diff --git a/overlay.nix b/overlay.nix
index fda6239..d8d1795 100644
--- a/overlay.nix
+++ b/overlay.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
     inherit (final) lib callPackage;
   };
   inherit (final) fetchpatch;
-  luaHost = prev.lua5_3.overrideAttrs(o: {
+  luaHost = prev.lua5_2.overrideAttrs(o: {
      name = "lua-tty";
      preBuild = ''
        makeFlagsArray+=(PLAT="posix" SYSLIBS="-Wl,-E -ldl"  CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC -DLUA_USE_POSIX -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN")
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ extraPkgs // {
     ];
   });
 
-  lua = crossOnly prev.lua5_3 (_: luaHost);
+  lua = crossOnly prev.lua5_2 (_: luaHost);
 
   mtdutils = prev.mtdutils.overrideAttrs(o: {
     patches = (if o ? patches then o.patches else []) ++ [
diff --git a/pkgs/iwinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/iwinfo/default.nix
index 91c8437..3e01b8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/iwinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/iwinfo/default.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
   fetchFromGitea,
   ubus,
   libubox,
-  lua5_3,
+  lua,
   libnl-tiny,
   backend ? "nl80211"
 }:
-let
-  lua = lua5_3;
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "iwinfo";
   version = "unstable-07-09-2024";
diff --git a/pkgs/tufted/default.nix b/pkgs/tufted/default.nix
index 0486164..3bf41b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tufted/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tufted/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
-  lua5_3
+  lua
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , makeWrapper
 } :
 let
-  lua = lua5_3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [
+  luaWithPackage = lua.withPackages (ps: with ps; [
     luasocket luaposix fennel
   ]);
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   version = "1";
   phases =  [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" ];
   buildInputs = [
-    lua
+    luaWithPackage
   ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
   src = ./.;