diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5975cec8b..66ad492e4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ compiler:
 
 env:
   global:
-#   fortunately we need this to stay within 50min timelimit given by travis.
+#   unfortunately we need this to stay within 50min timelimit given by travis.
 #   this also turns off the debug/warning cxxflags
-    - CXXFLAGS="-std=c++0x -O2 -march=native -mtune=native -Wunreachable-code"
+    - CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -mtune=native -Wunreachable-code"
   matrix:
 #    special CXXFLAGS for maximum speed, overrides global CXXFLAGS, CHECK_CLANG is the var that controls if we download and check clang in that travis job
     - CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -DCHECK_INTERNAL"