diff --git a/nse_init.cc b/nse_init.cc
index 2f4036eff..cfe272752 100644
--- a/nse_init.cc
+++ b/nse_init.cc
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ extern NmapOps o;
 extern int current_hosts;
 extern int errfunc;
 
-#define REQUIRE_ERRORS "require_error"
-
 /* int error_function (lua_State *L)
  *
  * Arguments:
@@ -111,26 +109,11 @@ static int loadfile (lua_State *L)
   lua_setfenv(L, -2); // set it
   if (lua_pcall(L, 0, 0, 0) != 0) // Call the function (loads globals)
   {
-    // Check for dependency errors
-    lua_getfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, REQUIRE_ERRORS);
-    lua_pushvalue(L, -2); // the error
-    lua_gettable(L, -2);
-    if (lua_toboolean(L, -1)) // The error was thrown by require
-    {
-      if (o.verbose > 3 && !o.debugging)
-        error("%s: '%s' could not be loaded due to missing dependency '%s'",
-            SCRIPT_ENGINE, filename, lua_tostring(L, -1));
-      SCRIPT_ENGINE_DEBUGGING(
-        error("%s: '%s' threw a run time error and could not be loaded.\n%s",
-            SCRIPT_ENGINE, filename, lua_tostring(L, -3));
-      )
-    } else {
-      error("%s: '%s' threw a run time error and could not be loaded.",
-          SCRIPT_ENGINE, filename);
-      SCRIPT_ENGINE_DEBUGGING(
-        error("%s", lua_tostring(L, -3));
-      )
-    }
+    error("%s: '%s' threw a run time error and could not be loaded.",
+        SCRIPT_ENGINE, filename);
+    SCRIPT_ENGINE_DEBUGGING(
+      error("%s", lua_tostring(L, -1));
+    )
     return 0;
   }
 
@@ -248,30 +231,6 @@ static int init_setpath (lua_State *L)
   return 0;
 }
 
-/* int nse_require (lua_State *L)
- *
- * This hooks the standard require function to allow us to properly catch
- * dependency errors. Basically an error message is saved in the error table
- * (upvalue 1) that can be indexed later to check if it was unhandled by
- * the script (see loadfile in particular).
- */
-static int nse_require (lua_State *L)
-{
-  luaL_checkstring(L, 1); // ensure first argument is a string
-  lua_pushvalue(L, 1);
-  lua_insert(L, 1); // save a copy of the library name at stack bottom
-  lua_pushvalue(L, lua_upvalueindex(1)); // require function
-  lua_insert(L, 2);
-  if (lua_pcall(L, lua_gettop(L)-2, LUA_MULTRET, 0) != 0)
-  {
-    lua_pushvalue(L, -1); // the error message
-    lua_pushvalue(L, 1); // the library name that caused the error
-    lua_settable(L, lua_upvalueindex(2));
-    return lua_error(L);
-  }
-  return lua_gettop(L)-1; // omit the saved first argument
-}
-
 /* int init_lua (lua_State *L)
  *
  * Initializes the Lua State.
@@ -325,17 +284,6 @@ int init_lua (lua_State *L)
   lua_newtable(L);
   current_hosts = luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
 
-  lua_newtable(L); // nse_require error table
-  lua_createtable(L, 0, 1); // metatable
-  lua_pushliteral(L, "k");
-  lua_setfield(L, -2, "__mode"); // weak keys
-  lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
-  lua_getglobal(L, "require");
-  lua_pushvalue(L, -2); // nse_require error table
-  lua_pushcclosure(L, nse_require, 2);
-  lua_setglobal(L, "require");
-  lua_setfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, REQUIRE_ERRORS); // save nse_require table
-
   return 0;
 }