diff --git a/lisp/doom-lib.el b/lisp/doom-lib.el
index 40a48cc5c..dd699f52e 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-lib.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-lib.el
@@ -945,12 +945,7 @@ If N and M = 1, there's no benefit to using this macro over `remove-hook'.
   (declare (indent 1))
   (macroexp-progn
    (cl-loop for (var val hook fn) in (doom--setq-hook-fns hooks var-vals)
-            collect `(defun ,fn (&rest _)
-                       ,(format "%s = %s" var
-                                (let ((print-level nil)
-                                      (print-length nil))
-                                  (prin1-to-string val)))
-                       (setq-local ,var ,val))
+            collect `(defun ,fn (&rest _) (setq-local ,var ,val))
             collect `(add-hook ',hook #',fn -90))))
 
 (defmacro unsetq-hook! (hooks &rest vars)