diff --git a/packages/livestatus/src/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/livestatus/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 949ec28fba6..d4727f73cf7 100644
--- a/packages/livestatus/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/livestatus/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
   PRIVATE pango-1.0 # rrdtool stuff
   PRIVATE pangocairo-1.0) # rrdtool stuff too
 
-target_compile_features(livestatus PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 set_target_properties(livestatus PROPERTIES VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
                                             SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
diff --git a/packages/livestatus/test/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/livestatus/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 98c7e286dff..d0e5a041ab0 100644
--- a/packages/livestatus/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/livestatus/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ add_executable(
   test_TrialManager.cc)
 
 target_include_directories(test PUBLIC ../include ${googletest_ext_include})
-target_compile_features(test PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 target_link_options(test PRIVATE -rdynamic -static-libstdc++)
 target_link_libraries(test PRIVATE livestatus pthread stdc++ GTest::gtest_main)
 
diff --git a/packages/neb/src/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/neb/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 832d2fdf067..a877e72ddd0 100644
--- a/packages/neb/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/neb/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
   PRIVATE -static-libstdc++ -lpthread
   PUBLIC ${livestatus_so})
 
-target_compile_features(neb PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 set_target_properties(neb PROPERTIES NO_SONAME 1)
 
 add_custom_target(build DEPENDS neb)
diff --git a/packages/neb/test/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/neb/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4470a5dcf3f..5f72d4a67f9 100644
--- a/packages/neb/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/neb/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ target_link_libraries(NagiosMockup PRIVATE neb pthread stdc++)
 add_dependencies(test NagiosMockup)
 
 target_include_directories(test PUBLIC ../include ${googletest_ext_include})
-target_compile_features(test PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 target_link_options(test PRIVATE -rdynamic -static-libstdc++)
 target_link_libraries(test PRIVATE neb pthread stdc++ GTest::gtest_main)
 
diff --git a/packages/unixcat/src/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/unixcat/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6af46bbde92..d7a912a94a6 100644
--- a/packages/unixcat/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages/unixcat/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ target_include_directories(unixcat PRIVATE ${lib_livestatus_include})
 
 target_link_libraries(unixcat PRIVATE pthread)
 
-target_compile_features(unixcat PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
-
 add_custom_target(build DEPENDS unixcat)