diff --git a/core/autoload/modules.el b/core/autoload/modules.el
index 2e4be26f6..db1950764 100644
--- a/core/autoload/modules.el
+++ b/core/autoload/modules.el
@@ -18,24 +18,23 @@ If called from an interactive session, tries to reload autoloads files (if
 necessary), reinistalize doom (via `doom-initialize') and reloads your private
 init.el and config.el. Then runs `doom-reload-hook'."
   (interactive)
-  (unless doom--inhibit-reload
-    (cond ((and noninteractive (not (daemonp)))
-           (require 'server)
-           (if (not (server-running-p))
-               (doom//reload-autoloads force-p)
-             (print! "Reloading active Emacs session...")
-             (print!
-              (bold "%%s")
-              (if (server-eval-at server-name '(doom//reload))
-                  (green "Done!")
-                (red "There were issues!")))))
-          ((let ((load-prefer-newer t))
+  (cond ((and noninteractive (not (daemonp)))
+         (require 'server)
+         (if (not (server-running-p))
              (doom//reload-autoloads force-p)
-             (doom-initialize t)
-             (doom-initialize-modules t)
-             (print! (green "%d packages reloaded" (length package-alist)))
-             (run-hooks 'doom-reload-hook)
-             t)))))
+           (print! "Reloading active Emacs session...")
+           (print!
+            (bold "%%s")
+            (if (server-eval-at server-name '(doom//reload))
+                (green "Done!")
+              (red "There were issues!")))))
+        ((let ((load-prefer-newer t))
+           (doom//reload-autoloads force-p)
+           (doom-initialize t)
+           (ignore-errors (doom-initialize-modules t))
+           (print! (green "%d packages reloaded" (length package-alist)))
+           (run-hooks 'doom-reload-hook)
+           t))))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/core/core-dispatcher.el b/core/core-dispatcher.el
index 203c2189f..af8990177 100644
--- a/core/core-dispatcher.el
+++ b/core/core-dispatcher.el
@@ -198,9 +198,8 @@ recompile. Run this whenever you:
   4. Update Doom outside of Doom (e.g. with git)"
   (doom//reload-doom-autoloads)
   (unwind-protect
-      (let ((doom--inhibit-reload t))
-        (doom//packages-autoremove)
-        (doom//packages-install))
+      (progn (doom//packages-autoremove)
+             (doom//packages-install))
     (doom//reload-package-autoloads)
     (doom//byte-compile nil 'recompile)))
 
diff --git a/core/core-packages.el b/core/core-packages.el
index ef11a87b6..6eb48fdb4 100644
--- a/core/core-packages.el
+++ b/core/core-packages.el
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ file.")
 (defvar doom--current-module nil)
 (defvar doom--refreshed-p nil)
 (defvar doom--stage 'init)
-(defvar doom--inhibit-reload nil)
 
 ;;
 (setq autoload-compute-prefixes nil