diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 58340229fb4b..bcca7c3c140c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27971,31 +27971,11 @@ with pkgs;
   wrapNeovimUnstable = callPackage ../applications/editors/neovim/wrapper.nix { };
   wrapNeovim = neovim-unwrapped: lib.makeOverridable (neovimUtils.legacyWrapper neovim-unwrapped);
   neovim-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/editors/neovim {
-    # neovim doesn't build with luajit on aarch64-darwin :
-    # ./luarocks init
-    # PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API (module 'luarocks.core.hardcoded' not found:
-    #         no field package.preload['luarocks.core.hardcoded']
-    #         no file '/private/tmp/nix-build-luarocks-3.2.1.drv-0/source/src/luarocks/core/hardcoded.lua'
-    #         no file './luarocks/core/hardcoded.lua'
-    #         no file '/nix/store/3s6c509q9vvq3db87rfi7qa38wzxwz8w-luajit-2.1.0-2021-05-29/share/luajit-2.1.0-beta3/luarocks/core/hardcoded.lua'
-    #         no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/luarocks/core/hardcoded.lua'
-    #         no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/luarocks/core/hardcoded/init.lua'
-    #         no file '/nix/store/3s6c509q9vvq3db87rfi7qa38wzxwz8w-luajit-2.1.0-2021-05-29/share/lua/5.1/luarocks/core/hardcoded.lua'
-    #         no file '/nix/store/3s6c509q9vvq3db87rfi7qa38wzxwz8w-luajit-2.1.0-2021-05-29/share/lua/5.1/luarocks/core/hardcoded/init.lua'
-    #         no file './luarocks/core/hardcoded.so'
-    #         no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/luarocks/core/hardcoded.so'
-    #         no file '/nix/store/3s6c509q9vvq3db87rfi7qa38wzxwz8w-luajit-2.1.0-2021-05-29/lib/lua/5.1/luarocks/core/hardcoded.so'
-    #         no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'
-    #         no file './luarocks.so'
-    #         no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/luarocks.so'
-    #         no file '/nix/store/3s6c509q9vvq3db87rfi7qa38wzxwz8w-luajit-2.1.0-2021-05-29/lib/lua/5.1/luarocks.so'
-    #         no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so')
-    # make: *** [GNUmakefile:57: luarocks] Error 1
-    #
-    # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/129099
-    # Possibly related: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/7879
+    # See:
+    #   - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/129099
+    #   - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/128959
     lua =
-      if (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64) then lua5_1 else
+      if (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64) then luajit_openresty else
       luajit;
   };