diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt
index 557fdccb1425..f48c433c67d1 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.txt
+++ b/doc/lua_api.txt
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ minetest.get_perlin(seeddiff, octaves, persistence, scale)
 minetest.get_voxel_manip()
 ^ Return voxel manipulator object
 minetest.get_voxel_manip(p1, p2)
-^ Return voxel manipulator object with blank data preallocated
+^ Return voxel manipulator object with map pre-loaded
 minetest.set_gen_notify(flags, {deco_ids})
 ^ Set the types of on-generate notifications that should be collected
 ^ flags is a flag field with the available flags:
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ methods:
 VoxelManip: An interface to the MapVoxelManipulator for Lua
 - Can be created via VoxelManip()
 - Also minetest.get_voxel_manip()
-- Specify a pmin, pmax in either to allocate a blank chunk of data prefilled with cignore
+- Specify a pmin, pmax to create a VoxelManip with map already loaded
 methods:
 - read_from_map(p1, p2):  Reads a chunk of map from the map containing the region formed by p1 and p2.
   ^ returns actual emerged pmin, actual emerged pmax
diff --git a/src/map.cpp b/src/map.cpp
index 05e07212db3d..7a58c90c740d 100644
--- a/src/map.cpp
+++ b/src/map.cpp
@@ -3597,29 +3597,6 @@ ManualMapVoxelManipulator::~ManualMapVoxelManipulator()
 {
 }
 
-void ManualMapVoxelManipulator::initializeBlank(v3s16 blockpos_min,
-	v3s16 blockpos_max)
-{
-	// Units of these are MapBlocks
-	v3s16 pmin = blockpos_min;
-	v3s16 pmax = blockpos_max;
-
-	VoxelArea block_area_nodes(pmin * MAP_BLOCKSIZE,
-		(pmax + 1) * MAP_BLOCKSIZE - v3s16(1,1,1));
-
-	addArea(block_area_nodes);
-	u32 extent = m_area.getVolume();
-	for (u32 i = 0; i != extent; i++)
-		m_data[i] = MapNode(CONTENT_IGNORE);
-
-	for (s32 z = pmin.Z; z <= pmax.Z; z++)
-	for (s32 y = pmin.Y; y <= pmax.Y; y++)
-	for (s32 x = pmin.X; x <= pmax.X; x++)
-		m_loaded_blocks[v3s16(x, y, z)] = 0;
-
-	m_is_dirty = false;
-}
-
 void ManualMapVoxelManipulator::initialEmerge(v3s16 blockpos_min,
 	v3s16 blockpos_max, bool load_if_inexistent)
 {
diff --git a/src/map.h b/src/map.h
index 57edd7708829..f23cd3783d07 100644
--- a/src/map.h
+++ b/src/map.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class Map /*: public NodeContainer*/
 	MapBlock * getBlockNoCreateNoEx(v3s16 p);
 
 	/* Server overrides */
-	virtual MapBlock * emergeBlock(v3s16 p, bool allow_generate=true)
+	virtual MapBlock * emergeBlock(v3s16 p, bool create_blank=true)
 	{ return getBlockNoCreateNoEx(p); }
 
 	// Returns InvalidPositionException if not found
@@ -550,8 +550,6 @@ class ManualMapVoxelManipulator : public VoxelManipulator
 	void setMap(Map *map)
 	{m_map = map;}
 
-	void initializeBlank(v3s16 pmin, v3s16 pmax);
-
 	void initialEmerge(v3s16 blockpos_min, v3s16 blockpos_max,
 		bool load_if_inexistent = true);
 
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_env.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_env.cpp
index 9e713b9b8977..c8c1ca0e1796 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_env.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_env.cpp
@@ -636,14 +636,9 @@ int ModApiEnvMod::l_get_voxel_manip(lua_State *L)
 	GET_ENV_PTR;
 
 	Map *map = &(env->getMap());
-	LuaVoxelManip *o = new LuaVoxelManip(map);
-
-	if (lua_istable(L, 1) && lua_istable(L, 2)) {
-		v3s16 p1 = getNodeBlockPos(read_v3s16(L, 1));
-		v3s16 p2 = getNodeBlockPos(read_v3s16(L, 2));
-		sortBoxVerticies(p1, p2);
-		o->vm->initializeBlank(p1, p2);
-	}
+	LuaVoxelManip *o = (lua_istable(L, 1) && lua_istable(L, 2)) ?
+		new LuaVoxelManip(map, read_v3s16(L, 1), read_v3s16(L, 2)) :
+		new LuaVoxelManip(map);
 
 	*(void **)(lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(void *))) = o;
 	luaL_getmetatable(L, "VoxelManip");
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_vmanip.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_vmanip.cpp
index fb52aa21a750..6c12baf920b9 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_vmanip.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_vmanip.cpp
@@ -367,6 +367,17 @@ LuaVoxelManip::LuaVoxelManip(Map *map)
 	this->is_mapgen_vm = false;
 }
 
+LuaVoxelManip::LuaVoxelManip(Map *map, v3s16 p1, v3s16 p2)
+{
+	this->vm = new ManualMapVoxelManipulator(map);
+	this->is_mapgen_vm = false;
+
+	v3s16 bp1 = getNodeBlockPos(p1);
+	v3s16 bp2 = getNodeBlockPos(p2);
+	sortBoxVerticies(bp1, bp2);
+	vm->initialEmerge(bp1, bp2);
+}
+
 LuaVoxelManip::~LuaVoxelManip()
 {
 	if (!is_mapgen_vm)
@@ -384,14 +395,9 @@ int LuaVoxelManip::create_object(lua_State *L)
 		return 0;
 
 	Map *map = &(env->getMap());
-	LuaVoxelManip *o = new LuaVoxelManip(map);
-
-	if (lua_istable(L, 1) && lua_istable(L, 2)) {
-		v3s16 p1 = getNodeBlockPos(read_v3s16(L, 1));
-		v3s16 p2 = getNodeBlockPos(read_v3s16(L, 2));
-		sortBoxVerticies(p1, p2);
-		o->vm->initializeBlank(p1, p2);
-	}
+	LuaVoxelManip *o = (lua_istable(L, 1) && lua_istable(L, 2)) ?
+		new LuaVoxelManip(map, read_v3s16(L, 1), read_v3s16(L, 2)) :
+		new LuaVoxelManip(map);
 
 	*(void **)(lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(void *))) = o;
 	luaL_getmetatable(L, className);
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_vmanip.h b/src/script/lua_api/l_vmanip.h
index ead6efbc495c..887b186632ff 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_vmanip.h
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_vmanip.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class ManualMapVoxelManipulator;
  */
 class LuaVoxelManip : public ModApiBase {
 private:
+	ManualMapVoxelManipulator *vm;
 	std::map<v3s16, MapBlock *> modified_blocks;
 	bool is_mapgen_vm;
 
@@ -64,9 +65,8 @@ class LuaVoxelManip : public ModApiBase {
 	static int l_get_emerged_area(lua_State *L);
 
 public:
-	ManualMapVoxelManipulator *vm;
-
 	LuaVoxelManip(ManualMapVoxelManipulator *mmvm, bool is_mapgen_vm);
+	LuaVoxelManip(Map *map, v3s16 p1, v3s16 p2);
 	LuaVoxelManip(Map *map);
 	~LuaVoxelManip();