diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/audiofile/audiofile_0.3.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/audiofile/audiofile_0.3.6.bb
index 6ebb54e261..c837dad87c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/audiofile/audiofile_0.3.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/audiofile/audiofile_0.3.6.bb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ea2449ad3f201ec590d811db9da6d02ffc5e87a677d06b92ab15363d8c
 
 inherit autotools lib_package pkgconfig ptest
 
-CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++14"
+CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "ac_cv_prog_cc_c23=no"
 
 DEPENDS = " \
     asciidoc-native \