diff --git a/src/Transpiler.ts b/src/Transpiler.ts
index 6bcae227e..fe6069ca9 100644
--- a/src/Transpiler.ts
+++ b/src/Transpiler.ts
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ export abstract class LuaTranspiler {
     }
 
     public transpileDestructingAssignmentValue(node: ts.Expression): string {
-        throw TSTLErrors.UnsupportedForTarget("Destructing statements", this.options.luaTarget, node);
+        return `unpack(${this.transpileExpression(node)})`;
     }
 
     public transpileVariableDeclaration(node: ts.VariableDeclaration): string {
diff --git a/src/targets/Transpiler.51.ts b/src/targets/Transpiler.51.ts
index f84d74fe6..bd4d63359 100644
--- a/src/targets/Transpiler.51.ts
+++ b/src/targets/Transpiler.51.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,5 @@ import { TSHelper as tsHelper } from "../TSHelper";
 import * as ts from "typescript";
 
 export class LuaTranspiler51 extends LuaTranspiler {
-    /** @override */
-    public transpileDestructingAssignmentValue(node: ts.Expression): string {
-        return `unpack(${this.transpileExpression(node)})`;
-    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/targets/Transpiler.JIT.ts b/src/targets/Transpiler.JIT.ts
index 97173044f..76bf2fac2 100644
--- a/src/targets/Transpiler.JIT.ts
+++ b/src/targets/Transpiler.JIT.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ export class LuaTranspilerJIT extends LuaTranspiler52 {
 
     /** @override */
     public transpileDestructingAssignmentValue(node: ts.Expression): string {
-        return `table.unpack(${this.transpileExpression(node)})`;
+        return `unpack(${this.transpileExpression(node)})`;
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/assignmentDestructuring.spec.ts b/test/unit/assignmentDestructuring.spec.ts
index 994c3f83c..bbe555adb 100644
--- a/test/unit/assignmentDestructuring.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/assignmentDestructuring.spec.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ export class AssignmentDestructuringTests {
             this.assignmentDestruturingTs, {luaTarget: LuaTarget.LuaJIT, luaLibImport: "none"}
         );
         // Assert
-        Expect(lua).toBe(`local a,b=table.unpack(myFunc());`);
+        Expect(lua).toBe(`local a,b=unpack(myFunc());`);
     }
 }