diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3634d970..3dce8627 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -240,10 +240,9 @@ prepare-image: FORCE
 	cp $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/vmlinux.elf $(BOARD_KDIR)/
 	+$(SUBMAKE) -C $(TOPDIR)/target/linux/$(BOARD)/image -f $(GLUONDIR)/include/Makefile.image prepare KDIR="$(BOARD_KDIR)"
 
-CheckSite := $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/lua $(GLUONDIR)/scripts/load_site.lua || (echo 'Your site configuration did not pass validation.';false)
-
 prepare: FORCE
-	@$(CheckSite)
+	@$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/lua $(GLUONDIR)/packages/gluon/gluon/gluon-core/files/usr/lib/lua/gluon/site_config.lua \
+		|| (echo 'Your site configuration did not pass validation.'; false)
 
 	mkdir -p $(GLUON_IMAGEDIR) $(BOARD_BUILDDIR)
 	echo 'src packages file:../openwrt/bin/$(BOARD)/packages' > $(BOARD_BUILDDIR)/opkg.conf
diff --git a/include/gluon.mk b/include/gluon.mk
index fbf1698f..a9ad6e2a 100644
--- a/include/gluon.mk
+++ b/include/gluon.mk
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ __gluon_inc=1
 
 GLUON_ORIGOPENWRTDIR := $(GLUONDIR)/openwrt
 GLUON_SITEDIR := $(GLUONDIR)/site
+GLUON_SITE_CONFIG := $(GLUON_SITEDIR)/site.conf
 
 GLUON_IMAGEDIR ?= $(GLUONDIR)/images
 GLUON_BUILDDIR ?= $(GLUONDIR)/build
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ GLUON_OPENWRTDIR = $(GLUON_BUILDDIR)/$(GLUON_TARGET)/openwrt
 BOARD_BUILDDIR = $(GLUON_BUILDDIR)/$(BOARD)$(if $(SUBTARGET),-$(SUBTARGET))
 BOARD_KDIR = $(BOARD_BUILDDIR)/kernel
 
-export GLUONDIR GLUON_SITEDIR GLUON_IMAGEDIR GLUON_OPENWRTDIR GLUON_BUILDDIR
+export GLUONDIR GLUON_SITEDIR GLUON_SITE_CONFIG GLUON_IMAGEDIR GLUON_OPENWRTDIR GLUON_BUILDDIR
 
 $(GLUON_SITEDIR)/site.mk:
 	$(error There was no site configuration found. Please check out a site configuration to $(GLUON_SITEDIR))
diff --git a/scripts/load_site.lua b/scripts/load_site.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 8192774d..00000000
--- a/scripts/load_site.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-local function loader()
-   coroutine.yield('return ')
-   coroutine.yield(io.open(os.getenv('GLUONDIR') .. '/site/site.conf'):read('*a'))
-end
-
--- setfenv doesn't work with Lua 5.2 anymore, but we're using 5.1
-config = setfenv(assert(load(coroutine.wrap(loader), 'site.conf')), {})()
diff --git a/scripts/site.sh b/scripts/site.sh
index 82b55451..597a2857 100755
--- a/scripts/site.sh
+++ b/scripts/site.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 export GLUONDIR="$(dirname "$0")/.."
+export GLUON_SITE_CONFIG="$GLUONDIR/site/site.conf"
 
-"$GLUONDIR"/openwrt/staging_dir/host/bin/lua -e "dofile(os.getenv('GLUONDIR') .. '/scripts/load_site.lua') print(assert(config.$1))" 2>/dev/null
+SITE_CONFIG_LUA=packages/gluon/gluon/gluon-core/files/usr/lib/lua/gluon/site_config.lua
+
+"$GLUONDIR"/openwrt/staging_dir/host/bin/lua -e "print(assert(dofile(os.getenv('GLUONDIR') .. '/${SITE_CONFIG_LUA}').$1))" 2>/dev/null