diff --git a/modules/org/org-babel/config.el b/modules/org/org-babel/config.el
index e3c1332f5..fd1d39c87 100644
--- a/modules/org/org-babel/config.el
+++ b/modules/org/org-babel/config.el
@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@
 
 (add-hook 'org-load-hook #'+org-babel|init t)
 
+(defvar +org-babel-languages
+  '(calc
+    css
+    emacs-lisp
+    haskell
+    js
+    latex
+    ledger
+    lilypond
+    lisp
+    matlab
+    plantuml
+    python
+    restclient ; ob-restclient
+    ruby
+    rust       ; ob-rust
+    shell
+    sqlite
+    sql-mode   ; ob-sql-mode
+    translate) ; ob-translate
+  "A list of org-babel languages to load.")
+
 (defun +org-babel|init ()
   (setq org-src-fontify-natively t      ; make code pretty
         org-src-preserve-indentation t  ; use native major-mode indentation
@@ -11,27 +33,11 @@
 
   (org-babel-do-load-languages
    'org-babel-load-languages
-   (mapcar (lambda (sym) (cons sym t))
-           '(calc
-             css
-             emacs-lisp
-             haskell
-             js
-             latex
-             ledger
-             lilypond
-             lisp
-             matlab
-             plantuml
-             python
-             restclient ; ob-restclient
-             ruby
-             rust       ; ob-rust
-             shell
-             sqlite
-             sql-mode   ; ob-sql-mode
-             translate  ; ob-translate
-             )))
+   (cl-loop for sym in +org-babel-languages
+            collect (cons sym t)))
+
+  ;; I prefer C-c C-c for confirming over the default C-c '
+  (map! :map org-src-mode-map "C-c C-c" #'org-edit-src-exit)
 
   ;; In a recent update, `org-babel-get-header' was removed from org-mode, which
   ;; is something a fair number of babel plugins use. So until those plugins
@@ -42,11 +48,7 @@
              if (funcall fn (eq (car p) key))
              collect p))
 
-  ;; I prefer C-c C-c for confirming over the default C-c '
-  (map! :map org-src-mode-map "C-c C-c" #'org-edit-src-exit)
-
   (defun +org|src-mode-remove-header ()
     "Remove header-line with keybinding help; I know the keybinds."
-    (when header-line-format
-      (setq header-line-format nil)))
+    (setq header-line-format nil))
   (add-hook 'org-src-mode-hook #'+org|src-mode-remove-header))