diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index ad6a70848e..d3a348ba89 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -1820,8 +1820,6 @@ creating interactive structured graphics.")
                (base32
                 "0679hcnpam2gkag2i63sm0wdm35gwvzafnz1354mg6j5gzwpfrcr"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     '(#:configure-flags '("CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"))) ; required by gtkmm
     (propagated-inputs `(("libgnomecanvas" ,libgnomecanvas)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("gtkmm-2" ,gtkmm-2)