diff --git a/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
index d55cdfa247fd7048a6f7f2824b4f06e8945bf4b6..12ccb9b2e20facac633e6679ecce9c9456fe612b 100644
--- a/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,3 @@ include(GenerateExportHeader)
 generate_export_header(ChemistryLib)
 
 target_link_libraries(ChemistryLib PUBLIC iphreeqc PRIVATE NumLib spdlog::spdlog)
-
-set_target_properties(ChemistryLib PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 14)