diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/wla-dx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/wla-dx/default.nix
index 535868bee3ba..f91c555b6b99 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/wla-dx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/wla-dx/default.nix
@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "wla-dx-git-2016-02-27";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vhelin";
     repo = "wla-dx";
     rev = "8189fe8d5620584ea16563875ff3c5430527c86a";
     sha256 = "02zgkcyfx7y8j6jvyi12lm29fydnd7m3rxv6g2psv23fyzmpkkir";
   };
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     install binaries/* $out/bin
   '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {