diff --git a/Formula/root.rb b/Formula/root.rb
index 5883f4a783..c681398c6e 100644
--- a/Formula/root.rb
+++ b/Formula/root.rb
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ class Root < Formula
 
   skip_clean "bin"
 
-  needs :cxx11
-
   def install
     # Work around "error: no member named 'signbit' in the global namespace"
     ENV.delete("SDKROOT") if DevelopmentTools.clang_build_version >= 900