diff --git a/lapi.c b/lapi.c
index fc17b918..680630dd 100644
--- a/lapi.c
+++ b/lapi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lapi.c,v 2.229 2014/07/19 15:09:37 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lapi.c,v 2.230 2014/07/21 16:02:57 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua API
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ const char lua_ident[] =
 /* test for pseudo index */
 #define ispseudo(i)		((i) <= LUA_REGISTRYINDEX)
 
+/* test for upvalue */
+#define isupvalue(i)		((i) < LUA_REGISTRYINDEX)
+
 /* test for valid but not pseudo index */
 #define isstackindex(i, o)	(isvalid(o) && !ispseudo(i))
 
@@ -214,31 +217,17 @@ LUA_API void lua_rotate (lua_State *L, int idx, int n) {
 }
 
 
-static void moveto (lua_State *L, TValue *fr, int idx) {
-  TValue *to = index2addr(L, idx);
+LUA_API void lua_copy (lua_State *L, int fromidx, int toidx) {
+  TValue *fr, *to;
+  lua_lock(L);
+  fr = index2addr(L, fromidx);
+  to = index2addr(L, toidx);
   api_checkvalidindex(to);
   setobj(L, to, fr);
-  if (idx < LUA_REGISTRYINDEX)  /* function upvalue? */
+  if (isupvalue(toidx))  /* function upvalue? */
     luaC_barrier(L, clCvalue(L->ci->func), fr);
   /* LUA_REGISTRYINDEX does not need gc barrier
      (collector revisits it before finishing collection) */
-}
-
-
-LUA_API void lua_replace (lua_State *L, int idx) {
-  lua_lock(L);
-  api_checknelems(L, 1);
-  moveto(L, L->top - 1, idx);
-  L->top--;
-  lua_unlock(L);
-}
-
-
-LUA_API void lua_copy (lua_State *L, int fromidx, int toidx) {
-  TValue *fr;
-  lua_lock(L);
-  fr = index2addr(L, fromidx);
-  moveto(L, fr, toidx);
   lua_unlock(L);
 }
 
diff --git a/lua.h b/lua.h
index f79da4bc..cdfc88ce 100644
--- a/lua.h
+++ b/lua.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.h,v 1.308 2014/06/26 17:25:11 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lua.h,v 1.309 2014/07/17 13:53:37 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua - A Scripting Language
 ** Lua.org, PUC-Rio, Brazil (http://www.lua.org)
 ** See Copyright Notice at the end of this file
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ LUA_API int   (lua_gettop) (lua_State *L);
 LUA_API void  (lua_settop) (lua_State *L, int idx);
 LUA_API void  (lua_pushvalue) (lua_State *L, int idx);
 LUA_API void  (lua_rotate) (lua_State *L, int idx, int n);
-LUA_API void  (lua_replace) (lua_State *L, int idx);
 LUA_API void  (lua_copy) (lua_State *L, int fromidx, int toidx);
 LUA_API int   (lua_checkstack) (lua_State *L, int sz);
 
@@ -366,6 +365,8 @@ LUA_API void      (lua_setallocf) (lua_State *L, lua_Alloc f, void *ud);
 
 #define lua_remove(L,idx)	(lua_rotate(L, (idx), -1), lua_pop(L, 1))
 
+#define lua_replace(L,idx)	(lua_copy(L, -1, (idx)), lua_pop(L, 1))
+
 /* }============================================================== */