diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
index b69c7443e7ec..b2f82ddb4694 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/build-lua-package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Generic builder for lua packages
 { lib
 , lua
-, buildPackages
 , wrapLua
 , luarocks
 # Whether the derivation provides a lua module or not.
@@ -14,9 +13,7 @@ pname
 , version
 
 # by default prefix `name` e.g. "lua5.2-${name}"
-, namePrefix ? if lua.pkgs.isLuaJIT
-               then lua.name + "-"
-               else "lua" + lua.luaversion + "-"
+, namePrefix ? "${lua.pname}${lua.sourceVersion.major}.${lua.sourceVersion.minor}-"
 
 # Dependencies for building the package
 , buildInputs ? []
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
index 97e444ded903..39de72785437 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,86 @@
 # similar to interpreters/python/default.nix
 { stdenv, lib, callPackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch, makeBinaryWrapper }:
 
+
+let
+
+  # Common passthru for all lua interpreters.
+  # copied from python
+  passthruFun =
+    { executable
+    , sourceVersion
+    , luaversion
+    , packageOverrides
+    , luaOnBuildForBuild
+    , luaOnBuildForHost
+    , luaOnBuildForTarget
+    , luaOnHostForHost
+    , luaOnTargetForTarget
+    , luaAttr ? null
+    , self # is luaOnHostForTarget
+    }: let
+      luaPackages = callPackage
+        # Function that when called
+        # - imports lua-packages.nix
+        # - adds spliced package sets to the package set
+        # - applies overrides from `packageOverrides`
+        ({ lua, overrides, callPackage, splicePackages, newScope }: let
+          luaPackagesFun = callPackage ../../../top-level/lua-packages.nix {
+            lua = self;
+          };
+          generatedPackages = if (builtins.pathExists ../../lua-modules/generated-packages.nix) then
+            (final: prev: callPackage ../../lua-modules/generated-packages.nix { inherit (final) callPackage; } final prev)
+          else (final: prev: {});
+          overridenPackages = callPackage ../../lua-modules/overrides.nix { };
+
+          otherSplices = {
+            selfBuildBuild = luaOnBuildForBuild.pkgs;
+            selfBuildHost = luaOnBuildForHost.pkgs;
+            selfBuildTarget = luaOnBuildForTarget.pkgs;
+            selfHostHost = luaOnHostForHost.pkgs;
+            selfTargetTarget = luaOnTargetForTarget.pkgs or {};
+          };
+          keep = self: { };
+          extra = spliced0: {};
+          extensions = lib.composeManyExtensions [
+            generatedPackages
+            overridenPackages
+            overrides
+          ];
+        in lib.makeScopeWithSplicing
+          splicePackages
+          newScope
+          otherSplices
+          keep
+          extra
+          (lib.extends extensions luaPackagesFun))
+        {
+          overrides = packageOverrides;
+          lua = self;
+        };
+    in rec {
+        buildEnv = callPackage ./wrapper.nix {
+          lua = self;
+          inherit (luaPackages) requiredLuaModules;
+        };
+        withPackages = import ./with-packages.nix { inherit buildEnv luaPackages;};
+        pkgs = luaPackages;
+        interpreter = "${self}/bin/${executable}";
+        inherit executable luaversion sourceVersion;
+        luaOnBuild = luaOnBuildForHost.override { inherit packageOverrides; self = luaOnBuild; };
+
+        inherit luaAttr;
+  };
+
+in
+
 rec {
   lua5_4 = callPackage ./interpreter.nix {
+    self = lua5_4;
     sourceVersion = { major = "5"; minor = "4"; patch = "3"; };
     hash = "1yxvjvnbg4nyrdv10bq42gz6dr66pyan28lgzfygqfwy2rv24qgq";
     makeWrapper = makeBinaryWrapper;
+    inherit passthruFun;
 
     patches = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./5.4.darwin.patch
       ++ [
@@ -28,53 +103,62 @@ rec {
   };
 
   lua5_4_compat = lua5_4.override({
+    self = lua5_4_compat;
     compat = true;
   });
 
   lua5_3 = callPackage ./interpreter.nix {
+    self = lua5_3;
     sourceVersion = { major = "5"; minor = "3"; patch = "6"; };
     hash = "0q3d8qhd7p0b7a4mh9g7fxqksqfs6mr1nav74vq26qvkp2dxcpzw";
     makeWrapper = makeBinaryWrapper;
+    inherit passthruFun;
 
     patches =
       lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./5.2.darwin.patch ];
   };
 
   lua5_3_compat = lua5_3.override({
+    self = lua5_3_compat;
     compat = true;
   });
 
 
   lua5_2 = callPackage ./interpreter.nix {
+    self = lua5_2;
     sourceVersion = { major = "5"; minor = "2"; patch = "4"; };
     hash = "0jwznq0l8qg9wh5grwg07b5cy3lzngvl5m2nl1ikp6vqssmf9qmr";
     makeWrapper = makeBinaryWrapper;
+    inherit passthruFun;
     patches = [
       ./CVE-2022-28805.patch
     ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./5.2.darwin.patch;
   };
 
   lua5_2_compat = lua5_2.override({
+    self = lua5_2_compat;
     compat = true;
   });
 
 
   lua5_1 = callPackage ./interpreter.nix {
+    self = lua5_1;
     sourceVersion = { major = "5"; minor = "1"; patch = "5"; };
     hash = "2640fc56a795f29d28ef15e13c34a47e223960b0240e8cb0a82d9b0738695333";
     makeWrapper = makeBinaryWrapper;
+    inherit passthruFun;
     patches = (lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./5.1.darwin.patch)
       ++ [ ./CVE-2014-5461.patch ];
   };
 
   luajit_2_0 = import ../luajit/2.0.nix {
     self = luajit_2_0;
-    inherit callPackage lib;
+    inherit callPackage lib passthruFun;
   };
 
   luajit_2_1 = import ../luajit/2.1.nix {
     self = luajit_2_1;
-    inherit callPackage;
+    inherit callPackage passthruFun;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
index c392a2c3bb52..d4af272e7cf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
@@ -2,22 +2,26 @@
 , compat ? false
 , callPackage
 , makeWrapper
+, self
 , packageOverrides ? (final: prev: {})
+, pkgsBuildBuild
+, pkgsBuildHost
+, pkgsBuildTarget
+, pkgsHostHost
+, pkgsTargetTarget
 , sourceVersion
 , hash
+, passthruFun
 , patches ? []
 , postConfigure ? null
 , postBuild ? null
 , staticOnly ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
-}:
+, luaAttr ? "lua${sourceVersion.major}_${sourceVersion.minor}"
+} @ inputs:
 let
-  luaversion = with sourceVersion; "${major}.${minor}";
+  luaPackages = self.pkgs;
 
-  luaPackages = callPackage ../../lua-modules {
-    lua = self;
-    overrides = packageOverrides;
-    packagesAttr = "lua${lib.replaceChars ["."] ["_"] luaversion}.pkgs";
-  };
+  luaversion = with sourceVersion; "${major}.${minor}";
 
 plat = if (stdenv.isLinux && lib.versionOlder self.luaversion "5.4") then "linux"
        else if (stdenv.isLinux && lib.versionAtLeast self.luaversion "5.4") then "linux-readline"
@@ -28,8 +32,9 @@ plat = if (stdenv.isLinux && lib.versionOlder self.luaversion "5.4") then "linux
        else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isBSD then "bsd"
        else if stdenv.hostPlatform.isUnix then "posix"
        else "generic";
+in
 
-self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lua";
   version = "${luaversion}.${sourceVersion.patch}";
 
@@ -125,16 +130,19 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s "$out/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc" "$out/lib/pkgconfig/lua${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "" ] luaversion}.pc"
   '';
 
-  passthru = rec {
-    inherit luaversion;
-    buildEnv = callPackage ./wrapper.nix {
-      lua = self;
-      inherit makeWrapper;
-      inherit (luaPackages) requiredLuaModules;
-    };
-    withPackages = import ./with-packages.nix { inherit buildEnv luaPackages;};
-    pkgs = luaPackages;
-    interpreter = "${self}/bin/lua";
+  # copied from python
+  passthru = let
+    # When we override the interpreter we also need to override the spliced versions of the interpreter
+    inputs' = lib.filterAttrs (n: v: ! lib.isDerivation v && n != "passthruFun") inputs;
+    override = attr: let lua = attr.override (inputs' // { self = lua; }); in lua;
+  in passthruFun rec {
+    inherit self luaversion packageOverrides luaAttr sourceVersion;
+    executable = "lua";
+    luaOnBuildForBuild = override pkgsBuildBuild.${luaAttr};
+    luaOnBuildForHost = override pkgsBuildHost.${luaAttr};
+    luaOnBuildForTarget = override pkgsBuildTarget.${luaAttr};
+    luaOnHostForHost = override pkgsHostHost.${luaAttr};
+    luaOnTargetForTarget = if lib.hasAttr luaAttr pkgsTargetTarget then (override pkgsTargetTarget.${luaAttr}) else {};
   };
 
   meta = {
@@ -151,5 +159,4 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
-};
-in self
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.0.nix
index 0816ecb548fb..fe7843caeb0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.0.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ self, callPackage, lib }:
+{ self, callPackage, lib, passthruFun }:
 callPackage ./default.nix {
-  inherit self;
-  packagesAttr = "luajit_2_0.pkgs";
+  sourceVersion = { major = "2"; minor = "0"; patch = "5"; };
+  inherit self passthruFun;
   version = "2.0.5-2022-03-13";
   rev = "93a65d3cc263aef2d2feb3d7ff2206aca3bee17e";
   isStable = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.1.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.1.nix
index 25232a52c4b4..d5c539331e00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/2.1.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ self, callPackage }:
+{ self, callPackage, passthruFun }:
 callPackage ./default.nix {
-  inherit self;
-  packagesAttr = "luajit_2_1.pkgs";
+  sourceVersion = { major = "2"; minor = "1"; patch = "0"; };
+  inherit self passthruFun;
   version = "2.1.0-2022-04-05";
   rev = "5e3c45c43bb0e0f1f2917d432e9d2dba12c42a6e";
   isStable = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
index 9fe697d887a7..2d47b0395c36 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , buildPackages
-, name ? "luajit-${version}"
 , isStable
 , hash
 , rev
 , version
-, packagesAttr
 , extraMeta ? { }
 , callPackage
 , self
 , packageOverrides ? (final: prev: {})
+, pkgsBuildBuild
+, pkgsBuildHost
+, pkgsBuildTarget
+, pkgsHostHost
+, pkgsTargetTarget
+, sourceVersion
+, passthruFun
 , enableFFI ? true
 , enableJIT ? true
 , enableJITDebugModule ? enableJIT
@@ -23,16 +28,14 @@
 , enableAPICheck ? false
 , enableVMAssertions ? false
 , useSystemMalloc ? false
-}:
+, luaAttr ? "luajit_${sourceVersion.major}_${sourceVersion.minor}"
+} @ inputs:
 assert enableJITDebugModule -> enableJIT;
 assert enableGDBJITSupport -> enableJIT;
 assert enableValgrindSupport -> valgrind != null;
 let
-  luaPackages = callPackage ../../lua-modules {
-    lua = self;
-    overrides = packageOverrides;
-    inherit packagesAttr;
-  };
+
+  luaPackages = self.pkgs;
 
   XCFLAGS = with lib;
     optional (!enableFFI) "-DLUAJIT_DISABLE_FFI"
@@ -47,7 +50,8 @@ let
   ;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  inherit name version;
+  pname = "luajit";
+  inherit version;
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "LuaJIT";
     repo = "LuaJIT";
@@ -103,14 +107,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   setupHook = luaPackages.lua-setup-hook luaPackages.luaLib.luaPathList luaPackages.luaLib.luaCPathList;
 
-  passthru = rec {
-    buildEnv = callPackage ../lua-5/wrapper.nix {
-      lua = self;
-      inherit (luaPackages) requiredLuaModules;
-    };
-    withPackages = import ../lua-5/with-packages.nix { inherit buildEnv luaPackages; };
-    pkgs = luaPackages;
-    interpreter = "${self}/bin/lua";
+  # copied from python
+  passthru = let
+    # When we override the interpreter we also need to override the spliced versions of the interpreter
+    inputs' = lib.filterAttrs (n: v: ! lib.isDerivation v && n != "passthruFun") inputs;
+    override = attr: let lua = attr.override (inputs' // { self = lua; }); in lua;
+  in passthruFun rec {
+    inherit self luaversion packageOverrides luaAttr sourceVersion;
+    executable = "lua";
+    luaOnBuildForBuild = override pkgsBuildBuild.${luaAttr};
+    luaOnBuildForHost = override pkgsBuildHost.${luaAttr};
+    luaOnBuildForTarget = override pkgsBuildTarget.${luaAttr};
+    luaOnHostForHost = override pkgsHostHost.${luaAttr};
+    luaOnTargetForTarget = if lib.hasAttr luaAttr pkgsTargetTarget then (override pkgsTargetTarget.${luaAttr}) else {};
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e7ce417d2f17..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# inspired by pkgs/development/haskell-modules/default.nix
-{ pkgs, lib
-, lua
-, packagesAttr
-, stdenv
-, callPackage
-, overrides ? (final: prev: {})
-}:
-
-let
-
-  inherit (lib) extends;
-
-  initialPackages = import ../../top-level/lua-packages.nix {
-    inherit lua pkgs lib stdenv;
-  };
-
-  overridenPackages = callPackage ./overrides.nix { };
-
-  generatedPackages = if (builtins.pathExists ./generated-packages.nix) then
-    (final: prev: callPackage ./generated-packages.nix { inherit (final) callPackage; } final prev) else (final: prev: {});
-
-  extensions = lib.composeManyExtensions [
-    generatedPackages
-    overridenPackages
-    overrides
-  ];
-
-  otherSplices = let
-    packagesAttrFun = set: lib.getAttrFromPath (lib.splitString "." packagesAttr) set;
-  in {
-    selfBuildBuild = packagesAttrFun pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild;
-    selfBuildHost = packagesAttrFun pkgs.pkgsBuildHost;
-    selfBuildTarget = packagesAttrFun pkgs.pkgsBuildTarget;
-    selfHostHost = packagesAttrFun pkgs.pkgsHostHost;
-    selfTargetTarget = if pkgs.pkgsTargetTarget.__raw or false then {} else packagesAttrFun pkgs.pkgsTargetTarget; # might be missing;
-  };
-  keep = self: { };
-  extra = spliced0: { };
-
-in
-  lib.makeScopeWithSplicing pkgs.splicePackages pkgs.newScope otherSplices keep extra
-    (lib.extends extensions initialPackages)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 42d7a44cf82c..3617e7632333 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
   for each package in a separate file: the call to the function would
   be almost as must code as the function itself. */
 
-{ stdenv
-, lua
-, pkgs
+{ pkgs
+, stdenv
 , lib
+, lua
 }:
 
+
 self:
 
 let