diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
index e6817a060560..5dfd43757249 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/luarocks-packages.csv
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ansicolors,
 argparse,
 dkjson
 inspect
+lpeg_patterns
 lrexlib-gnu,
 lrexlib-posix,
 ltermbox,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
index dc15a7a9ad67..d1d98aefbcc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generated-packages.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,26 @@ inspect = buildLuarocksPackage {
     };
   };
 };
+lpeg_patterns = buildLuarocksPackage {
+  pname = "lpeg_patterns";
+  version = "0.5-0";
+
+  src =  fetchurl {
+      url    = https://luarocks.org/lpeg_patterns-0.5-0.src.rock;
+      sha256 = "0mlw4nayrsdxrh98i26avz5i4170a9brciybw88kks496ra36v8f";
+   };
+  
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [lua lpeg  ];
+  buildType="builtin";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/daurnimator/lpeg_patterns/archive/v0.5.zip";
+    description="a collection of LPEG patterns";
+    license = {
+      fullName = "MIT";
+    };
+  };
+};
 lrexlib-gnu = buildLuarocksPackage {
   pname = "lrexlib-gnu";
   version = "2.9.0-1";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index de68c139dc28..ea029000bb1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -915,32 +915,6 @@ with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  lpeg_patterns = buildLuaPackage rec {
-    version = "0.5";
-    name = "lpeg_patterns-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "daurnimator";
-      repo = "lpeg_patterns";
-      rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "1s3c179a64r45ffkawv9dnxw4mzwkzj00nr9z2gs5haajgpjivw6";
-    };
-
-    buildPhase = ":";
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p "$out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
-      mv lpeg_patterns "$out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}/"
-    '';
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "A collection of LPEG patterns";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/daurnimator/lpeg_patterns";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ vcunat ];
-      inherit (lpeg.meta) platforms;
-    };
-  };
-
   cjson = buildLuaPackage rec {
     name = "cjson-${version}";
     version = "2.1.0";