diff --git a/lisp/doom-editor.el b/lisp/doom-editor.el
index 85eaa5408..88f7a59f8 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-editor.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-editor.el
@@ -246,10 +246,8 @@ tell you about it. Very annoying. This prevents that."
 ;;
 ;;; Extra file extensions to support
 
-(nconc
- auto-mode-alist
- '(("/LICENSE\\'" . text-mode)
-   ("rc\\'" . conf-mode)))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("/LICENSE\\'" . text-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("rc\\'" . conf-mode))
 
 
 ;;