diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 14b940024d..bddec7c218 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5189,7 +5189,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([elua],
        want_elua="no"
     fi
    ],
-   [want_elua="yes"])
+   [want_elua="no"])
 have_elua="yes"
 if test "${want_lua_old}" = "yes" -o "x$want_elua" = "xno"; then
   have_elua="no"