diff --git a/contrib/!lang/emacs-lisp/packages.el b/contrib/!lang/emacs-lisp/packages.el
index 4fe78eac7..91e4f2146 100644
--- a/contrib/!lang/emacs-lisp/packages.el
+++ b/contrib/!lang/emacs-lisp/packages.el
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         eldoc
         elisp-slime-nav
         evil
+        flycheck
         ielm
         macrostep
         semantic
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@
                                                 ";; "
                                                 ""))))
 
+(defun emacs-lisp/post-init-flycheck ()
+  ;; Make flycheck recognize packages in loadpath
+  ;; i.e (require 'company) will not give an error now
+  (setq flycheck-emacs-lisp-load-path 'inherit))
+
 (defun emacs-lisp/post-init-semantic ()
   (semantic/enable-semantic-mode 'emacs-lisp-mode)
   (eval-after-load 'semantic
diff --git a/contrib/syntax-checking/packages.el b/contrib/syntax-checking/packages.el
index 2f7d1b140..ee03f6d92 100644
--- a/contrib/syntax-checking/packages.el
+++ b/contrib/syntax-checking/packages.el
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
         :evil-leader "ts"))
     :config
     (progn
-      ;; Make flycheck recognize packages in loadpath
-      ;; i.e (require 'company) will not give an error now
-      (setq flycheck-emacs-lisp-load-path 'inherit)
-
       (spacemacs|diminish flycheck-mode " ⓢ" " s")
 
       ;; color mode line faces