diff --git a/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk b/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
index 8f87766dcc..07d6d11f02 100644
--- a/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
+++ b/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ endif
 # Build libgpsmm if we've got C++
 ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 GPSD_LDFLAGS += -lstdc++
-GPSD_CFLAGS += -std=gnu++98
 GPSD_CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++98
 GPSD_SCONS_OPTS += libgpsmm=yes
 else