--- a/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh	
+++ a/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh	
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ 
-#!/bin/sh
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-set -e
-
-srctree=$(dirname "$0")
-
-gccplugins_dir=$($* -print-file-name=plugin)
-
-# we need a c++ compiler that supports the designated initializer GNU extension
-$HOSTCC -c -x c++ -std=gnu++98 - -fsyntax-only -I $srctree/gcc-plugins -I $gccplugins_dir/include 2>/dev/null <<EOF
-#include "gcc-common.h"
-class test {
-public:
-	int test;
-} test = {
-	.test = 1
-};
-EOF
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig	
+++ a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig	
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ menuconfig GCC_PLUGINS
 	bool "GCC plugins"
 	depends on HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
 	depends on CC_IS_GCC
-	depends on $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh $(CC))
+	depends on $(success,test -e $(shell,$(CC) -print-file-name=plugin)/include/plugin-version.h)
 	default y
 	help
 	  GCC plugins are loadable modules that provide extra features to the
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile	
+++ a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile	
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ always-y += $(GCC_PLUGIN)
 GCC_PLUGINS_DIR = $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=plugin)
 
 plugin_cxxflags	= -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) -fPIC \
-		   -I $(GCC_PLUGINS_DIR)/include -I $(obj) -std=gnu++98 \
+		   -I $(GCC_PLUGINS_DIR)/include -I $(obj) -std=gnu++11 \
 		   -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables \
-		   -ggdb -Wno-narrowing -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-c++11-compat \
+		   -ggdb -Wno-narrowing -Wno-unused-variable \
 		   -Wno-format-diag
 
 plugin_ldflags	= -shared