diff --git a/src/xinterpreter.cpp b/src/xinterpreter.cpp
index 74358e57..0c9f15b4 100644
--- a/src/xinterpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/xinterpreter.cpp
@@ -75,33 +75,6 @@ namespace xcpp
         xeus::register_interpreter(this);
     }
 
-    static std::string get_stdopt()
-    {
-        // We need to find what's the C++ version the interpreter runs with.
-        const char* code = R"(
-int __get_cxx_version () {
-#if __cplusplus > 202302L
-    return 26;
-#elif __cplusplus > 202002L
-    return 23;
-#elif __cplusplus >  201703L
-    return 20;
-#elif __cplusplus > 201402L
-    return 17;
-#elif __cplusplus > 201103L || (defined(_WIN32) && _MSC_VER >= 1900)
-    return 14;
-#elif __cplusplus >= 201103L
-   return 11;
-#else
-  return 0;
-#endif
-  }
-__get_cxx_version ()
-      )";
-        auto cxx_version = Cpp::Evaluate(code);
-        return std::to_string(cxx_version);
-    }
-
     interpreter::interpreter(int argc, const char* const* argv) :
         xmagics()
         , p_cout_strbuf(nullptr)
@@ -111,7 +84,7 @@ __get_cxx_version ()
     {
         //NOLINTNEXTLINE (cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-pointer-arithmetic)
         createInterpreter(Args(argv ? argv + 1 : argv, argv + argc));
-        m_version = get_stdopt();
+        m_version = Cpp::GetLanguageStandard(nullptr);
         redirect_output();
         init_preamble();
         init_magic();