diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf-c_1.3.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf-c_1.3.3.bb
index 94c3893574..bb8aecded3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf-c_1.3.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf-c_1.3.3.bb
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.git \
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-#make sure c++11 is used
-CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++11"
-BUILD_CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++11"
-
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN = "${PN}-compiler"