diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
index c532650..e4d22e6 100644
--- a/src/Makevars
+++ b/src/Makevars
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CXX_STD = CXX11
+CXX_STD = CXX17
 PKG_CPPFLAGS = -DARMA_64BIT_WORD=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sample_me.h b/src/sample_me.h
index 894db14..d73d705 100644
--- a/src/sample_me.h
+++ b/src/sample_me.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _HWRUME
 #define _HWRUME
 
-// [[Rcpp::plugins(cpp11)]]
 #include <RcppArmadillo.h>
 #include "aux_funs.h"