diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 38ff650465814ce11bf0aa6b954ea2499fcad762..e978c54ee5f686749e64e7cca0c141b5ffd75ea1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2014, 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
@@ -87,12 +87,7 @@ (define-public bdb
 
                       ;; The compatibility mode is needed by some packages,
                       ;; notably iproute2.
-                      "--enable-compat185"
-
-                      ;; The following flag is needed so that the inclusion
-                      ;; of db_cxx.h into C++ files works; it leads to
-                      ;; HAVE_CXX_STDHEADERS being defined in db_cxx.h.
-                      "--enable-cxx"))))
+                      "--enable-compat185"))))
                  %standard-phases)))
     (synopsis "Berkeley database")
     (description