diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf
index d2eae1af2..1b79e09ef 100644
--- a/redis.conf
+++ b/redis.conf
@@ -392,23 +392,6 @@ auto-aof-rewrite-min-size 64mb
 # Set it to 0 or a negative value for unlimited execution without warnings.
 lua-time-limit 5000
 
-# By default variables in a Lua script are global, this means that a correct
-# script must declare all the local variables explicitly using the 'local'
-# keyword. Lua beginners are known to violate this rule, polluting the global
-# namespace, or creating scripts that may fail under certain conditions, for
-# this reason by default Redis installs a protection that will raise an error
-# every time a script attempts to access a global variable that was not
-# explicitly declared via global().
-#
-# It's worth to note that normal Redis scripts should never use globals, but
-# we don't entirely disable the possibility because from time to time crazy
-# things in the right hands can be pretty powerful.
-#
-# Globals protection may result into a minor performance hint, so it is
-# possible to disable the feature in production environments using the
-# following configuration directive, or at runtime using CONFIG SET.
-lua-protect-globals yes
-
 ################################ REDIS CLUSTER  ###############################
 #
 # Normal Redis instances can't be part of a Redis Cluster, only nodes that are
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 5aa807f2d..8dffe2887 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -311,10 +311,6 @@ void loadServerConfigFromString(char *config) {
             server.cluster.configfile = zstrdup(argv[1]);
         } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"lua-time-limit") && argc == 2) {
             server.lua_time_limit = strtoll(argv[1],NULL,10);
-        } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"lua-protect-globals") && argc == 2) {
-            if ((server.lua_protect_globals = yesnotoi(argv[1])) == -1) {
-                err = "argument must be 'yes' or 'no'"; goto loaderr;
-            }
         } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],"slowlog-log-slower-than") &&
                    argc == 2)
         {
@@ -556,16 +552,6 @@ void configSetCommand(redisClient *c) {
     } else if (!strcasecmp(c->argv[2]->ptr,"lua-time-limit")) {
         if (getLongLongFromObject(o,&ll) == REDIS_ERR || ll < 0) goto badfmt;
         server.lua_time_limit = ll;
-    } else if (!strcasecmp(c->argv[2]->ptr,"lua-protect-globals")) {
-        int enable = yesnotoi(o->ptr);
-
-        if (enable == -1) goto badfmt;
-        if (enable == 0 && server.lua_protect_globals == 1) {
-            scriptingDisableGlobalsProtection(server.lua);
-        } else if (enable && server.lua_protect_globals == 0) {
-            scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(server.lua);
-        }
-        server.lua_protect_globals = enable;
     } else if (!strcasecmp(c->argv[2]->ptr,"slowlog-log-slower-than")) {
         if (getLongLongFromObject(o,&ll) == REDIS_ERR) goto badfmt;
         server.slowlog_log_slower_than = ll;
@@ -749,7 +735,6 @@ void configGetCommand(redisClient *c) {
     config_get_bool_field("daemonize", server.daemonize);
     config_get_bool_field("rdbcompression", server.rdb_compression);
     config_get_bool_field("activerehashing", server.activerehashing);
-    config_get_bool_field("lua-protect-globals", server.lua_protect_globals);
 
     /* Everything we can't handle with macros follows. */
 
diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 089251b68..7ddeb886c 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,6 @@ void initServerConfig() {
     server.lua_time_limit = REDIS_LUA_TIME_LIMIT;
     server.lua_client = NULL;
     server.lua_timedout = 0;
-    server.lua_protect_globals = 1;
 
     updateLRUClock();
     resetServerSaveParams();
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index bd4ef5a11..5a3d1a9c5 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -717,7 +717,6 @@ struct redisServer {
     int lua_timedout;     /* True if we reached the time limit for script
                              execution. */
     int lua_kill;         /* Kill the script if true. */
-    int lua_protect_globals;    /* If true globals must be declared */
     /* Assert & bug reportign */
     char *assert_failed;
     char *assert_file;
@@ -1103,8 +1102,6 @@ void clusterPropagatePublish(robj *channel, robj *message);
 
 /* Scripting */
 void scriptingInit(void);
-void scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua_State *lua);
-void scriptingDisableGlobalsProtection(lua_State *lua);
 
 /* Git SHA1 */
 char *redisGitSHA1(void);
diff --git a/src/scripting.c b/src/scripting.c
index 44ceb1e28..ae906c68c 100644
--- a/src/scripting.c
+++ b/src/scripting.c
@@ -416,10 +416,7 @@ void luaLoadLibraries(lua_State *lua) {
  * the creation of globals accidentally.
  *
  * It should be the last to be called in the scripting engine initialization
- * sequence, because it may interact with creation of globals.
- * Note that the function is designed to be called multiple times if needed
- * without issues, because it is possible to enabled/disable globals protection
- * at runtime with CONFIG SET. */
+ * sequence, because it may interact with creation of globals. */
 void scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua_State *lua) {
     char *s[32];
     sds code = sdsempty();
@@ -434,7 +431,7 @@ void scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua_State *lua) {
     s[j++]="  if not mt.declared[n] and debug.getinfo(2) then\n";
     s[j++]="    local w = debug.getinfo(2, \"S\").what\n";
     s[j++]="    if w ~= \"main\" and w ~= \"C\" then\n";
-    s[j++]="      error(\"assignment to undeclared global variable '\"..n..\"'\", 2)\n";
+    s[j++]="      error(\"Script attempted to create global variable '\"..tostring(n)..\"'\", 2)\n";
     s[j++]="    end\n";
     s[j++]="    mt.declared[n] = true\n";
     s[j++]="  end\n";
@@ -442,17 +439,10 @@ void scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua_State *lua) {
     s[j++]="end\n";
     s[j++]="mt.__index = function (t, n)\n";
     s[j++]="  if debug.getinfo(2) and not mt.declared[n] and debug.getinfo(2, \"S\").what ~= \"C\" then\n";
-    s[j++]="    error(\"global variable '\"..n..\"' is not declared\", 2)\n";
+    s[j++]="    error(\"Script attempted to access unexisting global variable '\"..n..\"'\", 2)\n";
     s[j++]="  end\n";
     s[j++]="  return rawget(t, n)\n";
     s[j++]="end\n";
-    s[j++]="function global(...)\n";
-    s[j++]="  local nargs = select(\"#\",...)\n";
-    s[j++]="  for i = 1, nargs do\n";
-    s[j++]="    local v = select(i,...)\n";
-    s[j++]="    mt.declared[v] = true\n";
-    s[j++]="  end\n";
-    s[j++]="end\n";
     s[j++]=NULL;
 
     for (j = 0; s[j] != NULL; j++) code = sdscatlen(code,s[j],strlen(s[j]));
@@ -461,12 +451,6 @@ void scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua_State *lua) {
     sdsfree(code);
 }
 
-void scriptingDisableGlobalsProtection(lua_State *lua) {
-    char *s = "setmetatable(_G, nil)\n";
-    luaL_loadbuffer(lua,s,strlen(s),"disable_strict_lua");
-    lua_pcall(lua,0,0,0);
-}
-
 /* Initialize the scripting environment.
  * It is possible to call this function to reset the scripting environment
  * assuming that we call scriptingRelease() before.
@@ -559,8 +543,7 @@ void scriptingInit(void) {
     /* Lua beginners ofter don't use "local", this is likely to introduce
      * subtle bugs in their code. To prevent problems we protect accesses
      * to global variables. */
-    if (server.lua_protect_globals)
-        scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua);
+    scriptingEnableGlobalsProtection(lua);
 
     server.lua = lua;
 }