diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/io_base.pro b/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/io_base.pro
index 738e0f2ab..bd07cb954 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/io_base.pro
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/io_base/io_base.pro
@@ -20,6 +20,3 @@ SOURCES       += baseio.cpp \
 
 
 TARGET        = io_base
-CONFIG += c++14
-linux-clang++:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++14
-linux-g++:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++14