diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md
index 50b48f90d507..366f7a497fc8 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ The following is an example:
         vyp
         lblasc
       ];
-      license.fullName = "MIT/X11";
+      license = lib.licenses.mit;
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/image-nvim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/image-nvim/default.nix
index b4dee69fee8b..a62c5d33acf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/image-nvim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/image-nvim/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ buildLuarocksPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/3rd/image.nvim";
     description = "🖼️ Bringing images to Neovim.";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
-    license.fullName = "MIT";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/readline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/readline/default.nix
index ef2a04267fe2..83a983ca2833 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/readline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/readline/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   buildLuarocksPackage,
   fetchurl,
+  lib,
   luaAtLeast,
   luaOlder,
   luaposix,
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ buildLuarocksPackage {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://pjb.com.au/comp/lua/readline.html";
     description = "Interface to the readline library";
-    license.fullName = "MIT/X11";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     broken = (luaOlder "5.1") || (luaAtLeast "5.5");
   };
 }