diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/setup-hook.sh
index a015f35e7cef..5e37bd27f617 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/setup-hook.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ addToLuaPath() {
     do
         addToLuaSearchPathWithCustomDelimiter LUA_CPATH "$PWD/$pattern"
     done
-    cd -
+    cd - >/dev/null
 }
 
 addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" addToLuaPath