diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/tesseract/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/tesseract/default.nix
index b531c41e2d8a..b3db2fde4cb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/tesseract/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/tesseract/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool leptonica libpng libtiff ];
 
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   preConfigure = ''
       ./autogen.sh
       substituteInPlace "configure" \