diff --git a/package/lua-cqueues/Config.in b/package/lua-cqueues/Config.in
index 60f022848b..c319fbdf4d 100644
--- a/package/lua-cqueues/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua-cqueues/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CQUEUES
 	bool "lua-cqueues"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_4
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	help
 	  Continuation Queues: Embeddable asynchronous networking,
@@ -8,5 +9,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_CQUEUES
 
 	  http://25thandclement.com/~william/projects/cqueues.html
 
-comment "lua-cqueues needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "lua-cqueues needs a toolchain w/ threads, Lua <= 5.3"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_4
diff --git a/package/lua-http/Config.in b/package/lua-http/Config.in
index 8eefd481b5..76eff7f299 100644
--- a/package/lua-http/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua-http/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_HTTP
 	bool "lua-http"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS    # luaossl & lua-cqueues
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_4 # lua-cqueues
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LPEG # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_BASEXX # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_BINARYHEAP # runtime
@@ -15,5 +16,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_HTTP
 
 	  https://daurnimator.github.io/lua-http/
 
-comment "lua-http needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "lua-http needs a toolchain w/ threads, Lua <= 5.3"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_4