diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c172dfe3c4a263d6725a55eb1c94304304fa59ff..a8730a6c6fdc037215557fb048dc50ecc34c75c7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ def main():
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
         cmake_args.append("-DWITH_LAPACK=OFF")  # Some OSX LAPACK fns are incompatible, see
                                                 # https://github.com/skvark/opencv-python/issues/21
-        cmake_args.append("-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.7")
-        cmake_args.append("-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-stdlib=libc++'")
 
     if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
         cmake_args.append("-DWITH_IPP=OFF")   # https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/10411