diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5c715916c40..610567f079e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3755,9 +3755,9 @@ let
   lua5 = lua5_2_compat;
   lua = lua5;
 
-  lua51Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix pkgs lua5_1);
+  lua51Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix { lua = lua5_1; });
 
-  lua52Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix pkgs lua5_2);
+  lua52Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix { lua = lua5_2; });
 
   luaPackages = lua52Packages;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 83db0bfb5ae..88216413576 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
    for each package in a separate file: the call to the function would
    be almost as must code as the function itself. */
 
-pkgs:
-lua:
+{fetchurl, stdenv, lua}:
 
 let self = _self; _self = with self; {
 
-  inherit (pkgs) fetchurl stdenv;
-
   inherit (stdenv.lib) maintainers;
 
   #define build lua package function