style doom-line-numbers-style)
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom/toggle-line-numbers ()
   "Toggle line numbers.
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ Cycles through regular, relative and no line numbers. The order depends on what
 
 Uses `display-line-numbers' in Emacs 26+ and `nlinum-mode' everywhere else."
   (interactive)
+  (defvar doom--line-number-style doom-line-numbers-style)
   (let* ((styles '(t relative nil))
          (order (cons doom-line-numbers-style (delq doom-line-numbers-style styles)))
          (queue (memq doom--line-number-style order))
diff --git a/core/core-lib.el b/core/core-lib.el
index 460c828f5..89008a283 100644
--- a/core/core-lib.el
+++ b/core/core-lib.el
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Body forms can access the hook's arguments through the let-bound variable
                       (,mode 1)))
                   ,@(if (and modes (listp modes))
                         (cl-loop for hook in (doom--resolve-hook-forms modes)
-                                 collect `(add-hook ',hook ',hook-name))
+                                 collect `(add-hook ',hook #',hook-name))
                       `((add-hook 'after-change-major-mode-hook ',hook-name))))))
             (match
              `(map-put doom-auto-minor-mode-alist ,match ',mode))
diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index b05c2376e..f06e50e2b 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -419,11 +419,17 @@ added, if the file exists."
 
 
 ;;
-;; Module config macros
+;; Use-package modifications
 ;;
 
 (autoload 'use-package "use-package" nil nil 'macro)
 
+
+
+;;
+;; Module config macros
+;;
+
 (defmacro doom! (&rest modules)
   "Bootstraps DOOM Emacs and its modules.
 
diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el
index 1c80302ca..20cb1c018 100644
--- a/core/core.el
+++ b/core/core.el
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ XDG directory conventions if ~/.config/doom exists.")
 (setq-default
  ad-redefinition-action 'accept   ; silence advised function warnings
  apropos-do-all t                 ; make `apropos' more useful
- debug-on-error (and (not noninteractive) doom-debug-mode)
- load-prefer-newer noninteractive
+ debug-on-error doom-debug-mode
  ffap-machine-p-known 'reject     ; don't ping things that look like domain names
  idle-update-delay 2              ; update ui less often
  ;; keep the point out of the minibuffer
@@ -83,8 +82,9 @@ XDG directory conventions if ~/.config/doom exists.")
  auto-save-list-file-name     (concat doom-cache-dir "autosave")
  backup-directory-alist       (list (cons "." (concat doom-cache-dir "backup/")))
  custom-file                  (concat doom-etc-dir "custom.el")
- pcache-directory             (concat doom-cache-dir "pcache/")
  mc/list-file                 (concat doom-etc-dir "mc-lists.el")
+ pcache-directory             (concat doom-cache-dir "pcache/")
+ request-storage-directory    (concat doom-cache-dir "request")
  server-auth-dir              (concat doom-cache-dir "server/")
  shared-game-score-directory  (concat doom-etc-dir "shared-game-score/")
  tramp-auto-save-directory    (concat doom-cache-dir "tramp-auto-save/")
diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
index cf79298da..60a201d32 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."
         ivy-use-selectable-prompt t)
 
   (after! magit     (setq magit-completing-read-function #'ivy-completing-read))
-  (after! yasnippet (cl-pushnew #'+ivy-yas-prompt yas-prompt-functions :test #'eq))
+  (after! yasnippet (add-to-list 'yas-prompt-functions #'+ivy-yas-prompt #'eq))
 
   (map! [remap switch-to-buffer]       #'ivy-switch-buffer
         [remap persp-switch-to-buffer] #'+ivy/switch-workspace-buffer
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."
   (set! :popup "^\\*ivy-occur" '((size . 0.35)) '((transient . 0) (quit)))
 
   (setq counsel-find-file-ignore-regexp "\\(?:^[#.]\\)\\|\\(?:[#~]$\\)\\|\\(?:^Icon?\\)"
+        ;; Add smart-casing and compressed archive searching (-zS) to default
+        ;; command arguments:
         counsel-rg-base-command "rg -zS --no-heading --line-number --color never %s ."
         counsel-ag-base-command "ag -zS --nocolor --nogroup %s"
         counsel-pt-base-command "pt -zS --nocolor --nogroup -e %s")
@@ -187,8 +189,7 @@ immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."
 
 
 (def-package! ivy-posframe
-  :when EMACS26+
-  :when (featurep! +childframe)
+  :when (and EMACS26+ (featurep! +childframe))
   :hook (ivy-mode . ivy-posframe-enable)
   :preface
   ;; This function searches the entire `obarray' just to populate
@@ -196,6 +197,12 @@ immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."
   ;; wasteful, so...
   (advice-add #'ivy-posframe-setup :override #'ignore)
   :config
+  (setq ivy-height 16
+        ivy-fixed-height-minibuffer nil
+        ivy-posframe-parameters `((min-width . 90)
+                                  (min-height . ,ivy-height)
+                                  (internal-border-width . 10)))
+
   ;; ... let's do it manually
   (dolist (fn (list 'ivy-posframe-display-at-frame-bottom-left
                     'ivy-posframe-display-at-frame-center
@@ -211,10 +218,4 @@ immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."
 
   ;; posframe doesn't work well with async sources
   (dolist (fn '(swiper counsel-rg counsel-ag counsel-pt counsel-grep counsel-git-grep))
-    (map-put ivy-display-functions-alist fn nil))
-
-  (setq ivy-height 16
-        ivy-fixed-height-minibuffer nil
-        ivy-posframe-parameters `((min-width . 90)
-                                  (min-height . ,ivy-height)
-                                  (internal-border-width . 10))))
+    (map-put ivy-display-functions-alist fn nil)))
diff --git a/modules/feature/evil/config.el b/modules/feature/evil/config.el
index 199c4d590..39c3830a7 100644
--- a/modules/feature/evil/config.el
+++ b/modules/feature/evil/config.el
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ the new algorithm is confusing, like in python or ruby."
              fn '((:default . evil-mc-execute-default-call))))
 
   ;; disable evil-escape in evil-mc; causes unwanted text on invocation
-  (cl-pushnew 'evil-escape-mode evil-mc-incompatible-minor-modes :test #'eq)
+  (add-to-list 'evil-mc-incompatible-minor-modes 'evil-escape-mode #'eq)
 
   (defun +evil|escape-multiple-cursors ()
     "Clear evil-mc cursors and restore state."
diff --git a/modules/lang/clojure/config.el b/modules/lang/clojure/config.el
index 7fdec8af1..53a18eded 100644
--- a/modules/lang/clojure/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/clojure/config.el
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
   :after clojure-mode
   :config
   ;; setup some extra namespace auto completion for great awesome
-  (nconc cljr-magic-require-namespaces
-         '(("re-frame" . "re-frame.core")
-           ("reagent"  . "reagent.core")
-           ("str"      . "clojure.string"))))
+  (dolist (ns '(("re-frame" . "re-frame.core")
+                ("reagent"  . "reagent.core")
+                ("str"      . "clojure.string")))
+    (map-put cljr-magic-require-namespaces (car ns) (cdr ns))))
 
 
 (def-package! cider
diff --git a/modules/lang/crystal/config.el b/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
index 738842bbe..f1b765e72 100644
--- a/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 
 (def-package! flycheck-crystal
+  :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
   :after crystal-mode
   :config (add-hook 'crystal-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/elixir/config.el b/modules/lang/elixir/config.el
index a7f8044dc..590bb545a 100644
--- a/modules/lang/elixir/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/elixir/config.el
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
   :when (featurep! :completion company)
   :after elixir-mode
   :config
-  ;; Let Doom handle this
+  ;; Alchemist doesn't use hook symbols to add these backends, so we have to use
+  ;; the entire closure to get rid of it.
   (let ((fn (byte-compile (lambda () (add-to-list (make-local-variable 'company-backends) 'alchemist-company)))))
     (remove-hook 'alchemist-mode-hook fn)
     (remove-hook 'alchemist-iex-mode-hook fn))
diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
index ef1dac765..20033e171 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@
   (defun +emacs-lisp|init-flycheck ()
     "Initialize flycheck-mode if not in emacs.d."
     (when (and buffer-file-name
-               (not (cl-loop for dir in (append (list doom-emacs-dir)
-                                                doom-modules-dirs
-                                                doom-psuedo-module-dirs)
+               (not (cl-loop for dir in (list doom-emacs-dir doom-private-dir)
                              if (file-in-directory-p buffer-file-name dir)
                              return t)))
       (flycheck-mode +1))))
diff --git a/modules/lang/ess/config.el b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
index c84e04ddc..e08657a08 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ess/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
          ("\\.[Jj][Mm][Dd]\\'" . ess-jags-mode))
   :init
   (unless (featurep! :lang julia)
-    (push (cons "\\.jl\\'" 'ess-julia-mode) auto-mode-alist))
+    (map-put auto-mode-alist "\\.jl\'" 'ess-julia-mode))
   :config
   (add-hook 'ess-mode-hook #'doom|enable-line-numbers)
   (setq ess-offset-continued 'straight
diff --git a/modules/lang/markdown/config.el b/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
index 921bd4768..b45cbe084 100644
--- a/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
         markdown-hide-urls nil) ; trigger with `markdown-toggle-url-hiding'
 
   :config
+  (defun +markdown|set-fill-column-and-line-spacing ()
+    (setq-local line-spacing 2)
+    (setq-local fill-column 80))
+  (add-hook 'markdown-mode-hook #'+markdown|set-fill-column-and-line-spacing)
   (add-hook 'markdown-mode-hook #'auto-fill-mode)
-  (setq-hook! 'markdown-mode-hook
-    line-spacing 2
-    fill-column 80)
 
   (map! (:map markdown-mode-map
           [remap find-file-at-point] #'markdown-follow-thing-at-point
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/config.el b/modules/lang/python/config.el
index 4c7d62bd8..4c6fe44f1 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/config.el
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ environment variables."
   :after anaconda-mode
   :config
   (map! :map anaconda-mode-map
-        :n "gf" nil
         :localleader
         :prefix "f"
         :nv "d" #'anaconda-mode-find-definitions
diff --git a/modules/lang/web/+html.el b/modules/lang/web/+html.el
index 4e90eda69..a01979605 100644
--- a/modules/lang/web/+html.el
+++ b/modules/lang/web/+html.el
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 
         "M-/" #'web-mode-comment-or-uncomment
         :i  "SPC" #'self-insert-command
-        :n  "M-r" #'doom/web-refresh-browser
         :n  "za"  #'web-mode-fold-or-unfold
         :nv "]a"  #'web-mode-attribute-next
         :nv "[a"  #'web-mode-attribute-previous
diff --git a/modules/ui/nav-flash/config.el b/modules/ui/nav-flash/config.el
index 1fe7f2d31..a1519f993 100644
--- a/modules/ui/nav-flash/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/nav-flash/config.el
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
       counsel-grep-post-action-hook dumb-jump-after-jump-hook)
     #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
 
+  ;; `saveplace'
   (advice-add #'save-place-find-file-hook :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
 
-  (after! evil
-    (advice-add #'evil-window-top    :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
-    (advice-add #'evil-window-middle :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
-    (advice-add #'evil-window-bottom :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)))
+  ;; `evil'
+  (advice-add #'evil-window-top    :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
+  (advice-add #'evil-window-middle :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor)
+  (advice-add #'evil-window-bottom :after #'+nav-flash/blink-cursor))
 
diff --git a/modules/ui/neotree/config.el b/modules/ui/neotree/config.el
index ea3e752dd..2723ab273 100644
--- a/modules/ui/neotree/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/neotree/config.el
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
     `((side . ,neo-window-position) (size . ,neo-window-width))
     '((quit . current) (select . t)))
 
-  (when (bound-and-true-p winner-mode)
-    (push neo-buffer-name winner-boring-buffers))
+  (after! winner
+    (cl-pushnew neo-buffer-name winner-boring-buffers))
 
   ;; The cursor always sits at bol. `+neotree*fix-cursor' and
   ;; `+neotree*indent-cursor' change that behavior, so that the cursor is always
diff --git a/modules/ui/window-select/packages.el b/modules/ui/window-select/packages.el
index fc1c5fd9f..30a4d7a92 100644
--- a/modules/ui/window-select/packages.el
+++ b/modules/ui/window-select/packages.el
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 ;;; ui/window-select/packages.el
 
 (cond ((featurep! +switch-window)
-       ;; Install switch-window if the user indicated the '+switch-window' module flag
+       ;; Install switch-window if the user indicated the '+switch-window'
+       ;; module flag
        (package! switch-window))
       ((or (featurep! +ace-window) t)
-       ;; Install ace-window if the user selects the flag '+ace-window' or by default
-       ;; ... if the user did not specify a module flag
+       ;; Install ace-window if the user selects the flag '+ace-window' or by
+       ;; default ... if the user did not specify a module flag
        (package! ace-window)))