diff --git a/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk b/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
index 58d421b183..9d9f85a579 100644
--- a/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
+++ b/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
@@ -7,15 +7,11 @@
 LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION))
 
 # Lua packages often install documentation, clean that up globally
-# Since luainterpreter is a virtual package, we can't use
-# LUAINTERPRETER_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER),y)
 define LUAINTERPRETER_REMOVE_DOC
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/lua/$(LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER)/doc
 endef
 
-TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += LUAINTERPRETER_REMOVE_DOC
-endif
+LUAINTERPRETER_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += LUAINTERPRETER_REMOVE_DOC
 
 $(eval $(virtual-package))
 $(eval $(host-virtual-package))