diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/awesome.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/awesome.nix
index 8db7d86c72c6..a134feabe438 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/awesome.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/awesome.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
 
   cfg = config.services.xserver.windowManager.awesome;
   awesome = cfg.package;
-  getLuaPath = lib : dir : "${lib}/${dir}/lua/${pkgs.luaPackages.lua.luaversion}";
+  getLuaPath = lib: dir: "${lib}/${dir}/lua/${awesome.lua.luaversion}";
   makeSearchPath = lib.concatMapStrings (path:
     " --search " + (getLuaPath path "share") +
     " --search " + (getLuaPath path "lib")