diff --git a/libraries/wasm-jit/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/wasm-jit/CMakeLists.txt
index 146da1a17a..990a9440e0 100644
--- a/libraries/wasm-jit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/wasm-jit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 set(WAVM_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/Include)
 include_directories(${WAVM_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-
 option(WAVM_METRICS_OUTPUT "controls printing the timings of some operations to stdout" OFF)
 if(WAVM_METRICS_OUTPUT)
 	add_definitions("-DWAVM_METRICS_OUTPUT=1")