diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0c2c0fec50e..242c22199e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16633,7 +16633,6 @@ in
 
   awesome-4-0 = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/awesome {
     cairo = cairo.override { xcbSupport = true; };
-    luaPackages = luaPackages.override { inherit lua; };
     inherit (texFunctions) fontsConf;
   };
   awesome = awesome-4-0;