diff --git a/cmake/define.inc b/cmake/define.inc
index 5a66625065259cd3d7f4491c6e7bcbb46f9d59f2..7e6293c9a9abdc82313b9d3982692b5d506f2a06 100755
--- a/cmake/define.inc
+++ b/cmake/define.inc
@@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ ENDIF ()
 IF (TD_BUILD_LUA)
   MESSAGE("Enable lua")
   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DLUA_EMBEDDED)
+  SET(LINK_LUA "lua")
 ELSE ()
   MESSAGE("Disable lua")
+  SET(LINK_LUA "")
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF (TD_LINUX)
diff --git a/src/client/CMakeLists.txt b/src/client/CMakeLists.txt
index e508b66a16a0c14f99ac6cbd14445882f42513c3..48d3fe8675f7c5ab0e1f0678a269b03bc154a337 100644
--- a/src/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ IF (TD_LINUX)
   ADD_LIBRARY(taos SHARED ${SRC})
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos common query trpc tutil pthread m rt cJson)
   IF (TD_LINUX_64)
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos lua cJson)
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos ${LINK_LUA} cJson)
   ENDIF ()
 
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(taos PROPERTIES CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ ELSEIF (TD_DARWIN)
 
   # set the static lib name
   ADD_LIBRARY(taos_static STATIC ${SRC})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos_static common query trpc tutil pthread m lua cJson)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos_static common query trpc tutil pthread m ${LINK_LUA} cJson)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(taos_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "taos_static")
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(taos_static PROPERTIES CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
 
   # generate dynamic library (*.dylib)
   ADD_LIBRARY(taos SHARED ${SRC})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos common query trpc tutil pthread m lua cJson)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos common query trpc tutil pthread m ${LINK_LUA} cJson)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(taos PROPERTIES CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
 
   #set version of .dylib
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ ELSEIF (TD_WINDOWS)
   IF (NOT TD_GODLL)
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(taos PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS /DEF:${TD_COMMUNITY_DIR}/src/client/src/taos.def)
   ENDIF ()
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos trpc tutil query lua cJson)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos trpc tutil query ${LINK_LUA} cJson)
 
 ELSEIF (TD_DARWIN)
   SET(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ ELSEIF (TD_DARWIN)
   INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${TD_COMMUNITY_DIR}/deps/cJson/inc)
 
   ADD_LIBRARY(taos_static STATIC ${SRC})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos_static query trpc tutil pthread m lua cJson)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos_static query trpc tutil pthread m ${LINK_LUA} cJson)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(taos_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "taos_static")
 
   # generate dynamic library (*.dylib)
   ADD_LIBRARY(taos SHARED ${SRC})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos query trpc tutil pthread m lua cJson)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taos query trpc tutil pthread m ${LINK_LUA} cJson)
 
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(taos PROPERTIES CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
 
diff --git a/src/dnode/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dnode/CMakeLists.txt
index dd3f88ecbc90e1e74f0acf9345a7e1719ca112a0..ac91b498309bd951fab5860b223162ef40aff606 100644
--- a/src/dnode/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dnode/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ IF (TD_LINUX_64 AND JEMALLOC_ENABLED)
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF (TD_BUILD_HTTP)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosd mnode monitor http tsdb twal vnode cJson lua lz4 balance sync ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosd mnode monitor http tsdb twal vnode cJson ${LINK_LUA} lz4 balance sync ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
 ELSE ()
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosd mnode monitor tsdb twal vnode cJson lua lz4 balance sync ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosd mnode monitor tsdb twal vnode cJson ${LINK_LUA} lz4 balance sync ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF (TD_SOMODE_STATIC)
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index 7230701add8591c1995dc6b2e7e23ed03335f6f1..db572c9d310709dc6fe024b351126679ea9805e1 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ ELSE ()
 ENDIF ()
 
   IF (TD_SOMODE_STATIC)
-      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static cJson lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static cJson ${LINK_LUA} ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
   ELSE ()
-      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos cJson lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos cJson ${LINK_LUA} ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
   ENDIF ()
 
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(shell PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME taos)
diff --git a/src/query/CMakeLists.txt b/src/query/CMakeLists.txt
index a815942fbedb4f3b99e3595c3960d931ddde192a..37bf80ae5dcac8c9ee4d4816cc55ea9de5a81693 100644
--- a/src/query/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/query/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(inc)
 AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(src SRC)
 ADD_LIBRARY(query ${SRC})
 SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(src/sql.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -w)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(query tsdb tutil lua)
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(query tsdb tutil ${LINK_LUA})
 
 IF (TD_LINUX)
   IF (TD_BUILD_LUA)
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(query m rt lua)
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(query m rt ${LINK_LUA})
   ELSE ()
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(query m rt)
   ENDIF ()
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ENDIF ()
 
 IF (TD_DARWIN)
   IF (TD_BUILD_LUA)
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(query m lua)
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(query m ${LINK_LUA})
   ELSE ()
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(query m)
   ENDIF ()
diff --git a/tests/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
index e94de3cbca574de71c8bcefc4b52173922c05a98..9d5dfc37b1045cb771cf6bd20da7087d7523e2e2 100644
--- a/tests/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/examples/c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ IF (TD_LINUX)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(subscribe subscribe.c)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(subscribe taos_static trpc tutil pthread )
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(epoll epoll.c)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(epoll taos_static trpc tutil pthread lua)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(epoll taos_static trpc tutil pthread ${LINK_LUA})
 ENDIF ()
 IF (TD_DARWIN)
   INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(. ${TD_COMMUNITY_DIR}/src/inc ${TD_COMMUNITY_DIR}/src/client/inc  ${TD_COMMUNITY_DIR}/inc)
   AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(. SRC)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(demo demo.c)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(demo taos_static trpc tutil pthread lua)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(demo taos_static trpc tutil pthread ${LINK_LUA})
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(epoll epoll.c)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(epoll taos_static trpc tutil pthread lua)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(epoll taos_static trpc tutil pthread ${LINK_LUA})
 ENDIF ()
diff --git a/tests/examples/lua/luaconnector.so b/tests/examples/lua/luaconnector.so
deleted file mode 100755
index 08bf6a6156aebe053132545193cd111fb436bc4b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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