diff --git a/bin/lint b/bin/lint
index 97e2255833d7..e88b602f7ee2 100755
--- a/bin/lint
+++ b/bin/lint
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ then
         flags=( $(../scripts/extract_flags ${project_file} "${c_file}") )
         cppcheck "${lint_args[@]}" \
                  "${flags[@]}" -D_CPPCHECK \
-                 -q --verbose --std=c99 --std=posix --language=c \
+                 -q --verbose --std=c99 --language=c \
                  --suppress=missingIncludeSystem --inline-suppr \
                  --enable="${cppchecks}" --rule-file=../.cppcheck.rules \
                  --template="${template}" \