diff --git a/core/core.el b/core/core.el
index 134b27061..ad2eb1813 100644
--- a/core/core.el
+++ b/core/core.el
@@ -302,15 +302,14 @@ original value of `symbol-file'."
 (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'doom|defer-garbage-collection)
 (add-hook 'minibuffer-exit-hook  #'doom|restore-garbage-collection)
 
-;; The default behavior is to read file+directory-local variables after the
-;; major mode and its hooks have run. I think this is backwards. What if we want
-;; to use these local variables to customize the things running in hooks?
-(defun doom|hack-local-variables ()
-  (with-demoted-errors "File local-variables error: %s"
-    (hack-local-variables 'no-mode)))
-;; `change-major-mode-hook' is too soon (runs before `kill-all-local-variables'
-;; is run). `after-change-major-mode-hook' is too late (runs after mode hooks).
-(add-hook 'change-major-mode-after-body-hook #'doom|hack-local-variables)
+;; File+dir local variables are initialized after the major mode and its hooks
+;; have run. If you want hook functions to be aware of these customizations, add
+;; them to MODE-local-vars-hook instead.
+(defun doom|run-local-var-hooks ()
+  "Run MODE-local-vars-hook after local variables are initialized."
+  (run-hook-wrapped (intern-soft (format "%s-local-vars-hook" major-mode))
+                    #'doom-try-run-hook))
+(add-hook 'hack-local-variables-hook #'doom|run-local-var-hooks)
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el b/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
index dcc4b7e97..e52f49c2f 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/+dante.el
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;;###if (featurep! +dante)
 
 (def-package! dante
-  :hook (haskell-mode . dante-mode)
+  :hook (haskell-mode-local-vars . dante-mode)
   :init
   (setq dante-load-flags '(;; defaults:
                            "+c"
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el b/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
index b92a20c2a..e1985fc23 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This is necessary because `intero-mode' doesn't do its own error checks."
       (if (executable-find "stack")
           (intero-mode +1)
         (message "Couldn't find stack. Refusing to enable intero-mode."))))
-  (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook #'+haskell|init-intero)
+  (add-hook 'haskell-mode-local-vars-hook #'+haskell|init-intero)
   :config
   (setq haskell-compile-cabal-build-command "stack build --fast")
   (set-lookup-handlers! 'intero-mode :definition #'intero-goto-definition)