diff --git a/brightray/brightray.gypi b/brightray/brightray.gypi
index ec599c475d..65f93297c2 100644
--- a/brightray/brightray.gypi
+++ b/brightray/brightray.gypi
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@
             ],
             'cflags_cc': [
               '-D__STRICT_ANSI__',
-              '-std=gnu++11',
               '-fno-rtti',
             ],
           }],  # OS=="linux"