diff --git a/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk b/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
index 2fa0047ba7..800fa1c556 100644
--- a/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ GCC_COMMON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--target=${TARGET_NAME} \
                            --disable-multilib \
                            --disable-nls \
                            --enable-checking=release \
-                           --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=gcc4-compatible \
                            --without-ppl \
                            --without-cloog \
                            --disable-libada \
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="${GCC_COMMON_CONFIGURE_OPTS} \
                          --enable-tls \
                          --enable-shared \
                          --disable-static \
-                         --enable-c99 \
                          --enable-long-long \
                          --enable-threads=posix \
                          --disable-libstdcxx-pch \