diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 67588097ac52b7e97e121c8b8de075c4fc8fb7aa..4f0980812be43940e3b9ceb5a4b489d6042e47d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,4 @@ if(OPENVOLUMEMESH_FOUND)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-find_package(CXX11)
-if(CXX11_FLAG_DETECTED)
-    add_definitions (-DENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS)
-endif()
-
 openflipper_plugin (INSTALLDATA Icons DIRS OpenMesh OpenVolumeMesh Widgets DEPS OpenMesh OpenVolumeMesh)
diff --git a/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizer.hh b/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizer.hh
index d7b02ffe1b4bee3a1afa3b41fdc4b90ab17e9270..afbf3f2bc57842b7f9a9d0c7d6eaaa23f3f3034f 100644
--- a/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizer.hh
+++ b/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizer.hh
@@ -140,10 +140,8 @@ protected:
     template <typename InnerType >
     QString getPropertyText_(unsigned int index);
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS
     template<typename Type>
     void showHistogram(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *histogramWidget);
-#endif
 
 private:
     template<typename PropHandleT>
diff --git a/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerDoubleT.cc b/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerDoubleT.cc
index e0c325ba3608dcef87b5d1ac78687c249a900874..7128d04998e70573db773f574a8139a445eb12af 100644
--- a/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerDoubleT.cc
+++ b/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerDoubleT.cc
@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@ OMPropertyVisualizerDouble<MeshT>::OMPropertyVisualizerDouble(MeshT* _mesh, Prop
     DoubleWidget* w = new DoubleWidget();
     w->paramDouble->setTitle(QString("Double Parameters of ").append(PropertyVisualizer::propertyInfo.propName().c_str()));
     PropertyVisualizer::widget = w;
-#ifdef ENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS
+
     this->connect(w->computeHistogramButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
                   [this, w](){this->template showHistogram<double>(w->histogram);});
-#endif
 }
 
 template <typename MeshT>
diff --git a/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerT.cc b/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerT.cc
index 8deda8be81fa312356d077a4ec09dbfa27ea3706..5091f346b06eb8c1bcb86c54aad6696f13516070 100644
--- a/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerT.cc
+++ b/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerT.cc
@@ -425,8 +425,6 @@ void OMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::setVertexPropertyFromText(unsigned int index,
 }
 
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS
-
 template<typename MeshT>
 template<typename Type>
 void OMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::showHistogram(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *histogramWidget) {
@@ -476,6 +474,3 @@ void OMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::showHistogram(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidge
         assert(false);
     }
 }
-#endif
-
-
diff --git a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizer.hh b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizer.hh
index 93f0b87531104090ef82784a768627888efe197f..8ea2989c8b060561f050bc46a7e8632f67add167 100644
--- a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizer.hh
+++ b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizer.hh
@@ -99,11 +99,9 @@ public:
     /// Returns the ID of the closest primitive.
     unsigned int getClosestPrimitiveId(unsigned int _face, ACG::Vec3d &_hitPoint);
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS
 protected slots:
     template <typename Type>
     void showHistogram(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *histogramWidget);
-#endif
 
 protected:
     MeshT* mesh;
diff --git a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerDoubleT.cc b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerDoubleT.cc
index e0085178eb1da768a658f2b1ba17bfae29de6f93..915b7ca71263a68f2a40083aacc24584fff53f7b 100644
--- a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerDoubleT.cc
+++ b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerDoubleT.cc
@@ -67,10 +67,9 @@ OVMPropertyVisualizerDouble<MeshT>::OVMPropertyVisualizerDouble(MeshT* _mesh, in
     DoubleWidget* w = new DoubleWidget();
     w->paramDouble->setTitle(QString("Double Parameters of ").append(PropertyVisualizer::propertyInfo.propName().c_str()));
     PropertyVisualizer::widget = w;
-#ifdef ENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS
+
     this->connect(w->computeHistogramButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
                   [this, w](){this->template showHistogram<double>(w->histogram);});
-#endif
 
 }
 
diff --git a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerT.cc b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerT.cc
index 069015b915f047da9cf04bc1001a09fbddd15220..3cb5396a4582874733a85cbb975df844a65809fb 100644
--- a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerT.cc
+++ b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerT.cc
@@ -409,8 +409,6 @@ void OVMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::setVertexPropertyFromText(unsigned int /*inde
     emit log(LOGERR, "Setting VertexProp not implemented for this property type");
 }
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS
-
 template<typename MeshT>
 template<typename Type>
 void OVMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::showHistogram(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *histogramWidget) {
@@ -452,6 +450,5 @@ void OVMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::showHistogram(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidg
         assert(false);
     }
 }
-#endif
 
 #endif /* ENABLE_OPENVOLUMEMESH_SUPPORT */
diff --git a/PropertyVisualizer.hh b/PropertyVisualizer.hh
index 589be0f7f3caadbacf2fc447a08ba791ac38d439..8dda9ff65ad8b32f6d8bc1a74258c0903363c10c 100644
--- a/PropertyVisualizer.hh
+++ b/PropertyVisualizer.hh
@@ -181,11 +181,10 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     virtual ACG::IColorCoder *buildColorCoder();
-#ifdef ENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS
+
     template<typename PropType, typename Iterable>
     void showHistogramT(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *widget,
                        Iterable data);
-#endif
 
     PropertyInfo propertyInfo;
 
@@ -193,7 +192,6 @@ public:
     QWidget* widget;
 };
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_PROPVIS_HISTOGRAMS
 template<typename PropType, typename Iterable>
 void PropertyVisualizer::showHistogramT(
         ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *widget,
@@ -205,6 +203,5 @@ void PropertyVisualizer::showHistogramT(
     ACG::Histogram *hist = new ACG::HistogramT<PropType>(data.begin(), data.end(), max_bins);
     widget->setHistogram(hist);
 }
-#endif
 
 #endif /* PROPERTY_VISUALIZER_HH */