diff --git a/base/m4/m4.conf b/base/m4/m4.conf
index 9e95d9c28..724d40af6 100644
--- a/base/m4/m4.conf
+++ b/base/m4/m4.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../m4/m4.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2015 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2016 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-
-var_append GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND ' ' '-std=c99'
-
 # we never want this file
 var_append INSTALL_WRAPPER_FILTER "|" "sed -e 's,.*/charset.alias,/tmp/x,'"