diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
index eeca9b11ad0..3b49b60ca5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 { lib
 , lua
 , wrapLua
+, luarocks
 
 # Whether the derivation provides a lua module or not.
 , luarocksCheckHook
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ let
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     wrapLua
-    lua.pkgs.luarocks
+    luarocks
   ];
 
   inherit doCheck extraVariables rockspecFilename knownRockspec externalDeps nativeCheckInputs;