diff --git a/modules/feature/syntax-checker/config.el b/modules/feature/syntax-checker/config.el
index a6b447db6..6e611340c 100644
--- a/modules/feature/syntax-checker/config.el
+++ b/modules/feature/syntax-checker/config.el
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
 (def-package! flycheck
   :commands (flycheck-mode flycheck-list-errors flycheck-buffer)
   :config
-  (setq ;; because git-gutter is in the left fringe
-        flycheck-indication-mode 'right-fringe
-        ;; Emacs feels snappier without checks on idle/change
-        flycheck-check-syntax-automatically '(save mode-enabled))
+  ;; Emacs feels snappier without checks on idle/change
+  (setq flycheck-check-syntax-automatically '(save mode-enabled))
 
-  (set! :popup " ?\\*Flycheck.+\\*" :size 14 :noselect t :regexp t)
+  (set! :popup " ?\\*Flycheck" :size 14 :noselect t :regexp t)
 
   (map! :map flycheck-error-list-mode-map
         :n "C-n" #'flycheck-error-list-next-error
@@ -21,10 +19,6 @@
         :n "k"   #'flycheck-error-list-previous-error
         :n "RET" #'flycheck-error-list-goto-error)
 
-  (when (fboundp 'define-fringe-bitmap)
-    (define-fringe-bitmap 'flycheck-fringe-bitmap-double-arrow
-      [0 0 0 0 0 4 12 28 60 124 252 124 60 28 12 4 0 0 0 0]))
-
   (after! evil
     ;; Flycheck buffer on ESC in normal mode.
     (defun +syntax-checkers|flycheck-buffer ()
diff --git a/modules/ui/doom/config.el b/modules/ui/doom/config.el
index 070b26487..5e6501e2e 100644
--- a/modules/ui/doom/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/doom/config.el
@@ -155,8 +155,15 @@
              ov 'display (propertize "  [...]  " 'face '+doom-folded-face))))))
 
 
-;; subtle diff indicators in the fringe
 (when (display-graphic-p)
+  (after! flycheck
+    ;; because git-gutter is in the left fringe
+    (setq flycheck-indication-mode 'right-fringe)
+
+    (define-fringe-bitmap 'flycheck-fringe-bitmap-double-arrow
+      [0 0 0 0 0 4 12 28 60 124 252 124 60 28 12 4 0 0 0 0]))
+
+  ;; subtle diff indicators in the fringe
   (after! git-gutter-fringe
     ;; places the git gutter outside the margins.
     (setq-default fringes-outside-margins t)