diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/fprintf.patch b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/fprintf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..45a6833a446c0
--- /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/isatty.patch b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/isatty.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb09845f980f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/isatty.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- vorbisgain-0.37/misc.c	2004-01-03 16:17:28.000000000 -0500
++++ vorbisgain-0.37-patched/misc.c	2025-01-07 20:35:13.056221211 -0500
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+ #else /* WIN32 */
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
+ 
+ #ifndef DISABLE_WINSIZE
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/package.nix
index ca7b62c7715b3..6775b8d500fd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vorbisgain/package.nix
@@ -15,18 +15,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1v1h6mhnckmvvn7345hzi9abn5z282g4lyyl4nnbqwnrr98v0vfx";
   };
 
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+  patches = [
+    ./isatty.patch
+    ./fprintf.patch
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libogg
     libvorbis
   ];
 
-  patchPhase = ''
-    chmod -v +x configure
-    configureFlags="--mandir=$out/share/man"
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sjeng.org/vorbisgain.html";
     description = "Utility that corrects the volume of an Ogg Vorbis file to a predefined standardized loudness";