diff --git a/pkgs/games/torcs/default.nix b/pkgs/games/torcs/default.nix
index e7c1c38fd15a..3a4b8bdb0213 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/torcs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/torcs/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-games/torcs.git/plain/debian/patches/gcc6-isnan.patch";
       sha256 = "16scmq30vwb8429ah9d4ws0v1w6ai59lvn7hcgnvfzyap42ry876";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-games/torcs.git/plain/debian/patches/format-argument.patch";
+      sha256 = "04advcx88yh23ww767iysydzhp370x7cqp2wf9hk2y1qvw7mxsja";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -28,8 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   installTargets = "install datainstall";
 
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/torcs \
       --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${mesa}/lib