diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ha/hawkthorne-journey/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ha/hawkthorne-journey/package.nix
index 9d8ee57c9306..fe934c0c2d6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ha/hawkthorne-journey/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ha/hawkthorne-journey/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   love,
-  lua,
   zip,
   makeWrapper,
   makeDesktopItem,
@@ -26,11 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     zip
     makeWrapper
     copyDesktopItems
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    love
-    lua
     tmx2lua
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns-recursor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns-recursor/package.nix
index 8b5564834f6e..b7225a31d243 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns-recursor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns-recursor/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   nixosTests,
   openssl,
   systemd,
-  lua,
   luajit,
   protobuf,
   libsodium,
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     boost
     openssl
     systemd
-    lua
     luajit
     libsodium
     curl
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sk/skyemu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sk/skyemu/package.nix
index e4d13f1a453b..4d8f08daa463 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sk/skyemu/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sk/skyemu/package.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   libx11,
   libxi,
   libxcursor,
-  lua,
   makeDesktopItem,
   copyDesktopItems,
 }:
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libx11
     libxi
     libxcursor
-    lua
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [