diff --git a/www/libnghttp3/Makefile b/www/libnghttp3/Makefile
index fbb05faf4ae8..b70a0dd10e4f 100644
--- a/www/libnghttp3/Makefile
+++ b/www/libnghttp3/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	nghttp3
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.0
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	www net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/ngtcp2/nghttp3/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	lib
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	HTTP/3 C Library
 WWW=		https://nghttp2.org/nghttp3/ \
 		https://github.com/ngtcp2/nghttp3
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-USES=		compiler:c++17-lang libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz
+USES=		libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-lib-only
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
-USE_CXXSTD=	c++17
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>