diff --git a/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix b/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
index 6a0504ecc..ceea6b202 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/hal/aarch64.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ in
     sane.programs.blueberry.enableFor.user.colin = false;  # bluetooth manager: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by marco)
     sane.programs.fcitx5.enableFor.user.colin = false;  #< does not cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by qtsvg)
     sane.programs.firefox.config.addons.browserpass-extension.enable = false;  #< does not cross compile
+    sane.programs.lua-language-server.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # lua neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-06)
     # sane.programs.marksman.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # markdown neovim LSP: cross compiles, but the result is a x86 .NET exe (2025-01-05)
     sane.programs.mercurial.enableFor.user.colin = false;  #< does not cross compile (2025-01-05; unblocked)
     sane.programs.nix-tree.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  #< does not cross compile (2025-01-05; blocked by vty)
diff --git a/hosts/modules/hal/samsung/cross.nix b/hosts/modules/hal/samsung/cross.nix
index 41a18f81f..b8a40c917 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/hal/samsung/cross.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/hal/samsung/cross.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ in
     sane.programs.blueberry.enableFor.user.colin = false;  # bluetooth manager: doesn't cross compile
     sane.programs.efibootmgr.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # efivar doesn't cross compile (2024-09-14)
     sane.programs.fcitx5.enableFor.user.colin = false;
+    sane.programs.lua-language-server.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # lua neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2025-01-06)
     sane.programs.ltex-ls.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # LaTeX/html/markdown neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2024-08-26)
     sane.programs.marksman.enableFor = { system = false; user.colin = false; };  # markdown neovim LSP: doesn't cross compile (2024-08-26)
     sane.programs.mepo.enableFor.user.colin = false;  # 2024/06/04: doesn't cross compile (nodejs)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
index ee9b79ad8..82901d10b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
@@ -54,24 +54,25 @@ in
   #   hash = "sha256-Hzz+aAzdgdnTu4jvLqpHzdIE3xYMP02/EuA+KvFbUeI=";
   # })
 
-  (fetchpatch' {
-    name = "lua-language-server: fix cross compiling";
-    prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/370992";
-    hash = "sha256-0TG7u+Gcp5y3OKCEG2eDE9D9t+F1zv/I1W6CXlbCOYA=";
-  })
+  # (fetchpatch' {
+  #   # XXX(2025-01-06): patch does not produce valid binaries for cross
+  #   name = "lua-language-server: fix cross compiling";
+  #   prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/370992";
+  #   hash = "sha256-jW66W1V3upZMfbjuoruY3OGNJfEewx7DW/Z4vAhMEXw=";
+  # })
 
   (fetchpatch' {
     # patch should be safe to remove; keeping it here to track the upstreaming status
     name = "nixos/gitea: don't configure the database if `createDatabase == false`";
     prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/268849";
     # saneCommit = "92662a9920cf8b70ad8a061591dc37146123bde3";
-    hash = "sha256-3mvNFvOgUtzWwPEHGBSv9UEANxVfD1/fXbiV/mlq0l8=";
+    hash = "sha256-Bmy1xqqmHqJVpleKWOssF+6SUpKOIm6hIGQsW6+hUTg=";
   })
 
   (fetchpatch' {
     name = "itgmania: init at 0.9.0";
     prUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/355725";
-    hash = "sha256-pN14eynQizhGPPiF4bj9e/HdNEmW/gJHvK59ihwM/vA=";
+    hash = "sha256-PWY7mDoUNrUJMvMJ0fAF8cmvA34YrizG2MvuNIjofvU=";
   })
 
   # (fetchpatch' {