diff --git a/core/autoload/projects.el b/core/autoload/projects.el
index 726ac6593..ffe395688 100644
--- a/core/autoload/projects.el
+++ b/core/autoload/projects.el
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 ;;; core/autoload/projects.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(defvar projectile-project-root)
-(defvar projectile-enable-caching)
-(defvar projectile-require-project-root)
-
-;;;###autoload (autoload 'projectile-relevant-known-projects "projectile")
+;; HACK We forward declare these variables because they are let-bound in a
+;;      number of places with no guarantee that they've been defined yet (i.e.
+;;      that `projectile' is loaded). If a variable is defined with `defvar'
+;;      while it is lexically bound, you get "Defining as dynamic an already
+;;      lexical var" errors in Emacs 28+).
+;;;###autoload (defvar projectile-project-root nil)
+;;;###autoload (defvar projectile-enable-caching doom-interactive-p)
+;;;###autoload (defvar projectile-require-project-root 'prompt)
 
 ;;;###autodef
 (cl-defun set-project-type! (name &key predicate compile run test configure dir)
diff --git a/core/core-projects.el b/core/core-projects.el
index a6fd5d5cb..f2f1aebf4 100644
--- a/core/core-projects.el
+++ b/core/core-projects.el
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ debian, and derivatives). On most it's 'fd'.")
   :commands (projectile-project-root
              projectile-project-name
              projectile-project-p
-             projectile-locate-dominating-file)
+             projectile-locate-dominating-file
+             projectile-relevant-known-projects)
   :init
   (setq projectile-cache-file (concat doom-cache-dir "projectile.cache")
         ;; Auto-discovery is slow to do by default. Better to update the list