diff --git a/conky.spec b/conky.spec
index cacbb1c..0585909 100644
--- a/conky.spec
+++ b/conky.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libXext-devel
 %{?with_audacious:BuildRequires: audacious-devel < 3.5 dbus-glib-devel}
 %{?with_curl:BuildRequires: curl-devel}
 %{?with_imlib:BuildRequires: imlib2-devel}
-%{?with_lua:BuildRequires: lua-devel}
+%{?with_lua:BuildRequires: compat-lua-devel}
 %{?with_lua_cairo:BuildRequires: cairo-devel tolua++-devel}
 %{?with_lua_imlib:BuildRequires: imlib2-devel tolua++-devel}
 %{?with_ncurses:BuildRequires: ncurses-devel}
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}
-# fix detection of lua
-sed -i 's|lua == 5.1|lua >= 5.1|' configure.ac.in
 
 for i in AUTHORS; do
     iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf8 -o ${i}{_,} && touch -r ${i}{,_} && mv -f ${i}{_,}