diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luainit.w b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luainit.w
index 1cd555302bd78aeeb29c45bba3dc993245dc39a3..cc630fece247ffaecbf1306325586a750de9251f 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luainit.w
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luainit.w
@@ -1069,6 +1069,10 @@ void lua_initialize(int ac, char **av)
             fix_dumpname();
         }
     }
+    /* Maybe we can extend this way to the others tables, using luac. */
+    if ( safer_option || ((shellenabledp == 0) || (shellenabledp == 1 && restrictedshell == 1)) ) {
+       (void)   luaL_dostring(Luas,"ffi=require[[ffi]]; for k,_ in pairs(ffi) do if k~='gc' then ffi[k]=nil end; end; ffi=nil;");
+    }
 }
 
 @ @c
diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luajitstuff.w b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luajitstuff.w
index b29de18c9b7fcd41571265e259f0f0a02a819041..f219d5bd6542879a8c7c1d1c8dc71a0429e0040a 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luajitstuff.w
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luajitstuff.w
@@ -349,10 +349,6 @@ void luainterpreter(void)
         (void) hide_lua_value(L, "lfs", "rmdir");
         (void) hide_lua_value(L, "lfs", "mkdir");
     }
-    /* Maybe we can extend this way to the others tables, using luac. */
-    if ( safer_option || ((shellenabledp == 0) || (shellenabledp == 1 && restrictedshell == 1)) ) {
-       (void)   luaL_dostring(L,"ffi=require[[ffi]]; for k,_ in pairs(ffi) do if k~='gc' then ffi[k]=nil end ;end; ffi=nil;");
-    }  
     /* fprintf(stdout, "\nLuajitTeX default hash function type:%s\n", */
     /* 		                                jithash_hashname); */
     Luas = L;
diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luastuff.w b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luastuff.w
index f90f0e180e8d042c58f9e1745bf6d63236b29678..914730375fe89e9f6504482819dafb5c99b75664 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luastuff.w
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/luastuff.w
@@ -310,10 +310,6 @@ void luainterpreter(void)
         (void) hide_lua_value(L, "lfs", "rmdir");
         (void) hide_lua_value(L, "lfs", "mkdir");
     }
-    /* Maybe we can extend this way to the others tables, using luac. */
-    if ( safer_option || ((shellenabledp == 0) || (shellenabledp == 1 && restrictedshell == 1)) ) {
-       (void)   luaL_dostring(L,"ffi=require[[ffi]]; for k,_ in pairs(ffi) do if k~='gc' then ffi[k]=nil end; end; ffi=nil;");
-    }  
     Luas = L;
 }