When loading a configuration using `(org-babel-load-file (concat user-emacs-directory "config.org"))` in `init.el`, this message is reported: org-export--get-inbuffer-options: Symbol’s function definition is void: org-collect-keywords and export doesn't work. The last commit that didn't have this issue for me was 3c4cb7b296c78aafb0d6302a4075f1f1fa1c7e1c. An example `config.el` follows (or stick it in an Elisp source block in `config.org`): (setq straight-use-package-by-default t) (defvar bootstrap-version) (let ((bootstrap-file (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el" user-emacs-directory)) (bootstrap-version 5)) (unless (file-exists-p bootstrap-file) (with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously " https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raxod502/straight.el/develop/install.el" 'silent 'inhibit-cookies) (goto-char (point-max)) (eval-print-last-sexp))) (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage)) (setq use-package-always-defer t use-package-verbose t) (straight-use-package 'use-package) (bind-key (kbd "C-x C-b") 'switch-to-buffer) (bind-key (kbd "C-x b") 'ibuffer) (bind-key (kbd "C-c b") 'switch-to-previous-buffer) (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "Panic Sans-11")) (use-package org) Emacs : GNU Emacs 27.0.91 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.17.3) of 2020-05-24 Package: Org mode version 9.3.6 (release_9.3.6-683-g3b2de4 @ /home/eric/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/) current state: ============== (setq org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-latex-listings 'minted org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p 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-latex-default-packages-alist '(("AUTO" "inputenc" t ("pdflatex")) ("T1" "fontenc" t ("pdflatex")) ("" "graphicx" t) ("" "grffile" t) ("" "longtable" nil) ("" "wrapfig" nil) ("" "rotating" nil) ("normalem" "ulem" t) ("" "amsmath" t) ("" "textcomp" t) ("" "amssymb" t) ("" "capt-of" nil) ("colorlinks=true" "hyperref" nil) ("" "braket" t) ("final" "microtype" nil) ("usenames,dvipsnames,svgnames,table" "xcolor" nil)) org-edit-src-content-indentation 0 org-src-tab-acts-natively t org-link-descriptive nil org-latex-pdf-process '("latexmk -pdf -xelatex -shell-escape -output-directory=%o %f") org-agenda-files '("~/Dropbox/Notes" "~/Dropbox/research/lab_notebook") org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function 'org-ascii-format-inlinetask-default org-startup-folded nil org-mode-hook '(org-mode-export-hook #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append local] 5] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\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) org-export-with-smart-quotes t 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-preview-latex-default-process 'imagemagick 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-adapt-indentation nil 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-log-done 'time org-export-backends '(ascii html icalendar latex md) org-ascii-format-drawer-function #[771 " \207" [] 4 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS WIDTH)"] org-agenda-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region nil org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-export-dispatch-use-expert-ui t org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate org-babel-speed-command-activate) org-clock-persist-file "/home/eric/.emacs.d/var/org/clock-persist.el" org-closed-keep-when-no-todo t org-html-with-latex '(mathjax) org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("python" . "py") ("emacs-lisp" . "el") ("elisp" . "el")) org-publish-timestamp-directory "/home/eric/.emacs.d/var/org/timestamps/" org-export-before-parsing-hook '(org-attach-expand-links) org-id-locations-file "/home/eric/.emacs.d/var/org/id-locations.el" org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-follow :complete org-attach-complete-link) ("id" :follow org-id-open) ("eww" :follow org-eww-open :store org-eww-store-link) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link :export org-irc-export) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell) ("news" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302 Q!\207" ["news" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("mailto" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302 Q!\207" ["mailto" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("https" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302 Q!\207" ["https" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("http" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302 Q!\207" ["http" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("ftp" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302 Q!\207" ["ftp" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("help" :follow org-link--open-help) ("file" :complete org-link-complete-file) ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp) ("doi" :follow org-link--open-doi)) org-latex-format-headline-function 'org-latex-format-headline-default-function org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-latex-format-inlinetask-function 'org-latex-format-inlinetask-default-function org-html-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"] org-latex-packages-alist '(("" "minted" nil)) org-image-actual-width nil org-startup-truncated nil org-latex-classes '(("refsheet" "\\documentclass{refsheet}" ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}") ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}") ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")) ("article" "\\documentclass[11pt]{article}" ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}") ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}") ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")) ("report" "\\documentclass[11pt]{report}" ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}") ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}") ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")) ("book" "\\documentclass[11pt]{book}" ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}") ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}") ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")) ) org-html-format-headline-function 'org-html-format-headline-default-function org-latex-hyperref-template "\\hypersetup{\n pdfauthor={%a},\n pdftitle={%t},\n pdfkeywords={%k},\n pdfsubject={%d},\n pdfcreator={%c},\n pdflang={%L},\n colorlinks=true,\n linkcolor=MidnightBlue,\n citecolor=MidnightBlue,\n urlcolor=MidnightBlue}\n" org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil org-directory "~/Dropbox/Notes" org-link-from-user-regexp "\\\\|\\" org-latex-inline-image-rules '(("file" . "\\.\\(pdf\\|jpeg\\|jpg\\|png\\|ps\\|eps\\|tikz\\|pgf\\|svg\\|gif\\)\\'")) org-list-allow-alphabetical t org-latex-minted-options '(("framesep" "2mm")) )