diff --git a/core/moduleapi.lua b/core/moduleapi.lua
index 870a6a509..98474b27f 100644
--- a/core/moduleapi.lua
+++ b/core/moduleapi.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ local ipairs, pairs, select = ipairs, pairs, select;
 local tonumber, tostring = tonumber, tostring;
 local require = require;
 local pack = table.pack or require "util.table".pack; -- table.pack is only in 5.2
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113 -- renamed in 5.2
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 
 local prosody = prosody;
 local hosts = prosody.hosts;
diff --git a/net/resolvers/manual.lua b/net/resolvers/manual.lua
index dbc40256a..c766a11fd 100644
--- a/net/resolvers/manual.lua
+++ b/net/resolvers/manual.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 local methods = {};
 local resolver_mt = { __index = methods };
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 
 -- Find the next target to connect to, and
 -- pass it to cb()
diff --git a/plugins/mod_admin_shell.lua b/plugins/mod_admin_shell.lua
index 4033d868c..7a69e3a40 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_admin_shell.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_admin_shell.lua
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ local _G = _G;
 
 local prosody = _G.prosody;
 
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 local iterators = require "util.iterators";
 local keys, values = iterators.keys, iterators.values;
 local jid_bare, jid_split, jid_join = import("util.jid", "bare", "prepped_split", "join");
diff --git a/plugins/mod_pep_simple.lua b/plugins/mod_pep_simple.lua
index e686b99b8..1314aeceb 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_pep_simple.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_pep_simple.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local is_contact_subscribed = require "core.rostermanager".is_contact_subscribed
 local pairs = pairs;
 local next = next;
 local type = type;
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 local calculate_hash = require "util.caps".calculate_hash;
 local core_post_stanza = prosody.core_post_stanza;
 local bare_sessions = prosody.bare_sessions;
diff --git a/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua b/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua
index 83cef8085..661bb65bf 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local t_unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113
+local t_unpack = table.unpack;
 local time_now = os.time;
 
 local jid_prep = require "util.jid".prep;
diff --git a/plugins/mod_storage_sql.lua b/plugins/mod_storage_sql.lua
index 8749bcc40..b1e907522 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_storage_sql.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_storage_sql.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local is_stanza = require"util.stanza".is_stanza;
 local t_concat = table.concat;
 
 local noop = function() end
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 local function iterator(result)
 	return function(result_)
 		local row = result_();
diff --git a/plugins/mod_storage_xep0227.lua b/plugins/mod_storage_xep0227.lua
index 5c3cf7f6f..079e49d84 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_storage_xep0227.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_storage_xep0227.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 local ipairs, pairs = ipairs, pairs;
 local setmetatable = setmetatable;
 local tostring = tostring;
-local next, unpack = next, table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113/unpack
+local next, unpack = next, table.unpack;
 local os_remove = os.remove;
 local io_open = io.open;
 local jid_bare = require "util.jid".bare;
diff --git a/prosodyctl b/prosodyctl
index e7bff982a..cb55858ac 100755
--- a/prosodyctl
+++ b/prosodyctl
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ function commands.reload(arg)
 end
 -- ejabberdctl compatibility
 
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 
 function commands.register(arg)
 	local user, host, password = unpack(arg);
diff --git a/spec/core_storagemanager_spec.lua b/spec/core_storagemanager_spec.lua
index e8d9fc97f..2170420db 100644
--- a/spec/core_storagemanager_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/core_storagemanager_spec.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 local server = require "net.server_select";
 package.loaded["net.server"] = server;
 
diff --git a/tools/modtrace.lua b/tools/modtrace.lua
index 45fa9f6a3..f31ce2d1d 100644
--- a/tools/modtrace.lua
+++ b/tools/modtrace.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 local t_pack = require "util.table".pack;
 local serialize = require "util.serialization".serialize;
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 local set = require "util.set";
 
 local serialize_cfg = {
diff --git a/util/format.lua b/util/format.lua
index 611068d70..356942718 100644
--- a/util/format.lua
+++ b/util/format.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 -- Provides some protection from e.g. CAPEC-135, CWE-117, CWE-134, CWE-93
 
 local tostring = tostring;
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; -- luacheck: ignore 113/unpack
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 local pack = require "util.table".pack; -- TODO table.pack in 5.2+
 local valid_utf8 = require "util.encodings".utf8.valid;
 local type = type;
diff --git a/util/human/units.lua b/util/human/units.lua
index 23e3e5796..329c8518d 100644
--- a/util/human/units.lua
+++ b/util/human/units.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ local math_floor = math.floor;
 local math_log = math.log;
 local math_max = math.max;
 local math_min = math.min;
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 
 local large = {
 	"k", 1000,
diff --git a/util/import.lua b/util/import.lua
index 1007bc0a5..0892e9b1c 100644
--- a/util/import.lua
+++ b/util/import.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 local t_insert = table.insert;
 function _G.import(module, ...)
 	local m = package.loaded[module] or require(module);
diff --git a/util/iterators.lua b/util/iterators.lua
index c03c2fd6b..e9f7c1b27 100644
--- a/util/iterators.lua
+++ b/util/iterators.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local it = {};
 
 local t_insert = table.insert;
 local next = next;
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 local pack = table.pack or require "util.table".pack;
 local type = type;
 local table, setmetatable = table, setmetatable;
diff --git a/util/multitable.lua b/util/multitable.lua
index 4f2cd9729..0c292b451 100644
--- a/util/multitable.lua
+++ b/util/multitable.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 local select = select;
 local t_insert = table.insert;
 local pairs, next, type = pairs, next, type;
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 
 local _ENV = nil;
 -- luacheck: std none
diff --git a/util/openmetrics.lua b/util/openmetrics.lua
index 634f9de1d..f451e504f 100644
--- a/util/openmetrics.lua
+++ b/util/openmetrics.lua
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local log = require "util.logger".init("util.openmetrics");
 local new_multitable = require "util.multitable".new;
 local iter_multitable = require "util.multitable".iter;
 local t_concat, t_insert = table.concat, table.insert;
-local t_pack, t_unpack = require "util.table".pack, table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113/unpack
+local t_pack, t_unpack = require "util.table".pack, table.unpack;
 
 -- BEGIN of Utility: "metric proxy"
 -- This allows to wrap a MetricFamily in a proxy which only provides the
diff --git a/util/promise.lua b/util/promise.lua
index c4e166ede..1762d5013 100644
--- a/util/promise.lua
+++ b/util/promise.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local promise_methods = {};
 local promise_mt = { __name = "promise", __index = promise_methods };
 
 local xpcall = require "util.xpcall".xpcall;
-local unpack = table.unpack or unpack; --luacheck: ignore 113
+local unpack = table.unpack;
 
 function promise_mt:__tostring()
 	return  "promise (" .. (self._state or "invalid") .. ")";