diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
index 506f9ca7207a..fd8c47d751b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     Description: An Extensible Extension Language
     Version: ${version}
     Requires:
-    Libs: -L$out/lib -llua -lm
+    Libs: -L$out/lib -llua
     Cflags: -I$out/include
     EOF
     ln -s "$out/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/lua-${luaversion}.pc"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/lua-dso.make b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/lua-dso.make
index 11ac71fd8197..19c57685677d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/lua-dso.make
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/lua-dso.make
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 $(LUA_SO): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
-	$(CC) -shared $(SYSLIBS) -Wl,-soname,$(LUA_SO).$(V) -o $@.$(R) $? $(MYLDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -shared $(LIBS) -Wl,-soname,$(LUA_SO).$(V) -o $@.$(R) $? $(MYLDFLAGS)
 	ln -sf $(LUA_SO).$(R) $(LUA_SO).$(V)
 	ln -sf $(LUA_SO).$(R) $(LUA_SO)