diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index e65631013..e46e0ce67 100755
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
       extra_compile_args.append('-Wno-invalid-offsetof')
       extra_compile_args.append('-Wno-sign-compare')
       extra_compile_args.append('-Wno-unused-variable')
-      extra_compile_args.append('-std=c++14')
 
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
       extra_compile_args.append('-Wno-shorten-64-to-32')