diff --git a/package/pkg-luarocks.mk b/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
index da5c912c81..aa83e74a0e 100644
--- a/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 define inner-luarocks-package
 
 $(2)_BUILD_OPTS		?=
-$(2)_SUBDIR		?= $(1)-$$(shell echo "$$($(3)_VERSION)" | sed -e "s/-[0-9]$$$$//")
-$(2)_ROCKSPEC		?= $(1)-$$($(3)_VERSION).rockspec
-$(2)_SOURCE		?= $(1)-$$($(3)_VERSION).src.rock
+$(2)_SUBDIR		?= $(1)-$$(shell echo "$$($(2)_VERSION)" | sed -e "s/-[0-9]$$$$//")
+$(2)_ROCKSPEC		?= $(1)-$$($(2)_VERSION).rockspec
+$(2)_SOURCE		?= $(1)-$$($(2)_VERSION).src.rock
 $(2)_SITE		?= $$(call qstrip,$$(BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR))
 
 # Since we do not support host-luarocks-package, we know this is