LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION))
+# Lua packages often install documentation, clean that up globally
+# Since luainterpreter is a virtual package, we can't use
+# LUAINTERPRETER_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER),y)
+define LUAINTERPRETER_REMOVE_DOC
+ rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/lua/$(LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER)/doc
+endef
+
+TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += LUAINTERPRETER_REMOVE_DOC
+endif
+
$(eval $(virtual-package))
$(eval $(host-virtual-package))