diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 2899e91ceb63..9aa08b161158 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub, libmpack, which, fetchpatch, writeText
 , pkgs
 , fetchgit
-, overrides ? (self: super: {})
 , lib
 }:
 
@@ -867,4 +866,4 @@ with self; {
   });
 
 });
-in (lib.extends overrides packages)
+in packages