diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9648263ee52..5c715916c40 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 (import ./lua-packages.nix pkgs lua5_1);
+  lua51Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix pkgs lua5_1);
 
-  lua52Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (import ./lua-packages.nix pkgs lua5_2);
+  lua52Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./lua-packages.nix pkgs lua5_2);
 
   luaPackages = lua52Packages;