diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/iptraf-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/iptraf-ng/default.nix
index 368d78a36f90..8084d5133f16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/iptraf-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/iptraf-ng/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                 --localstatedir=$out/var --sbindir=$out/bin
   '';
 
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   meta = {
     description = "A console-based network monitoring utility (fork of iptraf)";
     longDescription = ''