diff --git a/op_builder/async_io.py b/op_builder/async_io.py
index 084cb10864cf..28aeab9ec1d3 100644
--- a/op_builder/async_io.py
+++ b/op_builder/async_io.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ def cxx_args(self):
             '-g',
             '-Wall',
             '-O0',
-            '-std=c++14',
             '-shared',
             '-fPIC',
             '-Wno-reorder',