diff --git a/build/windows/gitlab-ci/package-gimp-msys2.sh b/build/windows/gitlab-ci/package-gimp-msys2.sh
index ea7f827e2c..e462f4c9f9 100644
--- a/build/windows/gitlab-ci/package-gimp-msys2.sh
+++ b/build/windows/gitlab-ci/package-gimp-msys2.sh
@@ -116,13 +116,8 @@ cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/share/libwmf ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/share/
 cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/share/mypaint-data ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/share/
 cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/share/poppler ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/share/
 
-# Move these 2 folders into bin/ so that Lua plug-ins find the lua
-# dependencies. The alternative was to modify LUA_PATH_DEFAULT and
-# LUA_CPATH_DEFAULT macros in lua (which ender used to do, hence
-# rebuilding lua). But it's much simpler to just move these 2 folders as
-# bin/lua/ and bin/lgi/
-cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/share/lua/5.1/ ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/bin/lua
-cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/lib/lua/5.1/lgi/ ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/bin/
+cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/share/lua/ ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/share/
+cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/lib/lua/ ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/lib/
 
 # XXX Are these themes really needed?
 cp -fr ${MSYS_PREFIX}/share/themes ${GIMP_DISTRIB}/share/
diff --git a/build/windows/installer/files.isi b/build/windows/installer/files.isi
index 003a219259..d0b9d12b0c 100644
--- a/build/windows/installer/files.isi
+++ b/build/windows/installer/files.isi
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ Source: "{#DEPS_DIR}\{#DDIR}\lib\python3.10\*"; DestDir: "{app}\lib\python3.10";
 #ifdef LUA
 Source: "{#DEPS_DIR}\{#DDIR}\bin\luajit.exe"; DestDir: "{app}\bin"; Components: lua and gimp{#PLATFORM}; Flags: restartreplace uninsrestartdelete ignoreversion
 Source: "{#DEPS_DIR}\{#DDIR}\bin\lua51.dll"; DestDir: "{app}\bin"; Components: lua and gimp{#PLATFORM}; Flags: restartreplace uninsrestartdelete ignoreversion
-Source: "{#DEPS_DIR}\{#DDIR}\bin\lua\*"; DestDir: "{app}\bin\lua"; Components: lua and gimp{#PLATFORM}; Flags: recursesubdirs restartreplace ignoreversion uninsrestartdelete
-Source: "{#DEPS_DIR}\{#DDIR}\bin\lgi\*"; DestDir: "{app}\bin\lgi"; Components: lua and gimp{#PLATFORM}; Flags: recursesubdirs restartreplace ignoreversion uninsrestartdelete
+Source: "{#DEPS_DIR}\{#DDIR}\share\lua\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\lua"; Components: lua and gimp{#PLATFORM}; Flags: recursesubdirs restartreplace ignoreversion uninsrestartdelete
+Source: "{#DEPS_DIR}\{#DDIR}\lib\lua\*"; DestDir: "{app}\lib\lua"; Components: lua and gimp{#PLATFORM}; Flags: recursesubdirs restartreplace ignoreversion uninsrestartdelete
 #endif