diff --git a/config/gnu-fflags b/config/gnu-fflags
index 3fc112de6a..185a4c642f 100644
--- a/config/gnu-fflags
+++ b/config/gnu-fflags
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ if test "X-gfortran" = "X-$f9x_vendor"; then
         H5_FCFLAGS="$H5_FCFLAGS -std=f2008"
     elif test $f9x_vers_major -ge 5 -o $f9x_vers_major -eq 4 -a $f9x_vers_minor -ge 6; then
         H5_FCFLAGS="$H5_FCFLAGS -std=f2008ts"
-    else
-        H5_FCFLAGS="$H5_FCFLAGS -std=f2003"
     fi