diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cromfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cromfs/default.nix
index 899640d90c45..b775eb1561ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cromfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cromfs/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ fuse perl ];
 
+  makeFlags = [ "CXXFLAGS=-std=c++03" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "FUSE Compressed ROM filesystem with lzma";
     homepage = "https://bisqwit.iki.fi/source/cromfs.html";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e59de08224d3..021b8008deb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7299,9 +7299,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cringify = callPackage ../tools/text/cringify { };
 
-  cromfs = callPackage ../tools/archivers/cromfs {
-    stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat;
-  };
+  cromfs = callPackage ../tools/archivers/cromfs { };
 
   cron = callPackage ../tools/system/cron { };