diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 02321c88ae..37119d7e58 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ comment "----------------------------------------------------"
 endif
 
 ###############################################################################
+comment "Legacy options removed in 2019.02"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2
+	bool "Lua 5.2.x version removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
+	help
+	  The Lua 5.2.x version was removed.
+
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2018.11"
 
 config BR2_TARGET_XLOADER
diff --git a/package/domoticz/Config.in b/package/domoticz/Config.in
index 4c5338df0a..b99e548012 100644
--- a/package/domoticz/Config.in
+++ b/package/domoticz/Config.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOMOTICZ
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2 || BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # exception_ptr
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOMOTICZ
 
 	  http://domoticz.com
 
-comment "domoticz needs lua >= 5.2 and a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8, NPTL, wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "domoticz needs lua 5.3 and a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8, NPTL, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || \
 		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
-		!(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2 || BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3)
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
 
 comment "domoticz needs exception_ptr"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735
diff --git a/package/lrandom/lrandom.mk b/package/lrandom/lrandom.mk
index 09b62c94a5..2fe5fdb5ae 100644
--- a/package/lrandom/lrandom.mk
+++ b/package/lrandom/lrandom.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
 LRANDOM_VERSION = 20120430.52-1
 else
 LRANDOM_VERSION = 20120430.51-1
diff --git a/package/lua/5.2.4/0001-root-path.patch b/package/lua/5.2.4/0001-root-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c6f242c20e..0000000000
--- a/package/lua/5.2.4/0001-root-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Adjust installation location to /usr.
-
-Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
-
-Index: b/src/luaconf.h
-===================================================================
---- a/src/luaconf.h
-+++ b/src/luaconf.h
-@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
- #else			/* }{ */
- 
- #define LUA_VDIR	LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "." LUA_VERSION_MINOR "/"
--#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/local/"
-+#define LUA_ROOT	"/usr/"
- #define LUA_LDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/lua/" LUA_VDIR
- #define LUA_CDIR	LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/" LUA_VDIR
- #define LUA_PATH_DEFAULT  \
diff --git a/package/lua/5.2.4/0002-shared-libs-for-lua.patch b/package/lua/5.2.4/0002-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cf3b24848..0000000000
--- a/package/lua/5.2.4/0002-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-Add the compilation of a shared library.
-Compile the lua binary with the shared library.
-And install the shared library.
-The variable BUILDMODE allows to switch between static and dynamic mode.
-
-Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
-
-Index: b/Makefile
-===================================================================
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
- TO_BIN= lua luac
- TO_INC= lua.h luaconf.h lualib.h lauxlib.h lua.hpp
- TO_LIB= liblua.a
-+TO_SOLIB = liblua.so.$(R)
- TO_MAN= lua.1 luac.1
- 
- # Lua version and release.
-@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@
- install: dummy
- 	cd src && $(MKDIR) $(INSTALL_BIN) $(INSTALL_INC) $(INSTALL_LIB) $(INSTALL_MAN) $(INSTALL_LMOD) $(INSTALL_CMOD)
- 	cd src && $(INSTALL_EXEC) $(TO_BIN) $(INSTALL_BIN)
-+	test -f src/$(TO_SOLIB) && cd src && $(INSTALL_EXEC) $(TO_SOLIB) $(INSTALL_LIB) || :
-+	test -f src/$(TO_SOLIB) && ln -sf $(TO_SOLIB) $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.so || :
- 	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_INC) $(INSTALL_INC)
- 	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_LIB) $(INSTALL_LIB)
- 	cd doc && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_MAN) $(INSTALL_MAN)
-Index: b/src/Makefile
-===================================================================
---- a/src/Makefile
-+++ b/src/Makefile
-@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
- PLATS= aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
- 
- LUA_A=	liblua.a
-+LUA_SO=	liblua.so
- CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.o lctype.o ldebug.o ldo.o ldump.o lfunc.o lgc.o llex.o \
- 	lmem.o lobject.o lopcodes.o lparser.o lstate.o lstring.o ltable.o \
- 	ltm.o lundump.o lvm.o lzio.o
-@@ -43,8 +44,13 @@
- LUAC_O=	luac.o
- 
- ALL_O= $(BASE_O) $(LUA_O) $(LUAC_O)
-+ifneq (dynamic,$(BUILDMODE))
- ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
-+else
-+ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_SO) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
-+endif
- ALL_A= $(LUA_A)
-+ALL_SO= $(LUA_SO)
- 
- # Targets start here.
- default: $(PLAT)
-@@ -55,12 +61,23 @@
- 
- a:	$(ALL_A)
- 
-+so:	$(ALL_SO)
-+
- $(LUA_A): $(BASE_O)
- 	$(AR) $@ $(BASE_O)
- 	$(RANLIB) $@
- 
-+$(LUA_SO): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
-+	$(CC) -o $@.$(PKG_VERSION) -shared -Wl,-soname="$@.$(PKG_VERSION)" $?
-+	ln -fs $@.$(PKG_VERSION) $@
-+
-+ifneq (dynamic,$(BUILDMODE))
- $(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A)
- 	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
-+else
-+$(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_SO)
-+	$(CC) -o $@ -L. $(LDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) -llua $(LIBS)
-+endif
- 
- $(LUAC_T): $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A)
- 	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/package/lua/5.2.4/0011-linenoise.patch b/package/lua/5.2.4/0011-linenoise.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b1f228cd49..0000000000
--- a/package/lua/5.2.4/0011-linenoise.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Add support of linenoise (replace readline)
-
-see discussion, http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-03/msg00879.html
-
-Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
-
-Index: b/src/lua.c
-===================================================================
---- a/src/lua.c
-+++ b/src/lua.c
-@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@
-           add_history(lua_tostring(L, idx));  /* add it to history */
- #define lua_freeline(L,b)	((void)L, free(b))
- 
-+#elif defined(LUA_USE_LINENOISE)
-+
-+#include <linenoise.h>
-+#define lua_readline(L,b,p)	((void)L, ((b)=linenoise(p)) != NULL)
-+#define lua_saveline(L,idx) \
-+	if (lua_rawlen(L,idx) > 0)  /* non-empty line? */ \
-+	  linenoiseHistoryAdd(lua_tostring(L, idx));  /* add it to history */
-+#define lua_freeline(L,b)	((void)L, free(b))
-+
- #elif !defined(lua_readline)
- 
- #define lua_readline(L,b,p) \
diff --git a/package/lua/Config.in b/package/lua/Config.in
index 4d2f0e90fa..ce2e439f63 100644
--- a/package/lua/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua/Config.in
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ choice
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
 	bool "Lua 5.1.x"
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2
-	bool "Lua 5.2.x"
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
 	bool "Lua 5.3.x"
 
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ endchoice
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION
 	default "5.1"	if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
-	default "5.2"	if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2
 	default "5.3"	if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
diff --git a/package/lua/lua.hash b/package/lua/lua.hash
index 43f5be275e..ba57304d0f 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua.hash
+++ b/package/lua/lua.hash
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@
 md5 4f4b4f323fd3514a68e0ab3da8ce3455           lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
 sha1 112eb10ff04d1b4c9898e121d6bdf54a81482447  lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
 
-md5 913fdb32207046b273fdb17aad70be13           lua-5.2.4.tar.gz
-sha1 ef15259421197e3d85b7d6e4871b8c26fd82c1cf  lua-5.2.4.tar.gz
-
 md5 2e115fe26e435e33b0d5c022e4490567           lua-5.1.5.tar.gz
 sha1 b3882111ad02ecc6b972f8c1241647905cb2e3fc  lua-5.1.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/lua/lua.mk b/package/lua/lua.mk
index 22643c4c8c..8a5f9258a0 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua.mk
+++ b/package/lua/lua.mk
@@ -7,16 +7,12 @@
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
 LUA_VERSION = 5.3.5
 else
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2),y)
-LUA_VERSION = 5.2.4
-else
 LUA_VERSION = 5.1.5
 endif
-endif
 LUA_SITE = http://www.lua.org/ftp
 LUA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LUA_LICENSE = MIT
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
 LUA_LICENSE_FILES = doc/readme.html
 else
 LUA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT
@@ -26,10 +22,6 @@ LUA_PROVIDES = luainterpreter
 
 LUA_CFLAGS = -Wall -fPIC -DLUA_USE_POSIX
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2),y)
-LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
 LUA_CFLAGS += -DLUA_COMPAT_5_2
 endif
diff --git a/package/mpv/mpv.mk b/package/mpv/mpv.mk
index b8260213b7..3ab2673774 100644
--- a/package/mpv/mpv.mk
+++ b/package/mpv/mpv.mk
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ endif
 
 # LUA support, only for lua51/lua52/luajit
 # This enables the controller (OSD) together with libass
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT),y)
 MPV_CONF_OPTS += --enable-lua
 MPV_DEPENDENCIES += luainterpreter
 else
diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index 4720960e59..3b83389c19 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --without-libxml2
 endif
 
 # no support for lua53 yet
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-lua
 WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += lua
 else