diff --git a/stand/lua/cli.lua b/stand/lua/cli.lua
index 46430d33244e..db17a8c195d6 100644
--- a/stand/lua/cli.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/cli.lua
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ local cli = {}
 -- Defaults to nil and "" respectively.
 -- This will also parse arguments to autoboot, but the with_kernel argument
 -- will need to be explicitly overwritten to false
-local parse_boot_args = function(argv, with_kernel)
+local function parse_boot_args(argv, with_kernel)
 	if with_kernel == nil then
 		with_kernel = true
 	end
diff --git a/stand/lua/config.lua b/stand/lua/config.lua
index afc5c42f15b9..efad00efbe62 100644
--- a/stand/lua/config.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/config.lua
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ function config.loadkernel(other_kernel)
 	local flags = loader.getenv("kernel_options") or ""
 	local kernel = other_kernel or loader.getenv("kernel")
 
-	local try_load = function (names)
+	local function try_load(names)
 		for name in names:gmatch("([^;]+)%s*;?") do
 			local r = loader.perform("load " .. flags ..
 			    " " .. name)
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ function config.loadkernel(other_kernel)
 		return nil
 	end
 
-	local load_bootfile = function()
+	local function load_bootfile()
 		local bootfile = loader.getenv("bootfile")
 
 		-- append default kernel name
diff --git a/stand/lua/core.lua b/stand/lua/core.lua
index 188612e953ef..01a27a850dc9 100644
--- a/stand/lua/core.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/core.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ local config = require("config")
 
 local core = {}
 
-local compose_loader_cmd = function(cmd_name, argstr)
+local function compose_loader_cmd(cmd_name, argstr)
 	if argstr ~= nil then
 		cmd_name = cmd_name .. " " .. argstr
 	end
diff --git a/stand/lua/drawer.lua b/stand/lua/drawer.lua
index 936b813fd438..86697f7070ce 100644
--- a/stand/lua/drawer.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/drawer.lua
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ local orb
 local none
 local none_shifted = false
 
-local menu_entry_name = function(drawing_menu, entry)
+local function menu_entry_name(drawing_menu, entry)
 	local name_handler = drawer.menu_name_handlers[entry.entry_type]
 
 	if name_handler ~= nil then
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ local menu_entry_name = function(drawing_menu, entry)
 	return entry.name
 end
 
-local shift_brand_text = function(shift)
+local function shift_brand_text(shift)
 	drawer.brand_position.x = drawer.brand_position.x + shift.x
 	drawer.brand_position.y = drawer.brand_position.y + shift.y
 	drawer.menu_position.x = drawer.menu_position.x + shift.x
diff --git a/stand/lua/menu.lua b/stand/lua/menu.lua
index 433b05640962..6f09b3e1bca9 100644
--- a/stand/lua/menu.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/menu.lua
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ local drawer = require("drawer")
 
 local menu = {}
 
-local OnOff = function(str, b)
+local function OnOff(str, b)
 	if b then
 		return str .. color.escapef(color.GREEN) .. "On" ..
 		    color.escapef(color.WHITE)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ local OnOff = function(str, b)
 	end
 end
 
-local bootenvSet = function(env)
+local function bootenvSet(env)
 	loader.setenv("vfs.root.mountfrom", env)
 	loader.setenv("currdev", env .. ":")
 	config.reload()