diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin.patch
index ec7f924987a..a5e4ac461b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin.patch
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-diff --git a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
-index 55cd4c9..060a6f1 100644
---- a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
-+++ b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
-@@ -587,9 +587,9 @@ if cfg.platforms.macosx then
-    defaults.external_lib_extension = "dylib"
-    defaults.arch = "macosx-"..cfg.target_cpu
-    defaults.variables.LIBFLAG = "-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -all_load"
--   defaults.variables.STAT = "/usr/bin/stat"
-+   defaults.variables.STAT = "stat"
-    defaults.variables.STATFLAG = "-f '%A'"
--   local version = io.popen("sw_vers -productVersion"):read("*l")
-+   local version = "10.10"
-    version = tonumber(version and version:match("^[^.]+%.([^.]+)")) or 3
-    if version >= 10 then
-       version = 8
-@@ -598,8 +598,8 @@ if cfg.platforms.macosx then
-    else
-       defaults.gcc_rpath = false
+diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
+index f93e67a..2eb2db9 100644
+--- a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
++++ b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
+@@ -425,9 +425,9 @@ local function make_defaults(lua_version, target_cpu, platforms, home)
+       defaults.external_lib_extension = "dylib"
+       defaults.arch = "macosx-"..target_cpu
+       defaults.variables.LIBFLAG = "-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -all_load"
+-      defaults.variables.STAT = "/usr/bin/stat"
++      defaults.variables.STAT = "stat"
+       defaults.variables.STATFLAG = "-f '%A'"
+-      local version = util.popen_read("sw_vers -productVersion")
++      local version = "10.10"
+       version = tonumber(version and version:match("^[^.]+%.([^.]+)")) or 3
+       if version >= 10 then
+          version = 8
+@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ local function make_defaults(lua_version, target_cpu, platforms, home)
+       else
+          defaults.gcc_rpath = false
+       end
+-      defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." gcc"
+-      defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." gcc"
++      defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." clang"
++      defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." clang"
+       defaults.web_browser = "open"
     end
--   defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." gcc"
--   defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." gcc"
-+   defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." clang"
-+   defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." clang"
-    defaults.web_browser = "open"
- end
  
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
index 5e418fcfdcf..7edcb79388a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
@@ -7,16 +7,13 @@
 , cmake
 }:
 
-let
-in
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname="luarocks";
-  version="2.4.4";
+  pname = "luarocks";
+  version = "3.0.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url="http://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256="0d7rl60dwh52qh5pfsphgx5ypp7k190h9ri6qpr2yx9kvqrxyf1r";
+    sha256="1pqfzwvjy8dzqg4fqjq2cgqcr00fgrdd7nwzxm7nqmawr83s6dhj";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./darwin.patch ];