diff -rdu lua-5.1.3.orig/src/luaconf.h lua-5.1.3/src/luaconf.h
--- lua-5.1.3.orig/src/luaconf.h	2008-02-12 15:58:33.000000000 +0000
+++ lua-5.1.3/src/luaconf.h	2008-02-12 16:01:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #if defined(LUA_USE_LINUX)
 #define LUA_USE_POSIX
 #define LUA_USE_DLOPEN		/* needs an extra library: -ldl */
-#define LUA_USE_READLINE	/* needs some extra libraries */
 #endif
 
 #if defined(LUA_USE_MACOSX)