diff --git a/src/llex.cpp b/src/llex.cpp
index 2e8b470f00..86c4946b42 100644
--- a/src/llex.cpp
+++ b/src/llex.cpp
@@ -1102,11 +1102,3 @@ int luaX_lookahead (LexState *ls) {
 const Token& luaX_lookbehind (LexState *ls) {
   return ls->tokens.at(ls->tidx - 1);
 }
-
-
-void luaX_checkspecial (LexState *ls) {
-  if (ls->shouldSuggest()) {
-    SuggestionsState ss(ls);
-    ss.pushLocals();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/llex.h b/src/llex.h
index d3b3078e35..6ce0f8cf7a 100644
--- a/src/llex.h
+++ b/src/llex.h
@@ -556,4 +556,3 @@ LUAI_FUNC l_noret luaX_syntaxerror (LexState *ls, const char *s);
 LUAI_FUNC const char *luaX_token2str (LexState *ls, int token);
 LUAI_FUNC const char *luaX_token2str_noq (LexState *ls, int token);
 LUAI_FUNC const char *luaX_reserved2str (int token);
-LUAI_FUNC void luaX_checkspecial (LexState *ls);
diff --git a/src/lparser.cpp b/src/lparser.cpp
index 97f21a3d33..6151eed78f 100644
--- a/src/lparser.cpp
+++ b/src/lparser.cpp
@@ -3584,7 +3584,10 @@ static BinOpr subexpr (LexState *ls, expdesc *v, int limit, TypeHint *prop, int
 
 
 static void expr (LexState *ls, expdesc *v, TypeHint *prop, int flags) {
-  luaX_checkspecial(ls);
+  if (ls->shouldSuggest()) {
+    SuggestionsState ss(ls);
+    ss.pushLocals();
+  }
   subexpr(ls, v, 0, prop, flags);
   if (testnext(ls, '?')) { /* ternary expression? */
     if (prop) prop->clear(); /* we don't care what type the condition is/was */