diff --git a/src/tex/noweb.sty b/src/tex/noweb.sty
index 51c04c2..411eee3 100644
--- a/src/tex/noweb.sty
+++ b/src/tex/noweb.sty
@@ -158,11 +158,15 @@ I'll try to avoid such incompatible changes in the future.}%
     \@@par
     \def\par{\leavevmode\null \@@par \penalty\nwcodepenalty}%
     \obeylines
+%    \@noligs   \ifx\verbatim@nolig@list\undefined\else
+%                 \let\do=\nw@makeother \verbatim@nolig@list \do@noligs\`
+%               \fi
+%    \setupcode \frenchspacing \@vobeyspaces
+  \nowebsize \setupcode
     \@noligs   \ifx\verbatim@nolig@list\undefined\else
                  \let\do=\nw@makeother \verbatim@nolig@list \do@noligs\`
                \fi
     \setupcode \frenchspacing \@vobeyspaces
-  \nowebsize \setupcode
   \let\maybehbox\mbox }
   \newskip\nwcodetopsep \nwcodetopsep = 3pt plus 1.2pt minus 1pt
   \let\nowebsize=\normalsize
diff --git a/src/tex/support.nw b/src/tex/support.nw
index 4a37a10..6ce1ec4 100644
--- a/src/tex/support.nw
+++ b/src/tex/support.nw
@@ -356,8 +356,9 @@ be broken anyhow (even within chunk names because of the
   <<[[\trivlist]] clich\'e (\`a la {\Tt verbatim})>>
   \linewidth\codehsize
   <<[[\obeylines]] setup>>
-  <<zap ligatures, fix spaces>>
+%  <<zap ligatures, fix spaces>>
   \nowebsize \setupcode
+  <<zap ligatures, fix spaces>>
   \let\maybehbox\mbox }
 @ \iffalse
 <<man page: [[\noweboptions]]>>=