diff --git a/interpreters/lua/Makefile b/interpreters/lua/Makefile
index b5d5c8fba..a19582133 100644
--- a/interpreters/lua/Makefile
+++ b/interpreters/lua/Makefile
@@ -70,14 +70,12 @@ endif
 $(LUA_TARBALL):
 	$(Q) echo "Downloading $(LUA_TARBALL)"
 	$(Q) curl -O -L $(LUA_URL)
-
-$(LUA_UNPACK): $(LUA_TARBALL)
 	$(Q) echo "Unpacking $(LUA_TARBALL) to $(LUA_UNPACK)"
 	$(Q) tar -xvzf $(LUA_TARBALL)
 
 # Download and unpack tarball if no git repo found
 ifeq ($(wildcard $(LUA_UNPACK)/.git),)
-context:: $(LUA_UNPACK)
+context:: $(LUA_TARBALL)
 endif
 
 # Register core modules