diff --git a/core/core-cli.el b/core/core-cli.el
index fe72ebc30..05ce9b490 100644
--- a/core/core-cli.el
+++ b/core/core-cli.el
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 (require 'core-packages)
 (doom-initialize-core-packages)
 
+;; Don't generate superfluous files when writing temp buffers
+(setq make-backup-files nil)
+
 
 ;;
 ;;; Variables
diff --git a/modules/config/literate/autoload.el b/modules/config/literate/autoload.el
index 84e14034e..4ebba45ab 100644
--- a/modules/config/literate/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/config/literate/autoload.el
@@ -9,41 +9,64 @@
   "The file path that `+literate-config-file' will be tangled to, then
 byte-compiled from.")
 
+(defvar org-mode-hook)
+(defvar org-inhibit-startup)
+
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +literate-tangle-h ()
   "Tangles `+literate-config-file' if it has changed."
   (print! (start "Compiling your literate config..."))
   (print-group!
    (let* ((default-directory doom-private-dir)
-          (org    (expand-file-name +literate-config-file))
-          (dest   (concat (file-name-sans-extension +literate-config-file) ".el"))
-          ;; Operate on a copy because `org-babel-tangle' has side-effects we
-          ;; don't want to impose on the User's config permanently.
-          (backup (make-temp-file (concat (file-name-nondirectory org) "."))))
-     (unwind-protect
-         (and (require 'ox)
-              (require 'ob-tangle)
-              (letf! ((defun message (msg &rest args)
-                        (when msg
-                          (print! (info "%s") (apply #'format msg args))))
-                      ;; Prevent infinite recursion due to recompile-on-save
-                      ;; hooks later.
-                      (org-mode-hook nil))
-                ;; Tangling won't ordinarily expand #+INCLUDE directives, and it
-                ;; modifies the buffer so we must do it in a copy to prevent
-                ;; stepping on the user's toes.
+          (org  (expand-file-name +literate-config-file))
+          (dest (concat (file-name-sans-extension +literate-config-file) ".el")))
+     (and (require 'ox)
+          (require 'ob-tangle)
+          (letf! (;; Operate on a copy because `org-babel-tangle' has
+                  ;; side-effects we need to undo immediately as not to
+                  ;; overwrite the user's config; it's bad ettiquite.
+                  (backup (make-temp-file (concat (file-name-nondirectory org) ".")))
+                  ;; A hack to prevent ob-tangle from operating relative to the
+                  ;; backup file and thus tangling to the wrong destinations.
+                  (defun org-babel-tangle-single-block (&rest args)
+                    (let* ((spec (apply org-babel-tangle-single-block args))
+                           (file (nth 1 spec))
+                           (file (if (file-equal-p file backup) org file))
+                           (file (if org-babel-tangle-use-relative-file-links
+                                     (file-relative-name file)
+                                   file)))
+                      (setf (nth 1 spec) file)
+                      spec))
+                  ;; Ensure output conforms to the formatting of all doom CLIs
+                  (defun message (msg &rest args)
+                    (when msg
+                      (print! (info "%s") (apply #'format msg args)))))
+            (unwind-protect
                 (with-temp-file backup
+                  (insert-file-contents org)
                   (let ((buffer-file-name backup)
-                        (org-inhibit-startup t)
-                        org-mode-hook)
-                    (insert-file-contents org)
+                        ;; Prevent unwanted entries in recentf, or formatters, or
+                        ;; anything that could be on these hooks, really. Nothing
+                        ;; else should be touching these files (particularly in
+                        ;; interactive sessions).
+                        (write-file-functions nil)
+                        (before-save-hook nil)
+                        (after-save-hook nil)
+                        ;; Prevent infinite recursion due to recompile-on-save
+                        ;; hooks later, and speed up `org-mode' init.
+                        (org-mode-hook nil)
+                        (org-inhibit-startup t))
                     (org-mode)
-                    (org-export-expand-include-keyword)
-                    (org-babel-tangle nil dest)))
-                t)
-              ;; Write an empty file to serve as our mtime cache
-              (with-temp-file +literate-config-cache-file))
-       (ignore-errors (delete-file backup))))))
+                    (with-silent-modifications
+                      ;; Tangling won't ordinarily expand #+INCLUDE directives,
+                      ;; so I do it myself.
+                      (org-export-expand-include-keyword)
+                      (org-babel-tangle nil dest))))
+              (ignore-errors (delete-file backup)))
+            ;; Write an empty file to serve as our mtime cache
+            (with-temp-file +literate-config-cache-file)
+            t)))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'+literate-enable-recompile-h)