diff --git a/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/components/esp_mqtt_cxx/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/components/esp_mqtt_cxx/CMakeLists.txt
index 5dd0329d0..15809a21e 100644
--- a/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/components/esp_mqtt_cxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/components/esp_mqtt_cxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_mqtt_cxx.cpp"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
                     )
 
-target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-std=gnu++17")
-
 if(TEST_BUILD)
     message(STATUS "Test build")
     idf_component_get_property(mqtt_dir mqtt COMPONENT_DIR)
diff --git a/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/ssl/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/ssl/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 9871f4c78..e06e5975b 100644
--- a/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/ssl/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/ssl/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "mqtt_ssl_example.cpp"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
-
-target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-std=gnu++17")
diff --git a/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/tcp/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/tcp/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 07fa3e75c..eeaa9534e 100644
--- a/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/tcp/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cxx/experimental/esp_mqtt_cxx/tcp/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "mqtt_tcp_example.cpp"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
-target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-std=gnu++17")