The empty src block at the beginning of the following file prevents "capture-tmpl" to expand when tangling.
Admittedly, this empty src block shouldn't exist in the first place, it's just a residue of some former confg of mine that didn't cause any problem until I upgraded Org to the latest ELPA package (8.2.7a-elpaplus -- 20140619). The test file is ---8<------- * Empty org block #+begin_src org :noweb yes #+end_src * Other blocks #+name: capture-tmpl #+begin_src org :results value ,* A :PROPERTIES: :ID: %(org-id-new) :END: #+end_src #+name: capture #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle no ("C" "Capture" entry " <<capture-tmpl>>") #+end_src #+begin_src emacs-lisp :noweb yes (add-to-list 'org-capture-templates ' <<capture>> 'append) #+end_src ---8<------- And the Makefile I used is simply ---8<------- all: conf.el %.el: %.org emacs --batch -Q -l ob-tangle -l ob-org \ --eval '(setq org-babel-use-quick-and-dirty-noweb-expansion t)' \ --eval '(setq org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil)' \ --eval '(org-babel-tangle-file "$<" "$@" "emacs-lisp")' ---8<------- Cheers, Nicolas