diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp_git.bb
index f847ebf15..4705b6f8c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp_git.bb
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ inherit cmake
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
                  -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF    \
-                 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 \
                  -DABSL_ENABLE_INSTALL=ON \
                 "
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/mosh/mosh_1.4.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/mosh/mosh_1.4.0.bb
index 0ee050da9..693ec12d3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/mosh/mosh_1.4.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/mosh/mosh_1.4.0.bb
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-server += "openssh-sshd"
 #| {standard input}:2103: Error: instruction not supported in Thumb16 mode -- `adcs r7,r7,r7'
 #| {standard input}:2104: Error: selected processor does not support Thumb mode `it cs'
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"
+
+CXXFLAGS:append = " -std=c++17"