diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/patches/luasocket-arch.patch b/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/patches/luasocket-arch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index baeaf831738..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/patches/luasocket-arch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/config	2007-10-15 08:21:05.000000000 +0400
-+++ b/config	2007-10-15 12:22:16.000000000 +0400
-@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
- #
- #INSTALL_TOP_SHARE=/usr/local/share/lua/5.0
- #INSTALL_TOP_LIB=/usr/local/lib/lua/5.0
--INSTALL_TOP_SHARE=/usr/local/share/lua/5.1
--INSTALL_TOP_LIB=/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1
-+INSTALL_TOP_SHARE=$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/lua/5.1
-+INSTALL_TOP_LIB=$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/lua/5.1
- 
- INSTALL_DATA=cp
- INSTALL_EXEC=cp
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/patches/luasocket-unixsocket.patch b/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/patches/luasocket-unixsocket.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc75bd69413..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/patches/luasocket-unixsocket.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
---- a/makefile	2007-10-15 04:21:05.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/makefile	2011-03-09 12:00:54.000000000 +0000
-@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
- INSTALL_SOCKET_LIB=$(INSTALL_TOP_LIB)/socket
- INSTALL_MIME_SHARE=$(INSTALL_TOP_SHARE)/mime
- INSTALL_MIME_LIB=$(INSTALL_TOP_LIB)/mime
-+#
-+INSTALL_UNIX_LIB=$(INSTALL_SOCKET_LIB)
- 
- all clean:
- 	cd src; $(MAKE) $@
-@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@
- 	#cd src; $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_MIME_SHARE) $(INSTALL_MIME_SHARE)
- 	cd src; mkdir -p $(INSTALL_MIME_LIB)
- 	cd src; $(INSTALL_EXEC) $(MIME_SO) $(INSTALL_MIME_LIB)/core.$(EXT)
-+	cd src; install -d $(INSTALL_UNIX_LIB)
-+	cd src; $(INSTALL_EXEC) $(UNIX_SO) $(INSTALL_UNIX_LIB)/$(UNIX_SO)
- 
- #------
- # End of makefile
---- a/src/makefile	2007-10-15 04:21:05.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/src/makefile	2011-03-09 12:02:25.000000000 +0000
-@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
- 	usocket.o \
- 	unix.o
- 
--all: $(SOCKET_SO) $(MIME_SO) 
-+all: $(SOCKET_SO) $(MIME_SO) $(UNIX_SO)
- 
- $(SOCKET_SO): $(SOCKET_OBJS)
- 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(SOCKET_OBJS)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/template b/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/template
index 443d8535c46..98bf69535d8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/template
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 # Template file for 'lua51-luasocket'
 pkgname=lua51-luasocket
-version=2.0.2
-revision=7
+version=3.1.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+build_wrksrc=src
 makedepends="lua51-devel"
 depends="lua51"
 short_desc="Network support for the Lua language"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
-homepage="http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/"
-distfiles="http://luaforge.net/frs/download.php/2664/luasocket-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0e3f277487e7db8c714b07c0dfb1bd934e5242bc786def8b0334e8e1dd82c1fe
+homepage="https://lunarmodules.github.io/luasocket/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/lunarmodules/luasocket/archive/refs/tags/v3.1.0.tar.gz"
+checksum=bf033aeb9e62bcaa8d007df68c119c966418e8c9ef7e4f2d7e96bddeca9cca6e
 
 do_build() {
-	make CC=$CC LD=$CC LUAINC=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.1 ${makejobs}
+	make CC=$CC LD=$CC LUAINC=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.1 \
+		PLAT=linux LUAVER=5.1 \
+		${makejobs} all-unix
 }
 
 post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE
+	vlicense ../LICENSE
 }
 
 luasocket_package() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/update b/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 51dbff23e50..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/lua51-luasocket/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-site="https://github.com/diegonehab/luasocket/tags"
-pattern='archive/v\K[\d\w-.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
-ignore="*rc*"