diff --git a/CMake/lrs_macros.cmake b/CMake/lrs_macros.cmake
index b19a729049..cabb376c97 100644
--- a/CMake/lrs_macros.cmake
+++ b/CMake/lrs_macros.cmake
@@ -7,21 +7,10 @@ macro(infoValue variableName)
 endmacro()
 
 macro(config_cxx_flags)
-    include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
-    if(MSVC OR MSVC_IDE)
-        check_cxx_compiler_flag(/std:c++14 SUPPORTS_CXX14)
-    else()
-        check_cxx_compiler_flag(-std=c++14 SUPPORTS_CXX14)
-    endif()
-    if( NOT SUPPORTS_CXX14 )
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Project '${PROJECT_NAME}' requires C++14 or higher")
-    endif()
-    if( NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD )
-        set( CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14 )
-    endif()
     # We require that the current project (e.g., librealsense) use C++14. However, projects using
     # the library don't need to be C++14 -- they can use C++11. Hence this is PRIVATE and not PUBLIC:
-    target_compile_features( ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} )
+    target_compile_features( ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_14 )
+    target_compile_features( ${PROJECT_NAME} INTERFACE cxx_std_11 )
     #set( CMAKE_CUDA_STANDARD ${LRS_CXX_STANDARD} )
 endmacro()
 
diff --git a/third-party/realsense-file/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/realsense-file/CMakeLists.txt
index a805cddf8c..63c3526b1d 100644
--- a/third-party/realsense-file/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/realsense-file/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC
     ${SOURCE_FILES_COMPRESSION}
 )
 
+target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
         ${ROSBAG_HEADER_DIRS}
         ${LZ4_INCLUDE_PATH}
diff --git a/third-party/rsutils/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/rsutils/CMakeLists.txt
index c72a912e39..b0fc310497 100644
--- a/third-party/rsutils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/rsutils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ project( rsutils )
 add_library( ${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC "" )
 # We cannot directly interface with nlohmann_json (doesn't work on bionic)
 #target_link_libraries( ${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC nlohmann_json )
+target_compile_features( ${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_14 )
 set_target_properties( ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES FOLDER Library )
 
 target_include_directories( ${PROJECT_NAME}