diff --git a/R/rcpp.R b/R/rcpp.R
index 9e4c0f51b..e5d323029 100644
--- a/R/rcpp.R
+++ b/R/rcpp.R
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ use_rcpp_armadillo <- function(name = NULL) {
   use_dependency("RcppArmadillo", "LinkingTo")
 
   makevars_settings <- list(
-    "CXX_STD" = "CXX11",
     "PKG_CXXFLAGS" = "$(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS)",
     "PKG_LIBS" = "$(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)"
   )