diff --git a/package/lua/Config.in b/package/lua/Config.in
index 76359c0..c85b6ab 100644
--- a/package/lua/Config.in
+++ b/package/lua/Config.in
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_LUA
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_COMPILER
 	bool "lua compiler"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_SHARED_LIBRARY
 	help
 	  Install luac binary
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_INTERPRETER
 	bool "lua interpreter"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_SHARED_LIBRARY
 	help
 	  Install lua binary
 
@@ -27,9 +25,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_INTERPRETER_READLINE
 	help
 	  Enables command-line editing in the lua interpreter.
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_SHARED_LIBRARY
-	bool "shared library"
-	help
-	  Install shared liblua.so
-
 endif
diff --git a/package/lua/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch b/package/lua/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 454e660..0000000
--- a/package/lua/lua-02-shared-libs-for-lua.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-Add the compilation of a shared library.
-Compile the lua binary with the shared library.
-
-Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
-
-Index: b/src/Makefile
-===================================================================
---- a/src/Makefile
-+++ b/src/Makefile
-@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
- PLATS= aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
- 
- LUA_A=	liblua.a
-+LUA_SO=	liblua.so
- CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.o ldebug.o ldo.o ldump.o lfunc.o lgc.o llex.o lmem.o \
- 	lobject.o lopcodes.o lparser.o lstate.o lstring.o ltable.o ltm.o  \
- 	lundump.o lvm.o lzio.o
-@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@
- LUAC_O=	luac.o print.o
- 
- ALL_O= $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O) $(LUA_O) $(LUAC_O)
--ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
-+ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_SO) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
- ALL_A= $(LUA_A)
-+ALL_SO= $(LUA_SO)
- 
- default: $(PLAT)
- 
-@@ -47,12 +49,18 @@
- 
- a:	$(ALL_A)
- 
-+so:	$(ALL_SO)
-+
- $(LUA_A): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
- 	$(AR) $@ $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)	# DLL needs all object files
- 	$(RANLIB) $@
- 
--$(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A)
--	$(CC) -o $@ $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
-+$(LUA_SO): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
-+	$(CC) -o $@.$(PKG_VERSION) -shared -Wl,-soname="$@.$(PKG_VERSION)" $? -nostdlib -lgcc
-+	ln -fs $@.$(PKG_VERSION) $@
-+
-+$(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_SO)
-+	$(CC) -o $@ -L. $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) -llua $(LIBS)
- 
- $(LUAC_T): $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A)
- 	$(CC) -o $@ $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/package/lua/lua-03-shared-libs-for-luac.patch b/package/lua/lua-03-shared-libs-for-luac.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 33f9183..0000000
--- a/package/lua/lua-03-shared-libs-for-luac.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-Compile the luac binary with the shared library.
-Many internal functions (LUAI_FUNC) must be exported (LUA_API).
-
-Signed-off-by: Francois Perrad <francois.perrad@gadz.org>
-
-Index: b/src/ldo.h
-===================================================================
---- a/src/ldo.h
-+++ b/src/ldo.h
-@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
- LUAI_FUNC int luaD_poscall (lua_State *L, StkId firstResult);
- LUAI_FUNC void luaD_reallocCI (lua_State *L, int newsize);
- LUAI_FUNC void luaD_reallocstack (lua_State *L, int newsize);
--LUAI_FUNC void luaD_growstack (lua_State *L, int n);
-+LUA_API void luaD_growstack (lua_State *L, int n);
- 
- LUAI_FUNC void luaD_throw (lua_State *L, int errcode);
- LUAI_FUNC int luaD_rawrunprotected (lua_State *L, Pfunc f, void *ud);
-Index: b/src/lfunc.h
-===================================================================
---- a/src/lfunc.h
-+++ b/src/lfunc.h
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
-                          cast(int, sizeof(TValue *)*((n)-1)))
- 
- 
--LUAI_FUNC Proto *luaF_newproto (lua_State *L);
-+LUA_API Proto *luaF_newproto (lua_State *L);
- LUAI_FUNC Closure *luaF_newCclosure (lua_State *L, int nelems, Table *e);
- LUAI_FUNC Closure *luaF_newLclosure (lua_State *L, int nelems, Table *e);
- LUAI_FUNC UpVal *luaF_newupval (lua_State *L);
-Index: b/src/lmem.h
-===================================================================
---- a/src/lmem.h
-+++ b/src/lmem.h
-@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
-    ((v)=cast(t *, luaM_reallocv(L, v, oldn, n, sizeof(t))))
- 
- 
--LUAI_FUNC void *luaM_realloc_ (lua_State *L, void *block, size_t oldsize,
-+LUA_API void *luaM_realloc_ (lua_State *L, void *block, size_t oldsize,
-                                                           size_t size);
--LUAI_FUNC void *luaM_toobig (lua_State *L);
-+LUA_API void *luaM_toobig (lua_State *L);
- LUAI_FUNC void *luaM_growaux_ (lua_State *L, void *block, int *size,
-                                size_t size_elem, int limit,
-                                const char *errormsg);
-Index: b/src/lstring.h
-===================================================================
---- a/src/lstring.h
-+++ b/src/lstring.h
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
- 
- LUAI_FUNC void luaS_resize (lua_State *L, int newsize);
- LUAI_FUNC Udata *luaS_newudata (lua_State *L, size_t s, Table *e);
--LUAI_FUNC TString *luaS_newlstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l);
-+LUA_API TString *luaS_newlstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l);
- 
- 
- #endif
-Index: b/src/lundump.h
-===================================================================
---- a/src/lundump.h
-+++ b/src/lundump.h
-@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
- LUAI_FUNC void luaU_header (char* h);
- 
- /* dump one chunk; from ldump.c */
--LUAI_FUNC int luaU_dump (lua_State* L, const Proto* f, lua_Writer w, void* data, int strip);
-+LUA_API int luaU_dump (lua_State* L, const Proto* f, lua_Writer w, void* data, int strip);
- 
- #ifdef luac_c
- /* print one chunk; from print.c */
-Index: b/src/Makefile
-===================================================================
---- a/src/Makefile
-+++ b/src/Makefile
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
- LUA_O=	lua.o
- 
- LUAC_T=	luac
--LUAC_O=	luac.o print.o
-+LUAC_O=	luac.o print.o lopcodes.o
- 
- ALL_O= $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O) $(LUA_O) $(LUAC_O)
- ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_SO) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
-@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
- $(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_SO)
- 	$(CC) -o $@ -L. -llua $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LIBS)
- 
--$(LUAC_T): $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A)
--	$(CC) -o $@ $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
-+$(LUAC_T): $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_SO)
-+	$(CC) -o $@ -L. $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) -llua $(LIBS)
- 
- clean:
- 	$(RM) $(ALL_T) $(ALL_O)
diff --git a/package/lua/lua.mk b/package/lua/lua.mk
index de60c57..cc5cd34 100644
--- a/package/lua/lua.mk
+++ b/package/lua/lua.mk
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ LUA_LICENSE = MIT
 LUA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT
 
 LUA_CFLAGS = -Wall
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_SHARED_LIBRARY),y)
-	LUA_CFLAGS += -fPIC
-endif
 
 LUA_MYLIBS += -ldl
 
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ endif
 # We never want to have host-readline and host-ncurses as dependencies
 # of host-lua.
 HOST_LUA_DEPENDENCIES =
-HOST_LUA_CFLAGS = -Wall -fPIC -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN -DLUA_USE_POSIX
+HOST_LUA_CFLAGS = -Wall -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN -DLUA_USE_POSIX
 HOST_LUA_MYLIBS = -ldl
 
 define LUA_BUILD_CMDS
@@ -46,14 +43,6 @@ define HOST_LUA_BUILD_CMDS
 	PKG_VERSION=$(LUA_VERSION) -C $(@D)/src all
 endef
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_SHARED_LIBRARY),y)
-define LUA_INSTALL_STAGING_SHARED_LIB
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/src/liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION) \
-		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION)
-	ln -sf liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.so
-endef
-endif
-
 define LUA_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/etc/lua.pc \
 		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc
@@ -78,18 +67,9 @@ define LUA_INSTALL_COMPILER
 endef
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_SHARED_LIBRARY),y)
 define LUA_INSTALL_LIBRARY
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/src/liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION) \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION)
-	ln -sf liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.so
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/src/liblua.a $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.a
 endef
-else
-define LUA_INSTALL_LIBRARY
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/src/liblua.a $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.a
-endef
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_HAVE_DEVFILES),y)
 define LUA_INSTALL_DEVFILES
@@ -112,9 +92,6 @@ endef
 define HOST_LUA_INSTALL_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/src/lua $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/lua
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/src/luac $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/luac
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/src/liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION) \
-		$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION)
-	ln -sf liblua.so.$(LUA_VERSION) $(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.so
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/src/liblua.a $(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/liblua.a
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/etc/lua.pc \
 		$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc
@@ -132,8 +109,7 @@ LUA_INSTALLED_FILES = \
 	/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc \
 	/usr/bin/lua \
 	/usr/bin/luac \
-	/usr/lib/liblua.a \
-	/usr/lib/liblua.so*
+	/usr/lib/liblua.a
 
 define LUA_UNINSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	for i in $(LUA_INSTALLED_FILES); do \
