diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.0.x.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.0.x.patch
index a5e4ac461b4..013ac5180af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.0.x.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.0.x.patch
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ index f93e67a..2eb2db9 100644
 +      defaults.variables.STAT = "stat"
        defaults.variables.STATFLAG = "-f '%A'"
 -      local version = util.popen_read("sw_vers -productVersion")
-+      local version = "10.10"
++      local version = os.getenv("MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET") or "10.12"
        version = tonumber(version and version:match("^[^.]+%.([^.]+)")) or 3
        if version >= 10 then
           version = 8
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.1.3.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.1.3.patch
index 7ef1c7a319c..4ba883f0113 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.1.3.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.1.3.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ index c5af5a2..1949fdc 100644
        defaults.arch = "macosx-"..target_cpu
        defaults.variables.LIBFLAG = "-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -all_load"
 -      local version = util.popen_read("sw_vers -productVersion")
-+      local version = "10.10"
++      local version = os.getenv("MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET") or "10.12"
        version = tonumber(version and version:match("^[^.]+%.([^.]+)")) or 3
        if version >= 10 then
           version = 8