diff --git a/support/cmake/support_macros.cmake b/support/cmake/support_macros.cmake
index 82153393d3..3f5c1683bc 100644
--- a/support/cmake/support_macros.cmake
+++ b/support/cmake/support_macros.cmake
@@ -106,23 +106,11 @@ function (set_compile_settings project)
             ${APP_SERVICES_LIBRARY}
         )
     elseif (UNIX)
-          include (CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
-          CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++11" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX11)
-          CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++0x" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX0X)
-          mark_as_advanced(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX11, COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX0X)
-          if (COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX11)
-            target_compile_options(${project} PUBLIC "-std=c++11")
-          elseif (COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX0X)
-            target_compile_options(${project} PUBLIC "-std=c++0x")
-          else ()
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler does not have C++11 support")
-          endif ()
+        target_compile_options(${project} PUBLIC "-ggdb" "-Wall" "-Wno-long-long" "-pedantic" "-Wextra")
 
         if (OPENSPACE_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
             target_compile_options(${project} PUBLIC "-Werror")
         endif ()
-
-        target_compile_options(${project} PUBLIC "-ggdb" "-Wall" "-Wno-long-long" "-pedantic" "-Wextra")
     endif ()
 endfunction ()