--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2560,7 +2560,11 @@ if test -z "$__opus_include" -o x"$__opu
 fi
 AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([OPUSFILE], [opusfile], [op_open_callbacks], [opus/opusfile.h], [], [$__opus_include])
 
-for ver in 5.3 5.2 5.1; do
+# This does not work for us. We have both liblua and liblua5.3 in
+# $(STAGING_DIR)/usr. But the headers for liblua5.3 are in
+# (STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/lua5.3. Using the below, Asterisk would
+# use the headers from liblua and link against liblua5.3 :/
+for ver in ; do
 	AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([LUA], lua${ver}, [luaL_newstate], lua${ver}/lua.h, [-lm])
 	if test "x${PBX_LUA}" = "x1" ; then
 		if test x"${LUA_DIR}" = x; then