diff --git a/lisp/ob-core.el b/lisp/ob-core.el
index cc25357a2..578a52daa 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-core.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-core.el
@@ -2359,11 +2359,11 @@ parameters when merging lists."
 	(lambda (param)
 	  (when (assoc param params)
 	    (setf (cdr (assoc param params))
-		  (remove-if (lambda (pair) (equal (car pair) name))
-			     (cdr (assoc param params))))
-	    (setf params (remove-if (lambda (pair) (and (equal (car pair) param)
-						   (null (cdr pair))))
-				    params))))
+		  (org-remove-if (lambda (pair) (equal (car pair) name))
+				 (cdr (assoc param params))))
+	    (setf params (org-remove-if (lambda (pair) (and (equal (car pair) param)
+						       (null (cdr pair))))
+					params))))
 	(list :colname-names :rowname-names)))
      clearnames)
     (mapc