diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c94d2ca4..da167854 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ set(CMAKE_WARN_UNUSED_CLI YES)
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED true)
-if(MSVC)
-    add_compile_options(/permissive- /Zc:__cplusplus)
-endif()
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_USE_RESPONSE_FILE_FOR_INCLUDES 0)
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_USE_RESPONSE_FILE_FOR_LIBRARIES 0)
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_USE_RESPONSE_FILE_FOR_OBJECTS 0)
diff --git a/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
index 7497f011..28b78aec 100644
--- a/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,11 +96,5 @@ endif()
 if (WIN32)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32)
 endif()
-if(MSVC)
-    set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES
-    CXX_STANDARD 17
-    CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
-)
-endif()
 
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 54719061..48e7f92e 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct DatabaseHandle {
 #endif
 
 using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
 bool server_verbose = false;
 bool server_log_json = true;
@@ -1310,7 +1311,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     const auto list_saved_prompts = [&ctx_server, &params](const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
         json response = json::array();
-        namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
         try {
             for (const auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator(params.slot_save_path)) {
diff --git a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c00c2f23..06119455 100644
--- a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1540,6 +1540,12 @@ target_compile_definitions(ggml PRIVATE $<$<CONFIG:Release>:NDEBUG>)
 target_include_directories(ggml PUBLIC ../include)
 target_include_directories(ggml PRIVATE . ${GGML_EXTRA_INCLUDES})
 target_link_directories(ggml PRIVATE ${GGML_EXTRA_LIBDIRS})
+if(MSVC)
+    set_target_properties(ggml PROPERTIES
+	CUDA_STANDARD 17
+    CUDA_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
+)
+endif()
 target_compile_features   (ggml PRIVATE c_std_11) # don't bump
 
 target_link_libraries(ggml PRIVATE Threads::Threads ${GGML_EXTRA_LIBS})
diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index 6faad496..449d41a7 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@
     #include <io.h>
 #endif
 
-#if __cplusplus >= 202000L
-    #define LU8(x) (const char*)(u8##x)
-#else
-    #define LU8(x) u8##x
-#endif
-
+//#if __cplusplus >= 202000L
+//    #define LU8(x) (const char*)(u8##x)
+//#else
+//    #define LU8(x) u8##x
+//#endif
+#define LU8(x) (const char*)(u8##x)
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
 #include <cassert>