diff -u -r ../luarocks-2.4.3/configure ./configure
--- ../luarocks-2.4.3/configure	2017-09-13 01:46:14.000000000 +0200
+++ ./configure	2017-10-14 23:43:39.753730578 +0200
@@ -305,26 +305,6 @@
    }
 fi
 
-if [ "$lua_interp_found" != "yes" ]
-then
-   [ "$LUA_VERSION_SET" ] && { interp="Lua $LUA_VERSION" ;} || { interp="Lua" ;}
-   [ "$LUA_DIR_SET" -o "$LUA_BINDIR_SET" ] && { where="$LUA_BINDIR" ;} || { where="\$PATH" ;}
-   echo "$interp interpreter not found in $where"
-   die "You may want to use the flags --with-lua, --with-lua-bin and/or --lua-suffix. See --help."
-fi
-
-if [ "$LUA_VERSION_SET" = "yes" ]
-then
-   echo_n "Checking if $LUA_BINDIR/lua$LUA_SUFFIX is Lua version $LUA_VERSION... "
-   if detect_lua_version "$LUA_BINDIR/lua$LUA_SUFFIX"
-   then
-      echo "yes"
-   else
-      echo "no"
-      die "You may want to use the flags --with-lua, --with-lua-bin and/or --lua-suffix. See --help."
-   fi
-fi
-
 if [ "$LUA_INCDIR_SET" != "yes" ]
 then
    LUA_INCDIR="$LUA_DIR/include"