diff --git a/modules/lang/qt/autoload.el b/modules/lang/qt/autoload.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba5db146c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/qt/autoload.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;;; lang/qt/autoload.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;;;###autoload
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.pr[io]\\'" . qt-pro-mode))
diff --git a/modules/lang/qt/config.el b/modules/lang/qt/config.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e8641f15..000000000
--- a/modules/lang/qt/config.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-;;; lang/qt/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
-
-(def-package! qml-mode :mode "\\.qml\\'")
-(def-package! qt-pro-mode :mode "\\.pro\\'" "\\.pri\\'")
-