diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/delve/disable-fortify.diff b/pkgs/by-name/de/delve/disable-fortify.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ba22e8bc043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/delve/disable-fortify.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/cmd/dlv/main.go b/cmd/dlv/main.go
+index 2207708e..a7e8a3c2 100644
+--- a/cmd/dlv/main.go
++++ b/cmd/dlv/main.go
+@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ func main() {
+ 		version.DelveVersion.Build = Build
+ 	}
+ 
++	os.Setenv("disableHardening", "fortify "+os.Getenv("disableHardening"))
++
+ 	const cgoCflagsEnv = "CGO_CFLAGS"
+ 	if os.Getenv(cgoCflagsEnv) == "" {
+ 		os.Setenv(cgoCflagsEnv, "-O0 -g")
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/delve/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/delve/package.nix
index 098d4a5e4a46..7cbef6ba718b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/de/delve/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/delve/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  makeWrapper,
   stdenv,
 }:
 
@@ -17,12 +16,14 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     hash = "sha256-bp8pYWS3Vpg0R2Xfe5agDTENzLGu9r43BgORa8VrP+Y=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./disable-fortify.diff
+  ];
+
   vendorHash = null;
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/dlv" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
 
   preCheck = ''
@@ -38,10 +39,6 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    # fortify source breaks build since delve compiles with -O0
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/dlv \
-      --prefix disableHardening " " fortify
-
     # add symlink for vscode golang extension
     # https://github.com/golang/vscode-go/blob/master/docs/debugging.md#manually-installing-dlv-dap
     ln $out/bin/dlv $out/bin/dlv-dap