Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? See https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When editing this block with C- ' +BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :lexical t :tangle elisp.el (defvar *a-var* "blah") (defun v() (interactive) *a-var*) #+END_SRC On return it adds a , before the *a-var* #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :lexical t :tangle elisp.el (defvar *a-var* "blah") (defun v() (interactive) ,*a-var*) #+END_SRC This happens in a clean emacs started the -q flag, so it should not have anything to do with my configuration. Immanuel Emacs : GNU Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30) of 2019-07-17 Package: Org mode version 9.1.9 (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ /usr/local/share/emacs/26.2/lisp/org/) current state: ============== (setq org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-latex-listings t org-pomodoro-long-break-length 30 org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-html-format-inlinetask-function 'org-html-format-inlinetask-default-function org-odt-format-headline-function 'org-odt-format-headline-default-function org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function 'org-ascii-format-inlinetask-default org-plantuml-jar-path "/home/immanuel/bin/plantuml.jar" org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes auto-fill-mode) org-odt-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"] org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300\236A\207" [:title] 3 "\n\n(fn ENTRY)"] org-from-is-user-regexp "\\\\|\\" org-latex-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn _ CONTENTS)"] org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-babel-load-languages '((emacs-lisp . t) (C . t) (python . t) (lilypond . t) (shell . t) (plantuml . t)) org-log-done 'time org-ascii-format-drawer-function #[771 "\207" [] 4 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS WIDTH)"] org-babel-python-command "ipython --simple-prompt -i --pylab" org-src-preserve-indentation t org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-pomodoro-ticking-sound "/home/immanuel/.emacs.d/straight/build/org-pomodoro/resources/tick.wav" org-structure-template-alist '(("r" "#+BEGIN_SRC rust\n?\n#+END_SRC") ("p" "#+BEGIN_SRC plantuml\n?\n#+END_SRC") ("ha" "#+BEGIN_SRC haskell\n?\n#+END_SRC") ("ly" "#+LaTeX: \\linebreak\n#+ATTR_LaTeX: width=17cm\n#+BEGIN_SRC lilypond :file ?.png :noweb yes\n#+END_SRC") ("bnf" "#+BEGIN_SRC abnf\n?\n#+END_SRC") ("cpp" "#+NAME:\n#+HEADER: :tangle\n#+HEADER: :main no\n#+HEADER: :noeval\n#+HEADER: :noweb yes\n#+BEGIN_SRC cpp\n?\n#+END_SRC") ("yp" "#+END_SRC\n?\n#+BEGIN_SRC python :noweb yes") ("py" "#+BEGIN_SRC python :noweb yes\n?\n#+END_SRC") ("ab" "#+END_SRC\n#+BEGIN_SRC bash") ("ba" "#+BEGIN_SRC bash?\n#+END_SRC") ("le" "#+END_SRC\n#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp?") 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