diff --git a/src/LuaLib.ts b/src/LuaLib.ts
index 52ecf550b..2c09e3c8e 100644
--- a/src/LuaLib.ts
+++ b/src/LuaLib.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ export enum LuaLibFeature {
     Decorate = "Decorate",
     Descriptors = "Descriptors",
     Error = "Error",
-    FunctionApply = "FunctionApply",
     FunctionBind = "FunctionBind",
-    FunctionCall = "FunctionCall",
     Generator = "Generator",
     InstanceOf = "InstanceOf",
     InstanceOfObject = "InstanceOfObject",
@@ -75,10 +73,8 @@ export enum LuaLibFeature {
 const luaLibDependencies: Partial<Record<LuaLibFeature, LuaLibFeature[]>> = {
     ArrayFlat: [LuaLibFeature.ArrayConcat],
     ArrayFlatMap: [LuaLibFeature.ArrayConcat],
-    Error: [LuaLibFeature.New, LuaLibFeature.Class, LuaLibFeature.FunctionCall],
-    FunctionApply: [LuaLibFeature.Unpack],
+    Error: [LuaLibFeature.New, LuaLibFeature.Class],
     FunctionBind: [LuaLibFeature.Unpack],
-    FunctionCall: [LuaLibFeature.Unpack],
     Generator: [LuaLibFeature.Symbol],
     InstanceOf: [LuaLibFeature.Symbol],
     Iterator: [LuaLibFeature.Symbol],
diff --git a/src/lualib/FunctionApply.ts b/src/lualib/FunctionApply.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2638a43a8..000000000
--- a/src/lualib/FunctionApply.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-function __TS__FunctionApply(this: void, fn: (this: void, ...args: any[]) => any, thisArg: any, args?: any[]): any {
-    if (args) {
-        return fn(thisArg, ...args);
-    } else {
-        return fn(thisArg);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/lualib/FunctionCall.ts b/src/lualib/FunctionCall.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8435e7239..000000000
--- a/src/lualib/FunctionCall.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-function __TS__FunctionCall(this: void, fn: (this: void, ...args: any[]) => any, thisArg: any, ...args: any[]): any {
-    return fn(thisArg, ...args);
-}
diff --git a/src/transformation/builtins/function.ts b/src/transformation/builtins/function.ts
index 3ba8c2aaa..0d84e48a8 100644
--- a/src/transformation/builtins/function.ts
+++ b/src/transformation/builtins/function.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as lua from "../../LuaAST";
 import { TransformationContext } from "../context";
 import { unsupportedProperty, unsupportedSelfFunctionConversion } from "../utils/diagnostics";
 import { ContextType, getFunctionContextType } from "../utils/function-context";
+import { createUnpackCall } from "../utils/lua-ast";
 import { LuaLibFeature, transformLuaLibFunction } from "../utils/lualib";
 import { PropertyCallExpression, transformArguments } from "../visitors/call";
 
@@ -21,11 +22,15 @@ export function transformFunctionPrototypeCall(
     const expressionName = expression.name.text;
     switch (expressionName) {
         case "apply":
-            return transformLuaLibFunction(context, LuaLibFeature.FunctionApply, node, caller, ...params);
+            return lua.createCallExpression(
+                caller,
+                [params[0], createUnpackCall(context, params[1], node.arguments[1])],
+                node
+            );
         case "bind":
             return transformLuaLibFunction(context, LuaLibFeature.FunctionBind, node, caller, ...params);
         case "call":
-            return transformLuaLibFunction(context, LuaLibFeature.FunctionCall, node, caller, ...params);
+            return lua.createCallExpression(caller, params, node);
         default:
             context.diagnostics.push(unsupportedProperty(expression.name, "function", expressionName));
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/annotations/__snapshots__/forRange.spec.ts.snap b/test/unit/annotations/__snapshots__/forRange.spec.ts.snap
index 325c32be7..e752d0782 100644
--- a/test/unit/annotations/__snapshots__/forRange.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/unit/annotations/__snapshots__/forRange.spec.ts.snap
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ exports[`invalid usage reference ("let array = [0, luaRange, 1];"): code 1`] = `
 
 exports[`invalid usage reference ("let array = [0, luaRange, 1];"): diagnostics 1`] = `"main.ts(6,29): error TSTL: Invalid @forRange call: can be used only as an iterable in a for...of loop."`;
 
-exports[`invalid usage reference ("luaRange.call(null, 0, 0, 0);"): code 1`] = `
-"require(\\"lualib_bundle\\");
-__TS__FunctionCall(luaRange, nil, 0, 0, 0)"
-`;
+exports[`invalid usage reference ("luaRange.call(null, 0, 0, 0);"): code 1`] = `"luaRange(nil, 0, 0, 0)"`;
 
 exports[`invalid usage reference ("luaRange.call(null, 0, 0, 0);"): diagnostics 1`] = `"main.ts(6,13): error TSTL: Invalid @forRange call: can be used only as an iterable in a for...of loop."`;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/builtins/array.spec.ts b/test/unit/builtins/array.spec.ts
index 075de32e9..44fe1fa0e 100644
--- a/test/unit/builtins/array.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/builtins/array.spec.ts
@@ -430,11 +430,12 @@ test.each([
 });
 
 test('array.join (1, "2", {})', () => {
-    util.testExpression`[1, "2", {}].join()`.expectToEqual("1,2,table: 0x168");
+    const result = util.testExpression`[1, "2", {}].join()`.getLuaExecutionResult();
+    expect(result).toMatch(/^1,2,table: 0x\d+$/);
 });
 
 test('array.join (1, "2", Symbol("foo"))', () => {
-    util.testExpression`[1, "2", Symbol("foo")].join()`.expectToEqual("1,2,Symbol(foo)");
+    util.testExpression`[1, "2", Symbol("foo")].join(", ")`.expectToEqual("1, 2, Symbol(foo)");
 });
 
 test("array.join without separator argument", () => {