diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix
index 773ad6986292..e77300c0f84d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   configureFlags = "--with-ssl=${openssl}";
 
+  hardening_format = false;
+
   postInstall = let
     manpages = fetchurl {
       url = "http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_R${version}.tar.gz";