diff --git a/sol/call.hpp b/sol/call.hpp
index 34bcd153..94201548 100644
--- a/sol/call.hpp
+++ b/sol/call.hpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace call_detail {
 
 		userdataref.push();
 		luaL_getmetatable(L, &meta[0]);
-		if (stack::get<type>(L) == type::nil) {
+		if (type_of(L, -1) == type::nil) {
 			lua_pop(L, 1);
 			return luaL_error(L, "sol: unable to get usertype metatable");
 		}
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ namespace call_detail {
 
 			userdataref.push();
 			luaL_getmetatable(L, &metakey[0]);
-			if (stack::get<type>(L) == type::nil) {
+			if (type_of(L, -1) == type::nil) {
 				lua_pop(L, 1);
 				return luaL_error(L, "sol: unable to get usertype metatable");
 			}
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ namespace call_detail {
 
 				userdataref.push();
 				luaL_getmetatable(L, &usertype_traits<T>::metatable[0]);
-				if (stack::get<type>(L) == type::nil) {
+				if (type_of(L, -1) == type::nil) {
 					lua_pop(L, 1);
 					std::string err = "sol: unable to get usertype metatable for ";
 					err += usertype_traits<T>::name;
diff --git a/sol/stack_check.hpp b/sol/stack_check.hpp
index 7c1a7669..84404e1a 100644
--- a/sol/stack_check.hpp
+++ b/sol/stack_check.hpp
@@ -274,14 +274,14 @@ struct checker<T, type::userdata, C> {
 		bool success = true;
 #ifndef SOL_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 		lua_getfield(L, -1, &detail::base_class_check_key()[0]);
-		if (stack::get<type>(L) != type::nil) {
+		if (type_of(L, -1) != type::nil) {
 			void* basecastdata = lua_touserdata(L, -1);
 			detail::throw_cast basecast = (detail::throw_cast)basecastdata;
 			success = detail::catch_check<T>(basecast);
 		}
 #elif !defined(SOL_NO_RTTI)
 		lua_getfield(L, -1, &detail::base_class_check_key()[0]);
-		if (stack::get<type>(L) != type::nil) {
+		if (type_of(L, -1) != type::nil) {
 			void* basecastdata = lua_touserdata(L, -1);
 			detail::inheritance_check_function ic = (detail::inheritance_check_function)basecastdata;
 			success = ic(typeid(T));
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ struct checker<T, type::userdata, C> {
 #else
 		// Topkek
 		lua_getfield(L, -1, &detail::base_class_check_key()[0]);
-		if (stack::get<type>(L) != type::nil) {
+		if (type_of(L, -1) != type::nil) {
 			void* basecastdata = lua_touserdata(L, -1);
 			detail::inheritance_check_function ic = (detail::inheritance_check_function)basecastdata;
 			success = ic(detail::id_for<T>::value);
diff --git a/sol/usertype_metatable.hpp b/sol/usertype_metatable.hpp
index 33ca10b8..f0b1f1ec 100644
--- a/sol/usertype_metatable.hpp
+++ b/sol/usertype_metatable.hpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace sol {
 		template <std::size_t... I>
 		bool contains_index(std::index_sequence<I...>) const {
 			bool idx = false;
-			detail::swallow{ 0, ((idx &= usertype_detail::is_indexer(std::get<I * 2>(functions))), 0) ... };
+			(void)detail::swallow{ 0, ((idx &= usertype_detail::is_indexer(std::get<I * 2>(functions))), 0) ... };
 			return idx;
 		}