Pandoc loading biblatex in beamer?

[folofjc]

I just updated to 3.6.2. When I convert to beamer with --citeproc, it appears that pandoc puts \usepackage{biblatex} in the .tex file. Has this always been the case? The problem is that I include this in my header file with an option, so now the latex compile fails.

I need to include it in my header file because I have some packages that have to be included before biblatex. It looks like it is coming from here: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/blame/2b6554c475e6e6e500b8cbb39c90b28cc122c423/data/templates/common.latex#L255

I have biblatex: true in my yaml file, which I assume is why it is showing up. I have been using this yaml file for years and never had this. I assume that I need the biblatex:true for my beamer to compile correctly. Is that correct?

Thanks!

[jgm]

It is happening because of biblatex: true. That is the same as using --biblatex on your command line, and you shouldn't do this when you're using --citeproc. citeproc formats the bibliography completely independently from biblatex, which shouldn't need to be loaded at all.

[folofjc]

Okay, got it. I will delete it from my yaml. Thanks!