diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 310a8212c3..f8a0764a24 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ main_env.Append(LIBPATH=[
 main_env.Append(CPPFLAGS=[
     "-g",
     "-Wall",
-    "-std=c++14"
+    "-std=c++11"
 ])
 
 # Linking flags & common libraries
diff --git a/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc b/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
index c685d4c43f..b39174f1ac 100644
--- a/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
+++ b/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static void copy_vector_values(const Template *old_tmpl, Template *new_tmpl,
 
 unique_ptr<VirtualMachineTemplate> VirtualMachineTemplate::get_updateconf_template() const
 {
-  auto conf_tmpl = make_unique<VirtualMachineTemplate>();
+  auto conf_tmpl = unique_ptr<VirtualMachineTemplate>(new VirtualMachineTemplate());
 
   copy_vector_values(this, conf_tmpl.get(), "OS");