diff --git a/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk b/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
index d15b112801..bfbd5dc6ed 100644
--- a/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
+++ b/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
@@ -17,14 +17,10 @@ SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES = \
 # https://github.com/sconemad/sconeserver/tree/master/markdown
 # has no cross-compile support provided by the sconeserver build system
 SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) -std=c++11" \
 	-DWITH_IMAGE=OFF \
 	-DWITH_MARKDOWN=OFF
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
-# Needed to fix build failure when icu is enabled in libxml2
-SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11"
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_SSL=ON