diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hslua/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hslua/default.nix
index ebccbf963fe..11740095284 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hslua/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hslua/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-{ cabal, lua, mtl }:
+{ cabal, mtl }:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "hslua";
   version = "0.3.7";
   sha256 = "1q5s2b7x9idvdvp31yl86mmy476gfq6rg8f0r8faqxrm45jwgv2q";
   buildDepends = [ mtl ];
-  pkgconfigDepends = [ lua ];
-  configureFlags = "-fsystem-lua";
   meta = {
     description = "A Lua language interpreter embedding in Haskell";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 5b2a0a66173..a7c5a8565a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1261,9 +1261,7 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   hsemail = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hsemail {};
 
-  hslua = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hslua {
-    lua = pkgs.lua5_1;
-  };
+  hslua = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hslua {};
 
   HSH = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/HSH {};