diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3info/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3info/default.nix
index e4c45c613ee..f2434619c47 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3info/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3info/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig gtk ];
 
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   configurePhase =
     '' sed -i Makefile \
            -e "s|^prefix=.*$|prefix=$out|g ;