diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectExport_MSVC.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectExport_MSVC.h
index e7617adb3c..f47c1331a4 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectExport_MSVC.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectExport_MSVC.h
@@ -570,8 +570,6 @@ public:
 
                     if (cppStandard == "11") // VS doesn't support the C++11 flag so we have to bump it to C++14
                         cppStandard = "14";
-                    else if (cppStandard == "17") // nor does it support the C++17 flag, so we'll just use latest for now until it's added
-                        cppStandard = "latest";
 
                     cl->createNewChildElement ("LanguageStandard")->addTextElement ("stdcpp" + cppStandard);
                 }