diff --git a/modules/feature/spellcheck/config.el b/modules/feature/spellcheck/config.el
index 712877181..435d2c5f0 100644
--- a/modules/feature/spellcheck/config.el
+++ b/modules/feature/spellcheck/config.el
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Since spellchecking can be slow in some buffers, this can be disabled with:
 
   (setq-hook! 'LaTeX-mode-hook +spellcheck-immediately nil)")
 
+;; `ispell'
+(defvar ispell-dictionary "english")
+
 (def-package! flyspell ; built-in
   :defer t
   :init
diff --git a/modules/lang/latex/config.el b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
index 8462c0453..750b988af 100644
--- a/modules/lang/latex/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/latex/config.el
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 ;; Plugins
 ;;
 
-;; Default language setting.
-(defvar ispell-dictionary "english")
-
-
 (after! tex
   ;; Set some varibles to fontify common LaTeX commands.
   (load! "+fontification")