diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 94d65f6..74abdbb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rlua"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 authors = ["kyren <catherine@chucklefish.org>"]
 description = "High level bindings to Lua 5.3"
 repository = "https://github.com/chucklefish/rlua"
diff --git a/src/lua.rs b/src/lua.rs
index a1aeda5..4d02af8 100644
--- a/src/lua.rs
+++ b/src/lua.rs
@@ -659,15 +659,6 @@ impl Lua {
     pub fn new() -> Lua {
         unsafe {
             let state = ffi::luaL_newstate();
-            unsafe extern "C" fn panic_function(state: *mut ffi::lua_State) -> c_int {
-                if let Some(s) = ffi::lua_tostring(state, -1).as_ref() {
-                    panic!("rlua - unprotected error in call to Lua API ({})", s)
-                } else {
-                    panic!("rlua - unprotected error in call to Lua API <unprintable error>")
-                }
-            }
-
-            ffi::lua_atpanic(state, panic_function);
             ffi::luaL_openlibs(state);
 
             stack_guard(state, 0, || {