diff --git a/builtin/game/chatcommands.lua b/builtin/game/chatcommands.lua
index 883aaef4..5f9fcfc7 100644
--- a/builtin/game/chatcommands.lua
+++ b/builtin/game/chatcommands.lua
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ core.register_chatcommand("time", {
 			local hour = (current_time - minutes) / 60
 			return true, ("Current time is %d:%02d"):format(hour, minutes)
 		end
-		local player_privs = minetest.get_player_privs(name)
+		local player_privs = core.get_player_privs(name)
 		if not player_privs.settime then
 			return false, "You don't have permission to run this command " ..
 				"(missing privilege: settime)."
diff --git a/builtin/game/init.lua b/builtin/game/init.lua
index 3f82f85c..72e3f009 100644
--- a/builtin/game/init.lua
+++ b/builtin/game/init.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-local scriptpath = minetest.get_builtin_path()..DIR_DELIM
+local scriptpath = core.get_builtin_path()..DIR_DELIM
 local commonpath = scriptpath.."common"..DIR_DELIM
 local gamepath = scriptpath.."game"..DIR_DELIM
 
diff --git a/builtin/mainmenu/tab_texturepacks.lua b/builtin/mainmenu/tab_texturepacks.lua
index 5bbbe9b9..5514d31f 100644
--- a/builtin/mainmenu/tab_texturepacks.lua
+++ b/builtin/mainmenu/tab_texturepacks.lua
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ local function get_formspec(tabview, name, tabdata)
 	if not file_exists(infofile) then
 		infofile = current_texture_path ..DIR_DELIM.."info.txt"
 		if file_exists(infofile) then
-			minetest.log("info.txt is depreciated. description.txt should be used instead.");
+			core.log("info.txt is depreciated. description.txt should be used instead.");
 		end
 	end
 	local infotext = ""