--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2553,20 +2553,15 @@
 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
-	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
-			LUA_INCLUDE="${LUA_INCLUDE} -I/usr/include/lua${ver}"
-		else
-			LUA_INCLUDE="${LUA_INCLUDE} -I${LUA_DIR}/lua${ver}"
-		fi
-		break;
+AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([LUA], ${LUA_IMPL}, [luaL_newstate], ${LUA_IMPL}/lua.h, [-lm])
+if test "x${PBX_LUA}" = "x1" ; then
+	if test x"${LUA_DIR}" = x; then
+		LUA_INCLUDE="${LUA_INCLUDE} -I/usr/include/${LUA_IMPL}"
+	else
+		LUA_INCLUDE="${LUA_INCLUDE} -I${LUA_DIR}/${LUA_IMPL}"
 	fi
-done
-
-# Some distributions (like openSUSE and NetBSD) remove the 5.x suffix.
-AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK([LUA], [lua], [luaL_newstate], [lua.h], [-lm])
+	break;
+fi
 
 # Accept either RADIUS client library, their APIs are fully compatible,
 # just different header filenames and different SONAMEs