diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/nestopia/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/nestopia/default.nix
index fc64caf1053d..3ed455bd350f 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/nestopia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/nestopia/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # nondeterministic failures when creating directories
   enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig SDL2 alsaLib gtk3 mesa_glu mesa makeWrapper
                   libarchive libao unzip xdg_utils gsettings_desktop_schemas ];