diff --git a/library/init/meta/injection_tactic.lean b/library/init/meta/injection_tactic.lean
index 03103a8cf8..2ba647ea9e 100644
--- a/library/init/meta/injection_tactic.lean
+++ b/library/init/meta/injection_tactic.lean
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ private meta def injection_intro : expr → list name → tactic unit
   h ← intro hname,
   ht ← infer_type h,
   -- Clear new hypothesis if it is of the form (a = a)
-  @try unit $ do {
+  try $ do {
     (lhs, rhs) ← match_eq ht,
     unify lhs rhs,
     clear h },
   -- If new hypothesis is of the form (@heq A a B b) where
   -- A and B can be unified then convert it into (a = b) using
   -- the eq_of_heq lemma
-  @try unit $ do {
+  try $ do {
     (A, lhs, B, rhs) ← match_heq ht,
     unify A B,
     heq ← mk_app `eq [lhs, rhs],
diff --git a/src/frontends/lean/elaborator.cpp b/src/frontends/lean/elaborator.cpp
index 81003830ee..81b999c016 100644
--- a/src/frontends/lean/elaborator.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/lean/elaborator.cpp
@@ -1944,11 +1944,14 @@ expr elaborator::visit_convoy(expr const & e, optional<expr> const & expected_ty
         }
     }
     new_fn_type = instantiate_mvars(new_fn_type);
+#if 0
+    /* The following check is too restrictive in do blocks. */
     if (has_expr_metavar(new_fn_type)) {
         auto pp_fn = mk_pp_ctx();
         throw elaborator_exception(ref, format("invalid match/convoy expression, type contains meta-variables") +
                                    pp_indent(pp_fn, new_fn_type));
     }
+#endif
     trace_elab(tout() << "match/convoy function type: " << new_fn_type << "\n";);
     expr new_eqns = visit_equations(update_equations_fn_type(eqns, new_fn_type));
     expr fn       = get_equations_result(new_eqns, 0);