diff --git a/modules/config/literate/init.el b/modules/config/literate/init.el
index 1062c0f61..ed551e0e3 100644
--- a/modules/config/literate/init.el
+++ b/modules/config/literate/init.el
@@ -18,21 +18,27 @@ byte-compiled from.")
     (when (or force-p (file-newer-than-file-p org +literate-config-cache-file))
       (message "Compiling your literate config...")
 
-      ;; We tangle in a separate, blank process because loading it here would
-      ;; load all of :lang org (very expensive!).
-      (or (and (zerop (call-process
-                       "emacs" nil nil nil
-                       "-q" "--batch" "-l" "ob-tangle" "--eval"
-                       (format "(org-babel-tangle-file %S nil \"emacs-lisp\")"
-                               org)))
+      (setq org (file-truename +literate-config-file))
+      (or (and (if (fboundp 'org-babel-tangle-file)
+                   (org-babel-tangle-file org nil "emacs-lisp")
+                 ;; We tangle in a separate, blank process because loading it
+                 ;; here would load all of :lang org (very expensive!).
+                 (zerop (call-process
+                         "emacs" nil nil nil
+                         "-q" "--batch" "-l" "ob-tangle" "--eval"
+                         (format "(org-babel-tangle-file %S nil \"emacs-lisp\")"
+                                 org))))
                ;; Write the cache file to serve as our mtime cache
-               (with-temp-file +literate-config-cache-file t))
-          (warn "There was a problem tangling your literate config!"))
+               (with-temp-file +literate-config-cache-file
+                 (message "Done!")))
+          (warn "There was a problem tangling your literate config!")))))
 
-      (message "Done!"))))
 
 ;; Let 'er rip!
-(+literate-tangle doom-reloading-p)
+(when noninteractive
+  (require 'ob-tangle nil t))
+
+(+literate-tangle (or doom-reloading-p noninteractive))
 ;; No need to load the resulting file. Doom will do this for us after all
 ;; modules have finished loading.