2 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Makerules b/Makerules
index 33cfe902..635f4ab6 100644
--- a/Makerules
+++ b/Makerules
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ ifeq "$(OS)" "MINGW"
 WINDRES := windres
 HAVE_X11 ?= no
 HAVE_WIN32 := yes
-CC=gcc
-# Add flags required for Harfbuzz because of missing strdup
-CFLAGS+= -U__STRICT_ANSI__
 
 # Mac OS X doesn't have pkg-config so we hard code paths.
 else ifeq "$(OS)" "MACOS"
diff --git a/Makethird b/Makethird
index ba3fbaa5..0e250d60 100644
--- a/Makethird
+++ b/Makethird
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ $(HARFBUZZ_OUT)/%.o: $(HARFBUZZ_DIR)/src/%.cc | $(HARFBUZZ_OUT)
 	$(CXX_CMD) -DHAVE_OT -DHAVE_UCDN -DHB_NO_MT $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) \
 		-Dhb_malloc_impl=fz_hb_malloc -Dhb_calloc_impl=fz_hb_calloc \
 		-Dhb_free_impl=fz_hb_free -Dhb_realloc_impl=fz_hb_realloc \
-		-fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fvisibility-inlines-hidden --std=c++0x
+		-fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fvisibility-inlines-hidden --std=gnu++0x
 
 HARFBUZZ_CFLAGS := -I$(HARFBUZZ_DIR)/src
 else