diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.16-r8.ebuild b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.16-r8.ebuild
index e4cf9a5199346..5ac73bb5c4560 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.16-r8.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.16-r8.ebuild
@@ -448,9 +448,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		replace-flags -Os -O2
 	fi
 
-	# VLC now requires C++11 after commit 4b1c9dcdda0bbff801e47505ff9dfd3f274eb0d8
-	append-cxxflags -std=c++11
-
 	if use omxil; then
 		# bug #723006
 		# https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/24617
diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.17.3-r1.ebuild b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.17.3-r1.ebuild
index b4f720f589d41..ca18dae57b23f 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.17.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.17.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -442,9 +442,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		replace-flags -Os -O2
 	fi
 
-	# VLC now requires C++11 after commit 4b1c9dcdda0bbff801e47505ff9dfd3f274eb0d8
-	append-cxxflags -std=c++11
-
 	if use omxil; then
 		# bug #723006
 		# https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/24617
diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.17.3-r2.ebuild b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.17.3-r2.ebuild
index 33d9f2b17a267..f1b90b865b319 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.17.3-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.17.3-r2.ebuild
@@ -443,9 +443,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		replace-flags -Os -O2
 	fi
 
-	# VLC now requires C++11 after commit 4b1c9dcdda0bbff801e47505ff9dfd3f274eb0d8
-	append-cxxflags -std=c++11
-
 	if use omxil; then
 		# bug #723006
 		# https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/24617
diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.9999.ebuild b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.9999.ebuild
index 9f650bcfa31d5..f6a6a9658e5f9 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -441,9 +441,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		replace-flags -Os -O2
 	fi
 
-	# VLC now requires C++11 after commit 4b1c9dcdda0bbff801e47505ff9dfd3f274eb0d8
-	append-cxxflags -std=c++11
-
 	if use omxil; then
 		# bug #723006
 		# https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/24617
diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-9999.ebuild b/media-video/vlc/vlc-9999.ebuild
index 23316e6cba59b..14afeb88022f0 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-9999.ebuild
@@ -441,9 +441,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		replace-flags -Os -O2
 	fi
 
-	# VLC now requires C++11 after commit 4b1c9dcdda0bbff801e47505ff9dfd3f274eb0d8
-	append-cxxflags -std=c++11
-
 	if use omxil; then
 		# bug #723006
 		# https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/24617