diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9732bcb..5af9ac2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ set(WITH_ENDIANAWARE FALSE CACHE BOOL "Choose whether or not libLAS should do ru
 ###############################################################################
 # CMake settings
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11) # Boost v1.84.0 libraries require C++11
+
 set(CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE ON)
 
 # Allow advanced users to generate Makefiles printing detailed commands
@@ -149,12 +151,7 @@ else()
 	" -Wextra -Wall -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-variable -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wfloat-equal -Wredundant-decls -Wno-long-long")
 
   if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${LIBLAS_COMMON_CXX_FLAGS}")
-    if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++98 -ansi")
-    endif()
-
   elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang" OR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" MATCHES "clang")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${LIBLAS_COMMON_CXX_FLAGS}")
   endif()