diff --git a/modules/lang/racket/config.el b/modules/lang/racket/config.el
index dba338765..3d0d9c4a8 100644
--- a/modules/lang/racket/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/racket/config.el
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
   (set-rotate-patterns! 'racket-mode
     :symbols '(("#true" "#false")))
 
+  (setq racket-smart-open-bracket-enable t)
+
   (add-hook! racket-mode
     #'(;; 3rd-party functionality
        doom|enable-delete-trailing-whitespace
@@ -25,8 +27,6 @@
        rainbow-delimiters-mode
        highlight-quoted-mode))
 
-  (setq-hook! racket-mode racket-smart-open-bracket-enable t)
-
   (map! :map racket-mode-map
         :localleader
         :n "c"   #'racket-run