diff --git a/internal/clua.c b/internal/clua.c
index fa2eed4..a0a9d27 100644
--- a/internal/clua.c
+++ b/internal/clua.c
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ lua_State* clua_newstate(void* f, void* ud)
 	return lua_newstate((lua_Alloc)f, ud);
 }
 
-l_noret cluaL_errorL(lua_State* L, char* msg)
-{
-	luaL_errorL(L, msg);
-}
-
 void clua_pushcclosurek(lua_State* L, void* f, char* debugname, int nup, void* cont) {
 	return lua_pushcclosurek(L, (lua_CFunction)f, debugname, nup, (lua_Continuation)cont);
 }
diff --git a/internal/lauxlib.go b/internal/lauxlib.go
index e971875..3696797 100644
--- a/internal/lauxlib.go
+++ b/internal/lauxlib.go
@@ -171,8 +171,10 @@ func LErrorL(L *LuaState, msg string) {
 	cmsg := C.CString(msg)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cmsg))
 
-	C.cluaL_errorL(L, cmsg)
-	panic(msg)
+	PushString(L, msg)
+	Error(L)
+
+	// TODO: do we panic on the go side?
 }
 
 func LCheckOption(L *LuaState, narg int32, def string, lst []string) int32 {