diff --git a/.gn b/.gn
index 445772fada..884a7f7d22 100644
--- a/.gn
+++ b/.gn
@@ -75,4 +75,6 @@ default_args = {
   fuchsia_sdk_readelf_exec =
       "//third_party/llvm-build/Release+Asserts/bin/llvm-readelf"
   fuchsia_target_api_level = 9
+
+  use_cxx17 = false
 }