diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 02f047a87..dcd687560 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@
 #EQEMU_USE_MAP_MMFS
 #EQEMU_MAP_DIR
 
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.0)
-
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
 
 #FindMySQL is located here so lets make it so CMake can find it
 SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/" ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})