diff --git a/modules/hooks.nix b/modules/hooks.nix
index db9fea6c..04858a2b 100644
--- a/modules/hooks.nix
+++ b/modules/hooks.nix
@@ -631,6 +631,13 @@ in
         type = types.submodule {
           imports = [ hookModule ];
           options.settings = {
+            disableExtraFiles =
+              mkEnableOption
+                (throw "initial description should never be evaluated")
+              // {
+                description = "Whether to disable the creation of backup and log files.";
+              };
+
             extraConfig = mkOption {
               type = types.attrs;
               description = "[latexindent command-line options](https://latexindentpl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sec-how-to-use.html#from-the-command-line) converted through `lib.cli.toGNUCommandLine`.";
@@ -2768,21 +2775,41 @@ lib.escapeShellArgs (lib.concatMap (ext: [ "--ghc-opt" "-X${ext}" ]) hooks.ormol
           '';
         };
       latexindent =
+        let
+          hook = hooks.latexindent;
+        in
         {
           name = "latexindent";
           description = "Perl script to add indentation to LaTeX files.";
           types = [ "file" "tex" ];
           package = tools.latexindent;
 
-          entry = "${hooks.latexindent.package}/bin/latexindent ${
-            lib.cli.toGNUCommandLineShell {} (
-              {
-                local = true;
-                overwriteIfDifferent = true;
-                silent = true;
-              }
-              // hooks.latexindent.settings.extraConfig
-            )
+          entry = "${pkgs.runtimeShell} -c ${
+            lib.escapeShellArg ''
+              ${hook.package}/bin/latexindent ${
+                lib.optionalString
+                hook.settings.disableExtraFiles
+                ''--cruft "$(mktemp --directory)"''
+              } ${
+                lib.cli.toGNUCommandLineShell {} (
+                  lib.mergeAttrsList [
+                    {
+                      local = true;
+                      silent = true;
+                    }
+
+                    (
+                      lib.optionalAttrs hook.settings.disableExtraFiles {
+                        logfile = toString /dev/null;
+                        overwriteIfDifferent = true;
+                      }
+                    )
+
+                    hook.settings.extraConfig
+                  ]
+                )
+              } "$@"
+            ''
           }";
         };
       lacheck =