diff --git a/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk b/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
index 40d42900a..aa02696b2 100644
--- a/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
+++ b/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
@@ -4,15 +4,6 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LUAINTERPRETER_SOURCE =
-LUAINTERPRETER_DEPENDENCIES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_LUAINTERPRETER))
-
 LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION))
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER),y)
-ifeq ($(LUAINTERPRETER_DEPENDENCIES),)
-$(error No lua interpreter implementation selected. Configuration error.)
-endif
-endif
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(virtual-package))