diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 60cf085512238dbf558d61faf01828ef8ffbfe26..3c7ad2e4bed79f8c9e974e923538e5457b935592 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$SYS" = "xandroid"],
 LT_INIT()
 LT_LANG(C++)
 
-AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX(14,[noext],[mandatory])
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX(11,[noext],[mandatory])
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([nettle], [nettle >= 2.4])
diff --git a/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4 b/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 0aadeafe78eb04122e73e9d9fd69e534f15fdbf5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# ============================================================================
-#  http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.html
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# SYNOPSIS
-#
-#   AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11([ext|noext], [mandatory|optional])
-#
-# DESCRIPTION
-#
-#   Check for baseline language coverage in the compiler for the C++11
-#   standard; if necessary, add switches to CXX and CXXCPP to enable
-#   support.
-#
-#   This macro is a convenience alias for calling the AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX
-#   macro with the version set to C++11.  The two optional arguments are
-#   forwarded literally as the second and third argument respectively.
-#   Please see the documentation for the AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX macro for
-#   more information.  If you want to use this macro, you also need to
-#   download the ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4 file.
-#
-# LICENSE
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2008 Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com>
-#   Copyright (c) 2012 Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
-#   Copyright (c) 2013 Roy Stogner <roystgnr@ices.utexas.edu>
-#   Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Google Inc.; contributed by Alexey Sokolov <sokolov@google.com>
-#   Copyright (c) 2015 Paul Norman <penorman@mac.com>
-#   Copyright (c) 2015 Moritz Klammler <moritz@klammler.eu>
-#
-#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
-#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
-#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
-#   warranty.
-
-#serial 17
-
-AX_REQUIRE_DEFINED([AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX])
-AC_DEFUN([AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11], [AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX([11], [$1], [$2])])
diff --git a/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_14.m4 b/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_14.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 51123f2d58bf1f4b1e71e6c719ce4e4c496dbf28..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_14.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# ============================================================================
-#  http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_14.html
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# SYNOPSIS
-#
-#   AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14([ext|noext], [mandatory|optional])
-#
-# DESCRIPTION
-#
-#   Check for baseline language coverage in the compiler for the C++14
-#   standard; if necessary, add switches to CXX and CXXCPP to enable
-#   support.
-#
-#   This macro is a convenience alias for calling the AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX
-#   macro with the version set to C++14.  The two optional arguments are
-#   forwarded literally as the second and third argument respectively.
-#   Please see the documentation for the AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX macro for
-#   more information.  If you want to use this macro, you also need to
-#   download the ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4 file.
-#
-# LICENSE
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2015 Moritz Klammler <moritz@klammler.eu>
-#
-#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
-#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
-#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
-#   warranty.
-
-#serial 4
-
-AX_REQUIRE_DEFINED([AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX])
-AC_DEFUN([AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14], [AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX([14], [$1], [$2])])