diff --git a/modules/lang/elixir/config.el b/modules/lang/elixir/config.el
index f74c592c9..e43980a2c 100644
--- a/modules/lang/elixir/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/elixir/config.el
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@
     (sp-local-pair "fn " " end" :unless '(sp-in-comment-p sp-in-string-p)))
 
   (when (modulep! +lsp)
-    ;; HACK: lsp-elixir is hardcoded to use the server `lsp-install-server'
-    ;;   installs, ignoring any system-provided executables. This fixes that, so
-    ;;   long as the user hasn't changed `lsp-elixir-server-command' themselves,
-    (when (and (member lsp-elixir-server-command
-                       '(("language_server.bat")
-                         ("language_server.sh")))
-               (executable-find "elixir-ls"))
-      (setq lsp-elixir-server-command "elixir-ls"))
     (add-hook (intern (format "%s-local-vars-hook" mode)) #'lsp! 'append))
 
   (use-package! flycheck-credo
@@ -70,7 +62,17 @@
 
   (when (modulep! +lsp)
     (after! lsp-mode
-      (add-to-list 'lsp-file-watch-ignored-directories "[/\\\\]_build\\'")))
+      (add-to-list 'lsp-file-watch-ignored-directories "[/\\\\]_build\\'"))
+    (after! lsp-elixir
+      ;; HACK: lsp-elixir is hardcoded to use the server `lsp-install-server'
+      ;;   installs, ignoring any system-provided executables. This fixes that,
+      ;;   so long as the user hasn't changed `lsp-elixir-server-command'
+      ;;   themselves,
+      (when (and (member lsp-elixir-server-command
+                         '(("language_server.bat")
+                           ("language_server.sh")))
+                 (executable-find "elixir-ls"))
+        (setq lsp-elixir-server-command "elixir-ls"))))
   :config
   (+elixir-common-config 'elixir-mode))