diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
index 02966703f44..e80e3f08f7d 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ luabitop,,,,,
 luaevent,,,,,
 luacheck,,,,,
 luaffi,,http://luarocks.org/dev,,,
+luaposix,,,,,vyp lblasc
 luazip,,,,,
 luuid,,,,,
 markdown,,,,,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ std_normalize,std.normalize,,,,
 luv,,,,,
 luasystem,,,,,
 mediator_lua,,http://luarocks.org/manifests/teto,,,
-mpack,,http://luarocks.org/manifests/teto,,,
+mpack,,,,,
 nvim-client,,,,,
 busted,,http://luarocks.org/manifests/teto,,,
 luassert,,,,,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
index 1cf47fe2222..c2a1e36cd7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
@@ -633,6 +633,25 @@ luaffi = buildLuarocksPackage {
     };
   };
 };
+luaposix = buildLuarocksPackage {
+  pname = "luaposix";
+  version = "34.0.4-1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = https://luarocks.org/luaposix-34.0.4-1.src.rock;
+    sha256 = "0yrm5cn2iyd0zjd4liyj27srphvy0gjrjx572swar6zqr4dwjqp2";
+  };
+  disabled = (luaOlder "5.1") || (luaAtLeast "5.4");
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ bit32 lua std_normalize ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/";
+    description = "Lua bindings for POSIX";
+    license = {
+      fullName = "MIT/X11";
+    };
+  };
+};
 luazip = buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "luazip";
   version = "1.2.7-1";
@@ -857,11 +876,17 @@ mpack = buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "mpack";
   version = "1.0.7-0";
 
+  knownRockspec = (fetchurl {
+    url    = https://luarocks.org/mpack-1.0.7-0.rockspec;
+    sha256 = "1sdw8qsni3g3fx9jnc5g64nxfw6v3n1rrw1xa3bkwc9wk815lqnz";
+  }).outPath;
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url    = http://luarocks.org/manifests/teto/mpack-1.0.7-0.src.rock;
-    sha256 = "0nq4ixaminkc7fwfpivysyv0al3j5dffsvgdrnwnqdg3w7jgfbw7";
+    url    = https://github.com/libmpack/libmpack-lua/releases/download/1.0.7/libmpack-lua-1.0.7.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1s4712ig3l4ds65pmlyg3r5zids2snn1rv8vsmmk27a4lf258mk8";
   };
 
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/libmpack/libmpack-lua/releases/download/1.0.7/libmpack-lua-1.0.7.tar.gz";
     description = "Lua binding to libmpack";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index bc8d6313579..83ec4cdb4e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -345,40 +345,6 @@ with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  luaposix = buildLuaPackage rec {
-    name = "posix-${version}";
-    version = "34.0.4";
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "luaposix";
-      repo = "luaposix";
-      rev = "release-v${version}";
-      sha256 = "0p5583vidsm7s97zihf47c34vscwgbl86axrnj44j328v45kxb2z";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ std_normalize bit32 ];
-
-    buildPhase = ''
-      ${lua}/bin/lua build-aux/luke \
-        package="luaposix" \
-        version="${version}"
-    '';
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      ${lua}/bin/lua build-aux/luke install --quiet \
-        INST_LIBDIR="$out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}" \
-        INST_LUADIR="$out/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
-    '';
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Lua bindings for POSIX API";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vyp lblasc ];
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-    };
-  };
-
   luasec = buildLuaPackage rec {
     name = "sec-0.8";
 
@@ -620,44 +586,6 @@ with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  mpack = buildLuaPackage rec {
-    name = "mpack-${version}";
-    version = "1.0.7";
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "libmpack";
-      repo = "libmpack-lua";
-      rev = version;
-      sha256 = "0l4k7qmwaa0zpxrlp27yp4pbbyiz3zgxywkm543q6wkzn6wmq8l8";
-    };
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-    buildInputs = [ libmpack ];
-    dontBuild = true;
-
-    postPatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-      substituteInPlace Makefile \
-        --replace '-shared' '-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -all_load'
-    '';
-
-    installFlags = [
-      "USE_SYSTEM_LUA=yes"
-      "USE_SYSTEM_MPACK=yes"
-      "MPACK_LUA_VERSION=${lua.version}"
-      "LUA_CMOD_INSTALLDIR=$(out)/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
-    ];
-
-    hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Lua bindings for libmpack";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/libmpack/libmpack-lua";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vyp ];
-      platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-    };
-  };
-
   vicious = toLuaModule(stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "vicious-${version}";
     version = "2.3.1";