diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index c7d4985..b020c52 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -191,15 +191,19 @@ say, `tool-bar-mode' once to toggle the tool bar back on."
                                               before-init-time)))
            gcs-done))
 
-;;; `setup'
+;;; Early-loaded packages
+;; These packages are here because they need to be loaded /before/
+;; everything else in init.el.
+
 (straight-use-package '(setup :host nil :repo "https://git.sr.ht/~pkal/setup"))
 (require 'setup)
 (require 'acdw-setup)
 
-;;; `no-littering'
 (setup (:straight no-littering)
   (:option no-littering-etc-directory (acdw/dir)
            no-littering-var-directory (acdw/dir))
   (require 'no-littering))
 
+(setup (:straight el-patch))
+
 ;;; early-init.el ends here
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 56b5408..217bb85 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -644,8 +644,6 @@ AKA, DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION!!!"
            (defun edit-server@set-a-variable (&rest _)
              (setq-local edit-server-frame-p t))))
 
-(setup (:straight el-patch))
-
 (setup eldoc
   (:option eldoc-idle-delay 0.1
            eldoc-echo-area-use-multiline-p nil))