diff --git a/modules/completion/helm/config.el b/modules/completion/helm/config.el
index 445daa079..1f0309dc0 100644
--- a/modules/completion/helm/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/helm/config.el
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ be negative.")
 
 
 ;; `swiper-helm'
-(setq swiper-helm-display-function
-      (lambda (buf &optional _resume) (pop-to-buffer buf)))
-
+(after! swiper-helm
+  (setq swiper-helm-display-function
+        (lambda (buf &optional _resume) (pop-to-buffer buf)))
+  (add-to-list 'swiper-font-lock-exclude #'+doom-dashboard-mode nil #'eq))
diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
index 5ea37780c..59f2724e3 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."
         counsel-ag-base-command "ag -zS --nocolor --nogroup %s"
         counsel-pt-base-command "pt -zS --nocolor --nogroup -e %s")
 
+  (add-to-list 'swiper-font-lock-exclude #'+doom-dashboard-mode nil #'eq)
+
   ;; Dim recentf entries that are not in the current project.
   (ivy-set-display-transformer #'counsel-recentf #'+ivy-recentf-transformer)