diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 8616bc1..268769c 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ inputs: let
 
       spellcheck = {
         enable = isMaximal;
-        programmingWordlist.enable = isMaximal;
       };
 
       lsp = {
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index 22bc84a..620111f 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "rich-presence"
     "session"
     "snippets"
-    "spellcheck"
+    # "spellcheck" # FIXME: see neovim/init/spellcheck.nix
     "statusline"
     "tabline"
     "terminal"
diff --git a/modules/neovim/init/spellcheck.nix b/modules/neovim/init/spellcheck.nix
index 7a41f25..d8957ef 100644
--- a/modules/neovim/init/spellcheck.nix
+++ b/modules/neovim/init/spellcheck.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
+    /*
+    # FIXME: This needs to be revisited. It tries to install
+    # the spellfile to an user directory, but it cannot do so
+    # as we sanitize runtime paths.
     programmingWordlist.enable = mkEnableOption ''
       vim-dirtytalk, a wordlist for programmers containing
       common programming terms.
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ in {
       Setting this value as `true` has the same effect
       as setting {option}`vim.spellCheck.enable`
     '';
+    */
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {