diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b6961be94b87..f9cb868165be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27446,10 +27446,7 @@ in
   wrapNeovimUnstable = callPackage ../applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix { };
   wrapNeovim = neovim-unwrapped: lib.makeOverridable (neovimUtils.legacyWrapper neovim-unwrapped);
   neovim-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/editors/neovim {
-    lua =
-      # neovim doesn't work with luajit on aarch64: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/7879
-      if stdenv.isAarch64 then lua5_1 else
-      luajit;
+    lua = luajit;
   };
 
   neovimUtils = callPackage ../applications/editors/neovim/utils.nix { };