--- ./src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.lua.orig	2022-01-30 15:20:11.835200454 +0100
+++ ./src/luarocks/core/sysdetect.lua	2022-01-30 15:21:17.085262684 +0100
@@ -136,62 +136,7 @@
 end
 
 local function detect_elf_system(fd, hdr, sections)
-   local system = e_osabi[hdr.osabi]
-   local endian = hdr.endian
-
-   if system == "sysv" then
-      local abitag = sections[".note.ABI-tag"]
-      if abitag then
-         if abitag.namedata == "GNU" and abitag.type == 1
-           and abitag.descdata:sub(0, 4) == "\0\0\0\0" then
-            return "linux"
-         end
-      elseif sections[".SUNW_version"]
-        or sections[".SUNW_signature"] then
-         return "solaris"
-      elseif sections[".note.netbsd.ident"] then
-         return "netbsd"
-      elseif sections[".note.openbsd.ident"] then
-         return "openbsd"
-      end
-
-      local gnu_version_r = sections[".gnu.version_r"]
-      if gnu_version_r then
-
-         local dynstr = sections[".dynstr"].sh_offset
-
-         local idx = 0
-         for _ = 0, gnu_version_r.sh_info - 1 do
-            fd:seek("set", gnu_version_r.sh_offset + idx)
-            assert(read(fd, 2, endian)) -- vn_version
-            local vn_cnt = read(fd, 2, endian)
-            local vn_file = read(fd, 4, endian)
-            local vn_next = read(fd, 2, endian)
-
-            fd:seek("set", dynstr + vn_file)
-            local libname = fd:read(64):gsub("%z.*", "")
-
-            if hdr.e_type == 0x03 and libname == "libroot.so" then
-               return "haiku"
-            elseif libname:match("linux") then
-               return "linux"
-            end
-
-            idx = idx + (vn_next * (vn_cnt + 1))
-         end
-      end
-
-      local procfile = io.open("/proc/sys/kernel/ostype")
-      if procfile then
-         local version = procfile:read(6)
-         procfile:close()
-         if version == "Linux\n" then
-            return "linux"
-         end
-      end
-   end
-
-   return system
+   return "linux"
 end
 
 local function read_elf_header(fd)