diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2611272b..7fe90873 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -557,9 +557,9 @@ static void set_absolute_path(char *options[], const char *option_name,
 
 #ifdef USE_LUA
 #define main luatest_main
-#define luaL_openlibs lua_civet_openlibs
+#define luaL_openlibs lua_civet_open_all_libs
 struct lua_State;
-extern void lua_civet_openlibs(struct lua_State *L);
+extern void lua_civet_open_all_libs(struct lua_State *L);
 #include "../src/third_party/lua-5.2.3/src/lua.c"
 #undef main
 #endif
diff --git a/src/mod_lua.inl b/src/mod_lua.inl
index 945ddbc6..0620652e 100644
--- a/src/mod_lua.inl
+++ b/src/mod_lua.inl
@@ -982,12 +982,12 @@ static void prepare_lua_request_info(struct mg_connection *conn, lua_State *L)
     lua_rawset(L, -3);
 }
 
-static void prepare_lua_environment(struct mg_context * ctx, struct mg_connection *conn, struct lua_websock_data *conn_list, lua_State *L, const char *script_name, int lua_env_type)
+void lua_civet_open_all_libs(lua_State *L)
 {
-    extern void luaL_openlibs(lua_State *);
-    luaL_openlibs(L);
-
-    assert(ctx);
+    {
+        extern void luaL_openlibs(lua_State *);
+        luaL_openlibs(L);
+    }
 
 #ifdef USE_LUA_SQLITE3
     {
@@ -1007,6 +1007,11 @@ static void prepare_lua_environment(struct mg_context * ctx, struct mg_connectio
         luaopen_lfs(L);
     }
 #endif
+}
+
+static void prepare_lua_environment(struct mg_context * ctx, struct mg_connection *conn, struct lua_websock_data *conn_list, lua_State *L, const char *script_name, int lua_env_type)
+{
+    lua_civet_open_all_libs(L);
 
     luaL_newmetatable(L, LUASOCKET);
     lua_pushliteral(L, "__index");
@@ -1108,12 +1113,6 @@ static void prepare_lua_environment(struct mg_context * ctx, struct mg_connectio
     }
 }
 
-void lua_civet_openlibs(lua_State *L)
-{
-    static struct mg_context fake_ctx;
-    prepare_lua_environment(&fake_ctx, NULL, NULL, L, NULL, 0);
-}
-
 static int lua_error_handler(lua_State *L)
 {
     const char *error_msg =  lua_isstring(L, -1) ?  lua_tostring(L, -1) : "?\n";