diff --git a/recipes/ghostx/build.sh b/recipes/ghostx/build.sh
index 9d2dcef4371c9..9027e882edf0c 100644
--- a/recipes/ghostx/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/ghostx/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -xe
 
 cd ./src/
 
-CC="${CC}" CXX="${CXX}" CC_FLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_AUTO_PTR" make -j"${CPU_COUNT}"
+CC="${CC}" CXX="${CXX}" CC_FLAGS="${CFLAGS}" make -j"${CPU_COUNT}"
 
 mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
 install -m 755 ghostx $PREFIX/bin
diff --git a/recipes/ghostx/ghostx-makefile.patch b/recipes/ghostx/ghostx-makefile.patch
index a75d7310358c5..459c6f410a457 100644
--- a/recipes/ghostx/ghostx-makefile.patch
+++ b/recipes/ghostx/ghostx-makefile.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git i/src/Makefile w/src/Makefile
-index 8844e0a..93e4701 100644
+index 8844e0a..3248657 100644
 --- i/src/Makefile
 +++ w/src/Makefile
 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
@@ -15,16 +15,21 @@ index 8844e0a..93e4701 100644
  LDLIBS	=-lm -fopenmp
  
  ifeq ($(PROFILE), Yes)
-@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ OBJS += $(CPP_SRC:%.cpp=%.o)
+@@ -69,18 +69,18 @@ OBJS += $(CPP_SRC:%.cpp=%.o)
  all:ghostx
  
  ghostx: $(OBJS)
 -	$(LAST_CC) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
-+	$(CXX) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
++	$(CXX) -std=c++14 -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
  
  .c.o:
  	$(CC) -c $(CC_FLAGS) $< -o $@  $(INCLUDES)
-@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ ghostx: $(OBJS)
+ 
+ .cpp.o:
+-	$(CXX) -c $(CC_FLAGS) $< -o $@  $(INCLUDES)
++	$(CXX) -std=c++14 -c $(CC_FLAGS) $< -o $@  $(INCLUDES)
+ 
+ 
  
  .PHONY: clean
  clean: