diff --git a/src/http.lua b/src/http.lua
index 42214c5..1862546 100755
--- a/src/http.lua
+++ b/src/http.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 -- $Id$
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-local error, select, tonumber, tostring, unpack = error, select, tonumber, tostring, unpack
+local error, tonumber, tostring, unpack = error, tonumber, tostring, unpack
 
 local ltn12   = require"ltn12"
 local request = require"socket.http".request
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ module("xmlrpc.http")
 --	XML-RPC element).
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 function call (url, method, ...)
-	local n = select ('#', ...)
 	local request_sink, tbody = ltn12.sink.table()
-	local request_body = xmlrpc.clEncode(method, unpack (..., 1, n))
+	local request_body = xmlrpc.clEncode(method, ...)
 	local err, code, headers, status = request {
 		url = url,
 		method = "POST",