diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix
index 565852bb0812..0a3275e49bdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -5,31 +5,27 @@
 }:
 
 {
-  disabled ? false,
   propagatedBuildInputs ? [ ],
   makeFlags ? [ ],
   ...
 }@attrs:
 
-if disabled then
-  throw "${attrs.name} not supported by interpreter lua-${lua.luaversion}"
-else
-  toLuaModule (
-    lua.stdenv.mkDerivation (
-      attrs
-      // {
-        name = "lua${lua.luaversion}-" + attrs.pname + "-" + attrs.version;
+toLuaModule (
+  lua.stdenv.mkDerivation (
+    attrs
+    // {
+      name = "lua${lua.luaversion}-" + attrs.pname + "-" + attrs.version;
 
-        makeFlags = [
-          "PREFIX=$(out)"
-          "LUA_INC=-I${lua}/include"
-          "LUA_LIBDIR=$(out)/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
-          "LUA_VERSION=${lua.luaversion}"
-        ] ++ makeFlags;
+      makeFlags = [
+        "PREFIX=$(out)"
+        "LUA_INC=-I${lua}/include"
+        "LUA_LIBDIR=$(out)/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
+        "LUA_VERSION=${lua.luaversion}"
+      ] ++ makeFlags;
 
-        propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [
-          lua # propagate it for its setup-hook
-        ];
-      }
-    )
+      propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [
+        lua # propagate it for its setup-hook
+      ];
+    }
   )
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index 1cd461efa91f..477e51215339 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ rec {
     buildLuaPackage rec {
       pname = "lua-pam";
       version = "unstable-2015-07-03";
-      # Needed for `disabled`, overridden in buildLuaPackage
-      name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
       src = fetchFromGitHub {
         owner = "devurandom";
@@ -147,10 +145,9 @@ rec {
         runHook postInstall
       '';
 
-      # The package does not build with lua 5.4 or luaJIT
-      disabled = luaAtLeast "5.4" || isLuaJIT;
-
       meta = with lib; {
+        # The package does not build with lua 5.4 or luaJIT
+        broken = luaAtLeast "5.4" || isLuaJIT;
         description = "Lua module for PAM authentication";
         homepage = "https://github.com/devurandom/lua-pam";
         license = licenses.mit;