diff --git a/package/lua/Config.in b/package/lua/Config.in
index c267cb6faf..d6ddc708e7 100644
--- a/package/lua/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua/Config.in
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
 
 endchoice
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION
-	default "5.1"	if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1
-	default "5.3"	if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
-
 if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_32BITS
 	bool "Use 32 bit numbers"
diff --git a/package/luainterpreter/Config.in b/package/luainterpreter/Config.in
index a5973063b4..d35b35ff31 100644
--- a/package/luainterpreter/Config.in
+++ b/package/luainterpreter/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_LUAINTERPRETER
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION
 	string
+	default "5.1" if BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION_5_1
+	default "5.3" if BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION_5_3
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION_5_1
 	bool
diff --git a/package/luajit/Config.in b/package/luajit/Config.in
index 8cfa85684e..eb3eb01998 100644
--- a/package/luajit/Config.in
+++ b/package/luajit/Config.in
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_LUAINTERPRETER
 	default "luajit"
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION
-	default "5.1"
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT_COMPAT52
 	bool "Lua 5.2 compatibility"
 	help