diff --git a/doc/cookbook/source/conf.py b/doc/cookbook/source/conf.py
index 21be4ade703..80f132e16a0 100644
--- a/doc/cookbook/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/cookbook/source/conf.py
@@ -191,7 +191,10 @@
         ('java', 'java'),
         ('ruby', 'rb'),
         ('r', 'R'),
-        ('lua', 'lua'),
+        # temporarily removed since lua modular currently
+        # does not support overloaded c++ methods
+        # see https://github.com/shogun-toolbox/shogun/issues/3018
+        #('lua', 'lua'),
         ('csharp', 'cs'),
         ('cpp', 'cpp'),
         )
diff --git a/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ce5b2534fc..77302b530c8 100644
--- a/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ IF(ENABLE_TESTING)
 
     # lua
     IF (LuaModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lua)
-        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lua)
+        # temporarily removed since lua modular currently
+        # does not support overloaded c++ methods
+        # see https://github.com/shogun-toolbox/shogun/issues/3018
+        #add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lua)
     ENDIF()
 ENDIF()