diff --git a/src/libraries/lua53/lutf8lib.c b/src/libraries/lua53/lutf8lib.c
index 8091a1116..603a20b14 100644
--- a/src/libraries/lua53/lutf8lib.c
+++ b/src/libraries/lua53/lutf8lib.c
@@ -309,12 +309,7 @@ int luaopen_luautf8 (lua_State *L) {
       lua_setfield(L, -2, l->name);
     }
   }
-#if LUA_VERSION_NUM >= 504
   lua_pushlstring(L, UTF8PATT, sizeof(UTF8PATT) / sizeof(char) - 1);
   lua_setfield(L, -2, "charpattern");
-#else
-  lua_pushliteral(L, UTF8PATT);
-  lua_setfield(L, -2, "charpattern");
-#endif
   return 1;
 }