diff --git a/modules/ui/window-select/config.el b/modules/ui/window-select/config.el
index 12dbe280e..35a13f07b 100644
--- a/modules/ui/window-select/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/window-select/config.el
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
   :after-call doom-switch-window-hook
   :config
   (winum-mode +1)
+  ;; winum modifies `mode-line-format' in a destructive manner. I'd rather leave
+  ;; it to modeline plugins (or the user) to add this if they want it.
+  (setq winum-auto-setup-mode-line nil)
   (map! :map evil-window-map
         "0" #'winum-select-window-0-or-10
         "1" #'winum-select-window-1