diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/fprintf.patch b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/fprintf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45a6833a446c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/fprintf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- vorbisgain-0.37/misc.c	2004-01-03 16:17:28.000000000 -0500
++++ vorbisgain-0.37-patched/misc.c	2025-01-07 20:51:12.989521816 -0500
+@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@
+     vfprintf(stderr, message, args);
+     va_end(args);
+ 
+-    fprintf(stderr, strerror(err_num));
+-    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
++    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", strerror(err_num));
+ }
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/package.nix
index a50823cab635..6775b8d500fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/package.nix
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./isatty.patch
+    ./fprintf.patch
   ];
 
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
   buildInputs = [
     libogg
     libvorbis