diff --git a/src/common/textsplit.cpp b/src/common/textsplit.cpp
index c33b5123..e5b6758a 100644
--- a/src/common/textsplit.cpp
+++ b/src/common/textsplit.cpp
@@ -1165,8 +1165,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	    }
     b1: argc--; argv++;
     }
-    DebugLog::getdbl()->setloglevel(DEBDEB1);
-    DebugLog::setfilename("stderr");
 
     TextSplit::Flags flags = TextSplit::TXTS_NONE;
 
diff --git a/src/utils/utmkdefs.mk b/src/utils/utmkdefs.mk
index 6a848149..bf1b8a19 100644
--- a/src/utils/utmkdefs.mk
+++ b/src/utils/utmkdefs.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ALL_CXXFLAGS = \
+ALL_CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11 \
     -I../aspell \
     -I../bincimapmime \
     -I../common \