diff --git a/development/love-legacy080/love-legacy080.SlackBuild b/development/love-legacy080/love-legacy080.SlackBuild
index 6562b0dd9f..547f32de2d 100644
--- a/development/love-legacy080/love-legacy080.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/love-legacy080/love-legacy080.SlackBuild
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
 #  #!/usr/bin/env love-0.8.0
 # See mari0.SlackBuild for an example.
 
+# 20241018 bkw: BUILD=2, REQUIRES=luajit instead of lua.
 # 20210903 bkw: fix build for current/pre15.
 
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=love-legacy080
 VERSION=${VERSION:-0.8.0}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ find -L .  -perm /111 -a \! -perm 755 -a -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
         \! -perm /111 -a \! -perm 644 -a -exec chmod 644 {} \+
 
 # this is the same patch as love-legacy072
-patch -p1 < $CWD/newmesafix.diff
+zcat $CWD/newmesafix.diff.gz | patch -p1
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --program-suffix=-0.8.0 \
+  --with-luajit \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
diff --git a/development/love-legacy080/love-legacy080.info b/development/love-legacy080/love-legacy080.info
index 222a7229c4..9e88a5efe5 100644
--- a/development/love-legacy080/love-legacy080.info
+++ b/development/love-legacy080/love-legacy080.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/love2d/love/releases/download/0.8.0/love-0.8.0-linu
 MD5SUM="9db9c32585fc7c7da3eba7e438783099"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="lua DevIL physfs libmodplug"
+REQUIRES="luajit DevIL physfs libmodplug"
 MAINTAINER="B. Watson"
 EMAIL="urchlay@slackware.uk"
diff --git a/development/love-legacy080/newmesafix.diff b/development/love-legacy080/newmesafix.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index c60186cf35..0000000000
--- a/development/love-legacy080/newmesafix.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur love-HEAD/src/modules/graphics/opengl/GLee.h love-HEAD.patched/src/modules/graphics/opengl/GLee.h
---- love-HEAD/src/modules/graphics/opengl/GLee.h	2011-05-04 12:00:10.000000000 -0400
-+++ love-HEAD.patched/src/modules/graphics/opengl/GLee.h	2021-09-03 14:16:42.123563880 -0400
-@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@
-     #define GL_GLEXT_LEGACY
- 	#include <OpenGL/gl.h>
- #else // GLX
--	#define __glext_h_  /* prevent glext.h from being included  */
--	#define __glxext_h_ /* prevent glxext.h from being included */
-+    #define GL_GLEXT_LEGACY
-+    #define GLX_GLEXT_LEGACY
-+    #define GLX_GLXEXT_LEGACY
- 	#define GLX_GLXEXT_PROTOTYPES
- 	#include <GL/gl.h>
- 	#include <GL/glx.h>
diff --git a/development/love-legacy080/newmesafix.diff.gz b/development/love-legacy080/newmesafix.diff.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a540daf5ed
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