diff --git a/libraries/AP_Scripting/applets/net_webserver.lua b/libraries/AP_Scripting/applets/net_webserver.lua
index ac9df70379b..4355fa6006e 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Scripting/applets/net_webserver.lua
+++ b/libraries/AP_Scripting/applets/net_webserver.lua
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ local BRD_RTC_TZ_MIN = Parameter("BRD_RTC_TZ_MIN")
 
 gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.INFO, string.format("WebServer: starting on port %u", WEB_BIND_PORT:get()))
 
-local sock_listen = SocketAPM(0)
+local sock_listen = Socket(0)
 local clients = {}
 
 local DOCTYPE = "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN\">"
diff --git a/libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/docs.lua b/libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/docs.lua
index 777eb8c8089..856105481ea 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/docs.lua
+++ b/libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/docs.lua
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ function motor_factor_table_ud:roll(index, value) end
 local SocketAPM_ud = {}
 
 -- desc
-function SocketAPM(param1) end
+function Socket(param1) end
 
 -- return true if a socket is connected
 ---@return boolean
diff --git a/libraries/AP_Scripting/examples/net_test.lua b/libraries/AP_Scripting/examples/net_test.lua
index 1db3e45f638..b83fa2f8f4b 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Scripting/examples/net_test.lua
+++ b/libraries/AP_Scripting/examples/net_test.lua
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ local function test_ip()
 end
 
 local counter = 0
-local sock_tcp_echo = SocketAPM(0)
-local sock_udp_echo = SocketAPM(1)
-local sock_tcp_in = SocketAPM(0)
+local sock_tcp_echo = Socket(0)
+local sock_udp_echo = Socket(1)
+local sock_tcp_in = Socket(0)
 local sock_tcp_in2 = nil
-local sock_udp_in = SocketAPM(1)
+local sock_udp_in = Socket(1)
 
 assert(sock_tcp_echo, "net_test: failed to create tcp echo socket")
 assert(sock_udp_echo, "net_test: failed to create udp echo socket")
diff --git a/libraries/AP_Scripting/generator/description/bindings.desc b/libraries/AP_Scripting/generator/description/bindings.desc
index 6f77cc8124a..3c0c37a7a93 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Scripting/generator/description/bindings.desc
+++ b/libraries/AP_Scripting/generator/description/bindings.desc
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ ap_object AP_HAL::I2CDevice manual read_registers AP_HAL__I2CDevice_read_registe
 ap_object AP_HAL::I2CDevice method set_address void uint8_t'skip_check
 
 include AP_HAL/utility/Socket.h depends (AP_NETWORKING_ENABLED==1)
-global manual SocketAPM lua_get_SocketAPM 1 depends (AP_NETWORKING_ENABLED==1)
+global manual Socket lua_get_SocketAPM 1 depends (AP_NETWORKING_ENABLED==1)
 
 ap_object SocketAPM depends (AP_NETWORKING_ENABLED==1)
 ap_object SocketAPM method connect boolean string uint16_t'skip_check
diff --git a/libraries/AP_Scripting/lua_bindings.cpp b/libraries/AP_Scripting/lua_bindings.cpp
index 8020da37e92..0059fb11509 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_Scripting/lua_bindings.cpp
+++ b/libraries/AP_Scripting/lua_bindings.cpp
@@ -770,8 +770,6 @@ int lua_get_SocketAPM(lua_State *L) {
     const uint8_t datagram = get_uint8_t(L, 1);
     auto *scripting = AP::scripting();
 
-    lua_gc(L, LUA_GCCOLLECT, 0);
-
     if (scripting->num_net_sockets >= SCRIPTING_MAX_NUM_NET_SOCKET) {
         return luaL_argerror(L, 1, "no sockets available");
     }
@@ -829,7 +827,7 @@ int SocketAPM_sendfile(lua_State *L) {
     auto *scripting = AP::scripting();
 
     if (scripting->num_net_sockets == 0) {
-        return luaL_argerror(L, 1, "socket close error");
+        return luaL_argerror(L, 1, "sendfile error");
     }
 
     auto *p = (luaL_Stream *)luaL_checkudata(L, 2, LUA_FILEHANDLE);