diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/zynaddsubfx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/zynaddsubfx/default.nix
index 84a62d34fa63..c784b33700e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/zynaddsubfx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/zynaddsubfx/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib libjack2 fftw fltk13 libjpeg minixml zlib liblo ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "High quality software synthesizer";
     homepage = http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net;