diff --git a/cmake/DD4hepConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/DD4hepConfig.cmake.in
index f0e4315b80d864bb71d6adcfed4174907205afb4..2c7cc6901c6954a33a6cb7246fd0026fa5fa8ebb 100644
--- a/cmake/DD4hepConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/DD4hepConfig.cmake.in
@@ -30,16 +30,6 @@ set ( DD4HEP_USE_LCIO           "@DD4HEP_USE_LCIO@" )
 set ( DD4HEP_USE_XERCESC        "@DD4HEP_USE_XERCESC@" )
 set ( DD4hep_BUILD_CXX_STANDARD @CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD@ )
 
-# figure out if including build has compatible standard set
-if (NOT "${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}" EQUAL "${DD4hep_BUILD_CXX_STANDARD}")
-  message( FATAL_ERROR "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD is set to C++${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} but C++${DD4hep_BUILD_CXX_STANDARD} is required for DD4hep.")
-endif()
-
-# set ( GEANT4_USE_CLHEP   "@GEANT4_USE_CLHEP@" )
-# set ( ROOTSYS            "$ENV{ROOTSYS}" )
-# set ( ROOT_DIR           "$ENV{ROOTSYS}/cmake" )
-# set ( ROOT_VERSION       "@ROOT_VERSION@" )
-
 include ( ${DD4hep_DIR}/cmake/DD4hep.cmake )
 
 set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH  ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${DD4hep_DIR}/cmake  )