diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak/2.1.1.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak/2.1.1.nix
index c62cea180be..05cf4270f9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak/2.1.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak/2.1.1.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = srcs.riak;
 
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i deps/node_package/priv/base/env.sh \
       -e 's@{{platform_data_dir}}@''${RIAK_DATA_DIR:-/var/db/riak}@' \