diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f3637e754..ecf026b5f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ endif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release)
 if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
 	# using Clang
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-unneeded-internal-declaration")
-    if(APPLE)
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
-    endif(APPLE)
 	message(STATUS "OpenMP parallelization not available using clang++")
 elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
 	# using GCC
@@ -91,7 +88,7 @@ if(APPLE)
     EXEC_PROGRAM(uname ARGS -v  OUTPUT_VARIABLE DARWIN_VERSION)
     STRING(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+" DARWIN_VERSION ${DARWIN_VERSION})
     IF (DARWIN_VERSION GREATER 12)
-        MESSAGE(STATUS "Activating flags for OS X 10.9")
+        MESSAGE(STATUS "Activating -std=c++11 flag for >= OS X 10.9")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
     ENDIF (DARWIN_VERSION GREATER 12)
 endif()