diff --git a/core/cli/autoloads.el b/core/cli/autoloads.el
index 87d629f5f..c78fd1071 100644
--- a/core/cli/autoloads.el
+++ b/core/cli/autoloads.el
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@ one wants that.")
 
 (defun doom-autoloads--scan (files &optional exclude literal)
   (require 'autoload)
-  (let (case-fold-search  ; case-sensitive regexp from here on
-        autoloads)
+  (let (autoloads)
     (dolist (file files (nreverse (delq nil autoloads)))
       (when (and (or (null exclude)
                      (seq-remove (doom-rpartial #'string-match-p file)
diff --git a/core/cli/ci.el b/core/cli/ci.el
index 0806d69a9..c512acafc 100644
--- a/core/cli/ci.el
+++ b/core/cli/ci.el
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@
 
 (defun doom-cli--ci-lint-commits (from &optional to)
   (let ((errors? 0)
-        commits
-        case-fold-search)
+        commits)
     (with-temp-buffer
       (insert
        (cdr (doom-call-process
@@ -201,8 +200,8 @@
                           (point-max))))))
               commits)))
     (dolist (commit commits)
-      (let (errors)
-        (with-temp-buffer
+      (with-temp-buffer
+        (let (errors)
           (save-excursion (insert (cdr commit)))
           (dolist (rule doom-cli-commit-rules)
             (save-excursion
diff --git a/core/core-cli.el b/core/core-cli.el
index e98cc3897..65510bf85 100644
--- a/core/core-cli.el
+++ b/core/core-cli.el
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ purpose.")
 (setq make-backup-files nil)
 ;; Stop user configuration from interfering with package management
 (setq enable-dir-local-variables nil)
+;; Reduce ambiguity, embrace specificity. It's more predictable.
+(setq-default case-fold-search nil)
 
 ;; Default to using all cores, rather than half of them, since we compile things
 ;; ahead-of-time in a non-interactive session.