diff --git a/package/luarocks/luarocks-br-config.lua b/package/luarocks/luarocks-br-config.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a0bd68c9a..0000000000
--- a/package/luarocks/luarocks-br-config.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
--- BR cross-compilation
-local function getenv (name) return os_getenv(name) or '' end
-external_deps_dirs = { getenv('STAGING_DIR') .. [[/usr]] }
-gcc_rpath = false
-wrap_bin_scripts = false
diff --git a/package/luarocks/luarocks-br-host-config.lua b/package/luarocks/luarocks-br-host-config.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 631959545c..0000000000
--- a/package/luarocks/luarocks-br-host-config.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
--- BR host compilation
-local function getenv (name) return os_getenv(name) or '' end
-external_deps_dirs = { getenv('HOST_DIR') }
diff --git a/package/luarocks/luarocks.mk b/package/luarocks/luarocks.mk
index 00b3e17cb5..670e7487af 100644
--- a/package/luarocks/luarocks.mk
+++ b/package/luarocks/luarocks.mk
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ endef
 define HOST_LUAROCKS_INSTALL_CMDS
 	rm -f $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULT)
 	$(MAKE1) -C $(@D) install
-	cat $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULT) $(HOST_LUAROCKS_PKGDIR)/luarocks-br-config.lua \
-		> $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE)
-	cat $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULT) $(HOST_LUAROCKS_PKGDIR)/luarocks-br-host-config.lua \
-		> $(HOST_LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE)
+	cp $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULT) $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE)
+	echo "-- BR cross-compilation"  >> $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE)
+	echo "gcc_rpath = false"        >> $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE)
+	echo "wrap_bin_scripts = false" >> $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE)
+	cp $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULT) $(HOST_LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE)
 	rm -f $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULT)
 endef
 
diff --git a/package/pkg-luarocks.mk b/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
index 81a6cf208a..fd79855878 100644
--- a/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ define $(2)_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 		LUAROCKS_CONFIG=$$(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE) \
 		$$(LUAROCKS_RUN_CMD) make --keep --deps-mode none \
 			--tree "$$(TARGET_DIR)/usr" \
+			DEPS_DIR="$$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
 			LUA_INCDIR="$$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
 			LUA_LIBDIR="$$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
 			CC=$$(TARGET_CC) \
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ define $(2)_INSTALL_CMDS
 	cd $$($(2)_SRCDIR) && \
 		LUAROCKS_CONFIG=$$(HOST_LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE) \
 		$$(LUAROCKS_RUN_CMD) make --keep --deps-mode none \
+			DEPS_DIR="$$(HOST_DIR)" \
 			CFLAGS="$$(HOST_LUAROCKS_CFLAGS)" \
 			LIBFLAG="-shared $$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
 			$$($(2)_BUILD_OPTS) $$($(2)_ROCKSPEC)