diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ht/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ht/default.nix
index b7acdb7f1d5..5ddcf34995f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/ht/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ht/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ht-${version}";
   version = "2.1.0";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/hte/files/ht-source/ht-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0w2xnw3z9ws9qrdpb80q55h6ynhh3aziixcfn45x91bzrbifix9i";
   };
+
   buildInputs = [
     ncurses
   ];
+
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "File editor/viewer/analyzer for executables";
     homepage = "http://hte.sourceforge.net";