diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/foremost/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/foremost/default.nix
index cfac8923779..0696af07166 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/foremost/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/foremost/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   preInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/{bin,share/man/man8}
   '';