diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 421350881b..3f0023a2fb 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -891,7 +891,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/lua51-pkgconfig.patch                    \
   %D%/packages/patches/lua-liblua-so.patch                      \
   %D%/packages/patches/luajit-no_ldconfig.patch			\
-  %D%/packages/patches/luajit-symlinks.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/luit-posix.patch				\
   %D%/packages/patches/luminance-hdr-qt-printer.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/lvm2-static-link.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lua.scm b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
index b375ff90c3..fd14956007 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lua.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lua.scm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 doncatnip <gnopap@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 José Miguel Sánchez García <jmi2k@openmailbox.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Fis Trivial <ybbs.daans@hotmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -116,15 +117,14 @@ for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.")
 (define-public luajit
   (package
     (name "luajit")
-    (version "2.1.0-beta2")
+    (version "2.1.0-beta3")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://luajit.org/download/LuaJIT-"
                                   version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
-               (base32 "0iyghj1xjlmd9ywa4flf9yszynf3jhbp0yqb9b49k7ab0g528fbi"))
-              (patches (search-patches "luajit-symlinks.patch"
-                                       "luajit-no_ldconfig.patch"))))
+               (base32 "1hyrhpkwjqsv54hnnx4cl8vk44h9d6c9w0fz1jfjz00w255y7lhs"))
+              (patches (search-patches "luajit-no_ldconfig.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:tests? #f                      ;luajit is distributed without tests
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/luajit-symlinks.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/luajit-symlinks.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2466c34144..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/luajit-symlinks.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 0a54a8f125d7ab508c7c88d5ad4ed1b0c63cb5b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?utf8?q?Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1=20=C4=8Cech?= <sleep_walker@suse.cz>
-Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:32:55 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Provide two symlinks for dynamic library during install
-
----
- Makefile | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 0891b71..343ecb5 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ INSTALL_PCNAME= luajit.pc
- INSTALL_STATIC= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_ANAME)
- INSTALL_DYN= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_SONAME)
- INSTALL_SHORT1= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_SOSHORT)
--INSTALL_SHORT2= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_SOSHORT)
-+INSTALL_SHORT2= $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(INSTALL_SOSHORT).$(MAJVER)
- INSTALL_T= $(INSTALL_BIN)/$(INSTALL_TNAME)
- INSTALL_TSYM= $(INSTALL_BIN)/$(INSTALL_TSYMNAME)
- INSTALL_PC= $(INSTALL_PKGCONFIG)/$(INSTALL_PCNAME)
--- 
-2.2.2
-