diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el
index a954358ef..1c6c461e3 100644
--- a/core/core.el
+++ b/core/core.el
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ users).")
 
 (with-eval-after-load 'comp
   ;; HACK Disable native-compilation for some troublesome packages
-  (mapc (doom-partial #'add-to-list 'comp-deferred-compilation-deny-list)
+  (mapc (apply-partially #'add-to-list 'comp-deferred-compilation-deny-list)
         (let ((local-dir-re (concat "\\`" (regexp-quote doom-local-dir))))
           (list (concat "\\`" (regexp-quote doom-autoloads-file) "\\'")
                 (concat local-dir-re ".*/evil-collection-vterm\\.el\\'")