diff --git a/core/core-lib.el b/core/core-lib.el
index 819f5f99b..e695cf907 100644
--- a/core/core-lib.el
+++ b/core/core-lib.el
@@ -133,6 +133,56 @@ aliases."
   (when-let (path (file!))
     (directory-file-name (file-name-directory path))))
 
+(defmacro after! (package &rest body)
+  "Evaluate BODY after PACKAGE have loaded.
+
+PACKAGE is a symbol or list of them. These are package names, not modes,
+functions or variables. It can be:
+
+- An unquoted package symbol (the name of a package)
+    (after! helm BODY...)
+- An unquoted list of package symbols (i.e. BODY is evaluated once both magit
+  and git-gutter have loaded)
+    (after! (magit git-gutter) BODY...)
+- An unquoted, nested list of compound package lists, using any combination of
+  :or/:any and :and/:all
+    (after! (:or package-a package-b ...)  BODY...)
+    (after! (:and package-a package-b ...) BODY...)
+    (after! (:and package-a (:or package-b package-c) ...) BODY...)
+  Without :or/:any/:and/:all, :and/:all are implied.
+
+This is a wrapper around `eval-after-load' that:
+
+1. Suppresses warnings for disabled packages at compile-time
+2. No-ops for package that are disabled by the user (via `package!')
+3. Supports compound package statements (see below)
+4. Prevents eager expansion pulling in autoloaded macros all at once"
+  (declare (indent defun) (debug t))
+  (if (symbolp package)
+      (unless (memq package (bound-and-true-p doom-disabled-packages))
+        (list (if (or (not (bound-and-true-p byte-compile-current-file))
+                      (require package nil 'noerror))
+                  #'progn
+                #'with-no-warnings)
+              (let ((body (macroexp-progn body)))
+                `(if (featurep ',package)
+                     ,body
+                   ;; We intentionally avoid `with-eval-after-load' to prevent
+                   ;; eager macro expansion from pulling (or failing to pull) in
+                   ;; autoloaded macros/packages.
+                   (eval-after-load ',package ',body)))))
+    (let ((p (car package)))
+      (cond ((not (keywordp p))
+             `(after! (:and ,@package) ,@body))
+            ((memq p '(:or :any))
+             (macroexp-progn
+              (cl-loop for next in (cdr package)
+                       collect `(after! ,next ,@body))))
+            ((memq p '(:and :all))
+             (dolist (next (cdr package))
+               (setq body `((after! ,next ,@body))))
+             (car body))))))
+
 (defmacro setq! (&rest settings)
   "A stripped-down `customize-set-variable' with the syntax of `setq'.
 
diff --git a/core/core-modules.el b/core/core-modules.el
index 79b16cb32..b4ff99504 100644
--- a/core/core-modules.el
+++ b/core/core-modules.el
@@ -540,56 +540,6 @@ CATEGORY and MODULE can be omitted When this macro is used from inside a module
                 (memq category (doom-module-get (car module) (cdr module) :flags)))))
        t))
 
-(defmacro after! (package &rest body)
-  "Evaluate BODY after PACKAGE have loaded.
-
-PACKAGE is a symbol or list of them. These are package names, not modes,
-functions or variables. It can be:
-
-- An unquoted package symbol (the name of a package)
-    (after! helm BODY...)
-- An unquoted list of package symbols (i.e. BODY is evaluated once both magit
-  and git-gutter have loaded)
-    (after! (magit git-gutter) BODY...)
-- An unquoted, nested list of compound package lists, using any combination of
-  :or/:any and :and/:all
-    (after! (:or package-a package-b ...)  BODY...)
-    (after! (:and package-a package-b ...) BODY...)
-    (after! (:and package-a (:or package-b package-c) ...) BODY...)
-  Without :or/:any/:and/:all, :and/:all are implied.
-
-This is a wrapper around `eval-after-load' that:
-
-1. Suppresses warnings for disabled packages at compile-time
-2. No-ops for package that are disabled by the user (via `package!')
-3. Supports compound package statements (see below)
-4. Prevents eager expansion pulling in autoloaded macros all at once"
-  (declare (indent defun) (debug t))
-  (if (symbolp package)
-      (unless (memq package (bound-and-true-p doom-disabled-packages))
-        (list (if (or (not (bound-and-true-p byte-compile-current-file))
-                      (require package nil 'noerror))
-                  #'progn
-                #'with-no-warnings)
-              (let ((body (macroexp-progn body)))
-                `(if (featurep ',package)
-                     ,body
-                   ;; We intentionally avoid `with-eval-after-load' to prevent
-                   ;; eager macro expansion from pulling (or failing to pull) in
-                   ;; autoloaded macros/packages.
-                   (eval-after-load ',package ',body)))))
-    (let ((p (car package)))
-      (cond ((not (keywordp p))
-             `(after! (:and ,@package) ,@body))
-            ((memq p '(:or :any))
-             (macroexp-progn
-              (cl-loop for next in (cdr package)
-                       collect `(after! ,next ,@body))))
-            ((memq p '(:and :all))
-             (dolist (next (cdr package))
-               (setq body `((after! ,next ,@body))))
-             (car body))))))
-
 ;; DEPRECATED
 (defmacro def-package! (&rest args)
   (message "`def-package!' was renamed to `use-package!'; use that instead.")