diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/monkeys-audio/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/monkeys-audio/package.nix
index 8eda027c4488..8637254456cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/monkeys-audio/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/monkeys-audio/package.nix
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     stripRoot = false;
   };
 
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
-    # Otherwise, >> related build errors are encountered
-    "-std=c++11"
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];