diff --git a/tests/Android.mk b/tests/Android.mk
index fc47e80..205ccc5 100644
--- a/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/tests/Android.mk
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
 test_cflags += -DUSE_JEMALLOC
 endif
 
-test_cppflags = \
-    -std=gnu++11 \
+test_cppflags := \
 
 libBionicStandardTests_src_files := \
     arpa_inet_test.cpp \
diff --git a/tests/libs/Android.mk b/tests/libs/Android.mk
index 662aeef..8615934 100644
--- a/tests/libs/Android.mk
+++ b/tests/libs/Android.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
 TEST_PATH := $(LOCAL_PATH)/..
 
-common_cppflags += -std=gnu++11
+common_cppflags :=
 common_additional_dependencies := \
     $(LOCAL_PATH)/Android.mk \
     $(LOCAL_PATH)/Android.build.dt_runpath.mk \