diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/4.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/4.1.nix
index 13cd1c79b6a..114e0e587b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/4.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/4.1.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "giflib-4.1.6";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://sourceforge/giflib/giflib-4.1.6.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "1v9b7ywz7qg8hli0s9vv1b8q9xxb2xvqq2mg1zpr73xwqpcwxhg1";
   };
+
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   meta = {
     branch = "4.1";
   };