diff --git a/cmake/mainSetup.cmake b/cmake/mainSetup.cmake
index a4d983d4..1f8d10c8 100644
--- a/cmake/mainSetup.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mainSetup.cmake
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
     set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN 1)
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 98)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS ON)
-
 if (UNIX)
     if (APPLE)
         set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH ON)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 7809863e..46aff5e3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ generate_export_header(exiv2lib
     STATIC_DEFINE exiv2lib_STATIC
 )
 
+target_compile_features(exiv2lib_int PRIVATE cxx_std_98)
+target_compile_features(exiv2lib PRIVATE cxx_std_98)
+
+
 # Conditional addition of sources to library targets
 # ---------------------------------------------------------