diff --git a/modules/feature/syntax-checker/config.el b/modules/feature/syntax-checker/config.el
index e1995dc44..21238960b 100644
--- a/modules/feature/syntax-checker/config.el
+++ b/modules/feature/syntax-checker/config.el
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 (def-package! flycheck
   :commands (flycheck-list-errors flycheck-buffer)
+  :after-call (after-find-file doom-before-switch-buffer)
   :config
   ;; Emacs feels snappier without checks on newline
   (setq flycheck-check-syntax-automatically '(save idle-change mode-enabled))
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@
         (ignore-errors (flycheck-buffer))
         nil))
     (add-hook 'doom-escape-hook #'+syntax-checkers|flycheck-buffer t)
-    (add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook #'+syntax-checkers|flycheck-buffer)))
+    (add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook #'+syntax-checkers|flycheck-buffer))
+
+  (global-flycheck-mode +1))
 
 
 (def-package! flycheck-popup-tip
diff --git a/modules/lang/cc/config.el b/modules/lang/cc/config.el
index 058564ae8..e05acbec6 100644
--- a/modules/lang/cc/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/cc/config.el
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ compilation database is present in the project.")
 
   (def-package! flycheck-irony
     :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
-    :config
-    (add-hook 'irony-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
-    (flycheck-irony-setup))
+    :config (flycheck-irony-setup))
 
   (def-package! company-irony
     :when (featurep! :completion company)
diff --git a/modules/lang/crystal/config.el b/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
index d6f5c9753..c740414f6 100644
--- a/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/crystal/config.el
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 (def-package! flycheck-crystal
   :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
-  :after crystal-mode
-  :config (add-hook 'crystal-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
+  :after crystal-mode)
 
 
 (def-package! inf-crystal :commands crystal-switch-to-inf)
diff --git a/modules/lang/csharp/config.el b/modules/lang/csharp/config.el
index 5acd23383..760db1493 100644
--- a/modules/lang/csharp/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/csharp/config.el
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
   (setq omnisharp-auto-complete-want-documentation nil
         omnisharp-cache-directory (concat doom-cache-dir "omnisharp"))
   :config
-  (add-hook 'csharp-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
-
   (defun +csharp|cleanup-omnisharp-server ()
     "Clean up the omnisharp server once you kill the last csharp-mode buffer."
     (unless (doom-buffers-in-mode 'csharp-mode (buffer-list))
diff --git a/modules/lang/data/config.el b/modules/lang/data/config.el
index a1829fdc0..9786197f2 100644
--- a/modules/lang/data/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/data/config.el
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 (def-package! json-mode
   :mode "\\.js\\(?:on\\|[hl]int\\(rc\\)?\\)\\'"
   :config
-  (when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
-    (add-hook 'json-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
   (set-electric! 'json-mode :chars '(?\n ?: ?{ ?})))
 
 (def-package! vimrc-mode
diff --git a/modules/lang/elm/config.el b/modules/lang/elm/config.el
index 500d28d61..572d97cc0 100644
--- a/modules/lang/elm/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/elm/config.el
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@
 (def-package! flycheck-elm
   :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
   :after elm-mode
-  :init (add-hook 'elm-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
   :config (add-to-list 'flycheck-checkers 'elm nil #'eq))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
index 6c43eda49..8863099c0 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
        ;; fontification
        rainbow-delimiters-mode highlight-quoted-mode highlight-numbers-mode +emacs-lisp|extra-fontification
        ;; initialization
-       +emacs-lisp|init-imenu +emacs-lisp|init-flycheck))
+       +emacs-lisp|init-imenu +emacs-lisp|disable-flycheck-maybe))
 
   ;;
   (defun +emacs-lisp|extra-fontification ()
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@
             ("Variables" "^\\s-*(defvar\\(?:-local\\)?\\s-+\\(\\(?:\\sw\\|\\s_\\|\\\\.\\)+\\)[[:space:]\n]+[^)]" 1)
             ("Types" "^\\s-*(\\(cl-def\\(?:struct\\|type\\)\\|def\\(?:class\\|face\\|group\\|ine-\\(?:condition\\|error\\|widget\\)\\|package\\|struct\\|t\\(?:\\(?:hem\\|yp\\)e\\)\\)\\)\\s-+'?\\(\\(?:\\sw\\|\\s_\\|\\\\.\\)+\\)" 2))))
 
-  (defun +emacs-lisp|init-flycheck ()
-    "Initialize flycheck-mode if not in emacs.d."
-    (when (and buffer-file-name
-               (not (cl-loop for dir in (list doom-emacs-dir doom-private-dir)
-                             if (file-in-directory-p buffer-file-name dir)
-                             return t)))
-      (flycheck-mode +1))))
+  (defun +emacs-lisp|disable-flycheck-maybe ()
+    "Disable flycheck-mode if in emacs.d."
+    (when (or (not buffer-file-name)
+              (cl-loop for dir in (list doom-emacs-dir doom-private-dir)
+                       if (file-in-directory-p buffer-file-name dir)
+                       return t))
+      (flycheck-mode -1))))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/modules/lang/go/config.el b/modules/lang/go/config.el
index 62670b88a..ec26c9a38 100644
--- a/modules/lang/go/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/go/config.el
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
     (setq gofmt-command goimports))
 
   (when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
-    (setq gofmt-show-errors nil) ; Leave it to flycheck
-    (add-hook 'go-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
+    (setq gofmt-show-errors nil)) ; Leave it to flycheck
 
   (add-hook 'go-mode-hook #'go-eldoc-setup)
   (add-hook! go-mode
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el b/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
index c388d0150..e3687fd2b 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
   :after haskell-mode
   :hook (haskell-mode . dante-mode)
   :config
-  (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook #'interactive-haskell-mode)
-  (add-hook 'dante-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
+  (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook #'interactive-haskell-mode))
 
 
 (def-package! company-ghc
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el b/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
index 5eeb71046..3ddbc5ef8 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ This is necessary because `intero-mode' doesn't do its own error checks."
         (message "Couldn't find stack. Refusing to enable intero-mode."))))
   (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook #'+haskell|init-intero)
   :config
-  (add-hook 'intero-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
   (set-lookup-handlers! 'intero-mode :definition #'intero-goto-definition))
 
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/java/+meghanada.el b/modules/lang/java/+meghanada.el
index 4eaa530e1..b2905e188 100644
--- a/modules/lang/java/+meghanada.el
+++ b/modules/lang/java/+meghanada.el
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
     :definition #'meghanada-jump-declaration
     :references #'meghanada-reference)
 
-  (add-hook 'meghanada-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
-
   ;;
   (def-menu! +java/refactor-menu
     "Refactoring commands for `java-mode' buffers."
diff --git a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
index 52b5efe8f..eda3a2268 100644
--- a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         js2-strict-trailing-comma-warning nil
         js2-strict-missing-semi-warning nil)
 
-  (add-hook! 'js2-mode-hook #'(flycheck-mode rainbow-delimiters-mode))
+  (add-hook 'js2-mode-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode)
   ;; Indent switch-case another step
   (setq-hook! 'js2-mode-hook js-switch-indent-offset js2-basic-offset)
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 
 (after! typescript-mode
-  (add-hook! 'typescript-mode-hook #'(flycheck-mode rainbow-delimiters-mode))
+  (add-hook 'typescript-mode-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode)
   (setq-hook! 'typescript-mode-hook
     comment-line-break-function #'js2-line-break)
   (set-electric! 'typescript-mode
diff --git a/modules/lang/ledger/config.el b/modules/lang/ledger/config.el
index 0df0dbc5f..0eb2c6339 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ledger/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ledger/config.el
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@
 
 (def-package! flycheck-ledger
   :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
-  :after ledger-mode
-  :config (add-hook 'ledger-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
+  :after ledger-mode)
diff --git a/modules/lang/lua/config.el b/modules/lang/lua/config.el
index b0eaf1f66..db48750f7 100644
--- a/modules/lang/lua/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/lua/config.el
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ;;; lang/lua/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
 (after! lua-mode
-  (add-hook 'lua-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
-
   (set-lookup-handlers! 'lua-mode :documentation 'lua-search-documentation)
   (set-electric! 'lua-mode :words '("else" "end"))
   (set-repl-handler! 'lua-mode #'+lua/repl)
diff --git a/modules/lang/nim/config.el b/modules/lang/nim/config.el
index c43aab0aa..728780223 100644
--- a/modules/lang/nim/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/nim/config.el
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ nimsuggest isn't installed."
 
 (def-package! flycheck-nim
   :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
-  :after nim-mode
-  :config (add-hook 'nimsuggest-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
+  :after nim-mode)
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/perl/config.el b/modules/lang/perl/config.el
index b0b7dec3c..9a7f4ad1b 100644
--- a/modules/lang/perl/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/perl/config.el
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 ;;; lang/perl/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
 ;; There's also `perl-mode' for perl < 6, which is already set up.
-(when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
-  (add-hook 'perl-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
-
 
 (def-package! perl6-detect)
 
 
 (def-package! flycheck-perl6
   :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
-  :after perl6-mode
-  :config (add-hook 'perl6-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode))
+  :after perl6-mode)
diff --git a/modules/lang/php/config.el b/modules/lang/php/config.el
index c8b9cecff..e435067de 100644
--- a/modules/lang/php/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/php/config.el
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   :mode "\\.inc$"
   :interpreter "php"
   :config
-  (add-hook! php-mode #'(ac-php-core-eldoc-setup flycheck-mode))
+  (add-hook 'php-mode-hook #'ac-php-core-eldoc-setup)
 
   ;; Disable HTML compatibility in php-mode. `web-mode' has superior support for
   ;; php+html. Use the .phtml
diff --git a/modules/lang/purescript/config.el b/modules/lang/purescript/config.el
index 579391e8e..686ec691b 100644
--- a/modules/lang/purescript/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/purescript/config.el
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 (after! purescript-mode
   (add-hook! 'purescript-mode-hook
-    #'(flycheck-mode
-       purescript-indentation-mode
+    #'(purescript-indentation-mode
        rainbow-delimiters-mode)))
 
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/config.el b/modules/lang/python/config.el
index 2ae760085..10630b08e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/config.el
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ is loaded.")
         python-indent-guess-indent-offset-verbose nil
         python-shell-interpreter "python")
   :config
-  (add-hook! 'python-mode-hook #'(flycheck-mode highlight-numbers-mode))
+  (add-hook 'python-mode-hook #'highlight-numbers-mode)
 
   (set-env! "PYTHONPATH" "PYENV_ROOT")
   (set-electric! 'python-mode :chars '(?:))
diff --git a/modules/lang/ruby/config.el b/modules/lang/ruby/config.el
index 168cfec9f..5c5e3b713 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ruby/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ruby/config.el
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
   ;; Don't interfere with my custom RET behavior
   (define-key ruby-mode-map [?\n] nil)
 
-  (add-hook 'ruby-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
-
   ;; Version management with rbenv
   (defun +ruby|add-version-to-modeline ()
     "Add version string to the major mode in the modeline."
diff --git a/modules/lang/rust/config.el b/modules/lang/rust/config.el
index 3ebab3937..d2502c7b1 100644
--- a/modules/lang/rust/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/rust/config.el
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
 (def-package! flycheck-rust
   :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
   :after rust-mode
-  :config (add-hook! 'rust-mode-hook #'(flycheck-mode flycheck-rust-setup)))
+  :config (add-hook 'rust-mode-hook #'flycheck-rust-setup))
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/sh/config.el b/modules/lang/sh/config.el
index 2b4c8ad01..9e1f09dd3 100644
--- a/modules/lang/sh/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/sh/config.el
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   :mode ("\\.zunit\\'" . sh-mode)
   :mode ("/bspwmrc\\'" . sh-mode)
   :config
-  (add-hook! sh-mode #'(flycheck-mode highlight-numbers-mode))
+  (add-hook 'sh-mode-hook #'highlight-numbers-mode)
   (set-electric! 'sh-mode :words '("else" "elif" "fi" "done" "then" "do" "esac" ";;"))
   (set-repl-handler! 'sh-mode #'+sh/repl)
 
diff --git a/modules/lang/solidity/config.el b/modules/lang/solidity/config.el
index b7b130b8f..0795e40b8 100644
--- a/modules/lang/solidity/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/solidity/config.el
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 (def-package! solidity-flycheck  ; included with solidity-mode
   :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
   :after solidity-mode
-  :init (add-hook 'solidity-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
   :config
   (setq flycheck-solidity-solc-addstd-contracts t)
   (when (funcall flycheck-executable-find solidity-solc-path)
diff --git a/modules/lang/swift/config.el b/modules/lang/swift/config.el
index 2c9dc359c..d099d8677 100644
--- a/modules/lang/swift/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/swift/config.el
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 (def-package! flycheck-swift
   :when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
   :after swift-mode
-  :init (add-hook 'swift-mode-hook #'flycheck-mode)
   :config (flycheck-swift-setup))