diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.0.nix
index 0889b7fefe6..7db3830447f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.0.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ callPackage ./default.nix {
   version = "2.0.5";
   isStable = true;
   sha256 = "0yg9q4q6v028bgh85317ykc9whgxgysp76qzaqgq55y6jy11yjw7";
-  extraMeta = {
-    platforms = lib.filter (p: p != "aarch64-linux") lib.meta.platforms;
+  extraMeta = { # this isn't precise but it at least stops the useless Hydra build
+    platforms = with lib; filter (p: p != "aarch64-linux")
+      (platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin);
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
index 7db8feb98e7..5b776116447 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     interpreter = "${self}/bin/lua";
   };
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; extraMeta // {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "High-performance JIT compiler for Lua 5.1";
     homepage    = http://luajit.org;
     license     = licenses.mit;
     platforms   = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice smironov vcunat andir ];
-  };
+  } // extraMeta;
 }