diff --git a/srcpkgs/lighttpd/template b/srcpkgs/lighttpd/template
index 04c6f55177..55c947c4bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lighttpd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lighttpd/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'lighttpd'
 pkgname=lighttpd
-version=1.4.38
+version=1.4.39
 revision=1
-makedepends="libmysqlclient-devel lua52-devel libxml2-devel sqlite-devel gdbm-devel pcre-devel libressl-devel fcgi-devel"
+makedepends="libmysqlclient-devel lua-devel libxml2-devel sqlite-devel gdbm-devel pcre-devel libressl-devel fcgi-devel"
 hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config pcre-devel libtool"
 conf_files="/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf"
 system_accounts="lighttpd"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="2-clause-BSD"
 homepage="http://lighttpd.net"
 distfiles="http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=4912568b7befcf3f552ca4668bd7f38cd85f42a22944359d00816ec27eb1e504
+checksum=7eb9a1853c3d6dd5851682b0733a729ba4158d6bdff80974d5ef5f1f6887365b
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="
 	--sbindir=/usr/bin \
@@ -39,16 +39,9 @@ configure_args="
 	--with-lua"
 lib32disabled=yes
 
-CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.2"
-
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }
-do_configure() {
-	export LUA_CFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.2"
-	export LUA_LIBS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -llua5.2"
-	./configure ${configure_args}
-}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 	vsv lighttpd