diff --git a/test/test_exportbuild/CMakeLists.txt b/test/test_exportbuild/CMakeLists.txt
index c65f964d9a0..cb8f0b1225c 100644
--- a/test/test_exportbuild/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/test_exportbuild/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ find_package(Ginkgo REQUIRED
 # Here, we use test install without any data. We instantiate the
 # interface only.
 add_executable(test_exportbuild ../test_install/test_install.cpp)
-target_compile_features(test_exportbuild PUBLIC cxx_std_14)
 target_link_libraries(test_exportbuild PRIVATE Ginkgo::ginkgo)
diff --git a/test/test_install/CMakeLists.txt b/test/test_install/CMakeLists.txt
index 513af67e923..d22b062c2ea 100644
--- a/test/test_install/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/test_install/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ if (GINKGO_BUILD_REFERENCE)
     set(HAS_REFERENCE 1)
 endif()
 add_executable(test_install test_install.cpp)
-target_compile_features(test_install PUBLIC cxx_std_14)
 target_compile_definitions(test_install PRIVATE HAS_REFERENCE=${HAS_REFERENCE})
 target_link_libraries(test_install PRIVATE Ginkgo::ginkgo)
 if(GINKGO_BUILD_MPI)
diff --git a/test/test_pkgconfig/CMakeLists.txt b/test/test_pkgconfig/CMakeLists.txt
index e904f997f26..ad78dfc9ed2 100644
--- a/test/test_pkgconfig/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/test_pkgconfig/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ pkg_check_modules(GINKGO REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET ginkgo)
 # Here, we use test install without any data. We instantiate the
 # interface only.
 add_executable(test_pkgconfig ../test_install/test_install.cpp)
-target_compile_features(test_pkgconfig PUBLIC cxx_std_14)
 # CMake PkgConfig only puts the -l, -L, and -framework into link_libraries and others into link_options
 # When linking the target, the linking option will be before the compiled object to lead the linking error
 set_property(TARGET PkgConfig::GINKGO PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${GINKGO_LDFLAGS}")
diff --git a/test/test_subdir/CMakeLists.txt b/test/test_subdir/CMakeLists.txt
index dcf846f4adc..00ae3bc07e2 100644
--- a/test/test_subdir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/test_subdir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ file(CREATE_LINK "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../.." "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR
 add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ginkgo")
 
 add_executable(test_subdir ../test_install/test_install.cpp)
-target_compile_features(test_subdir PUBLIC cxx_std_14)
 target_link_libraries(test_subdir PRIVATE Ginkgo::ginkgo)