diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
index 49d3eb280a07..ab9c612ece00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "A package manager for Lua";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin teto ];
+    mainProgram = "luarocks";
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
     downloadPage = "http://luarocks.org/releases/";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
index 20acab5a8584..4e3f58e8428d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/luarocks-nix.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,4 @@ luarocks.overrideAttrs (old: {
   passthru = {
     updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
   };
-
-  meta = old.meta // {
-    mainProgram = "luarocks";
-  };
 })