diff --git a/devel/codeblocks-devel/Makefile b/devel/codeblocks-devel/Makefile
index 77b8f84de08b..b73ad30be49e 100644
--- a/devel/codeblocks-devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/codeblocks-devel/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_system.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libhunspell-1.6.so:textproc/hunspell
 
-USES=		autoreconf compiler desktop-file-utils fam:gamin localbase \
+USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lang desktop-file-utils fam:gamin localbase \
 		gettext-runtime libtool pathfix pkgconfig shared-mime-info
 USE_WX=		2.8
 USE_GNOME=	gtk20 cairo
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ SVNROOT_URI=	svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/codeblocks/code/trunk
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${CHOSEN_COMPILER_TYPE} == clang
-USE_CXXSTD=	c++11
 . if ${COMPILER_VERSION} >= 35
 CXXFLAGS+=	-Wno-undefined-bool-conversion
 . endif
diff --git a/graphics/timg/Makefile b/graphics/timg/Makefile
index 52025820fcd9..be4e840685e7 100644
--- a/graphics/timg/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/timg/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libMagick++-6.so:graphics/ImageMagick
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	hzeller
 
-USES=		gmake
+USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gmake
 ALL_TARGET=	${PORTNAME}
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	src
 
diff --git a/www/mod_gnutls/Makefile b/www/mod_gnutls/Makefile
index 49cb781ecc8a..62f1fd2fa4a3 100644
--- a/www/mod_gnutls/Makefile
+++ b/www/mod_gnutls/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgnutls.so:security/gnutls
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USES=		apache:2.4 libtool pkgconfig tar:bzip2
+USES=		apache:2.4 compiler:c++11-lang libtool pkgconfig tar:bzip2
 
 DBDIR=		${PREFIX}/var/db/${PORTNAME}
 PLIST_SUB=	SED="${SED}" WWWGRP=${WWWGRP} WWWOWN=${WWWOWN}
diff --git a/x11/polybar/Makefile b/x11/polybar/Makefile
index 193567e3b118..70713bef8c80 100644
--- a/x11/polybar/Makefile
+++ b/x11/polybar/Makefile
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libxcb-util.so:x11/xcb-util \
 		libxcb-xrm.so:x11/xcb-util-xrm
 
-USES=		cmake:outsource localbase:ldflags pkgconfig \
-		python:2.7,build
+USES=		cmake:outsource compiler:c++11-lang localbase:ldflags \
+		pkgconfig python:2.7,build
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	jaagr
 GH_TUPLE=	jaagr:i3ipcpp:v0.7.1-4-gd4e4786:i3ipcpp/lib/i3ipcpp \