diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 816ee42..b115f42 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ GTK = gtk+-3.0
 VTE = vte-2.91
 TERMINFO = ${PREFIX}/share/terminfo
 
-CXXFLAGS := -std=c++14 -O3 \
+CXXFLAGS := -std=c++11 -O3 \
 	    -Wall -Wextra -pedantic \
 	    -Winit-self \
 	    -Wshadow \
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ endif
 LDFLAGS := -s -Wl,--as-needed ${LDFLAGS}
 LDLIBS := ${shell pkg-config --libs ${GTK} ${VTE}}
 
-termite: termite.cc url_regex.hh util/clamp.hh util/maybe.hh
+termite: termite.cc url_regex.hh util/clamp.hh util/maybe.hh util/memory.hh
 	${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} $< ${LDLIBS} -o $@
 
 install: termite termite.desktop termite.terminfo
diff --git a/termite.cc b/termite.cc
index 8c5381c..bdb01e3 100644
--- a/termite.cc
+++ b/termite.cc
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "url_regex.hh"
 #include "util/clamp.hh"
 #include "util/maybe.hh"
+#include "util/memory.hh"
 
 using namespace std::placeholders;
 
@@ -296,18 +297,18 @@ static void launch_in_directory(VteTerminal *vte) {
         g_printerr("no directory uri set\n");
         return;
     }
-    auto dir = std::make_unique<gchar*>(g_filename_from_uri(uri, nullptr, nullptr));
+    auto dir = make_unique(g_filename_from_uri(uri, nullptr, nullptr), g_free);
     char term[] = "termite"; // maybe this should be argv[0]
     char *cmd[] = {term, nullptr};
-    g_spawn_async(*dir.get(), cmd, nullptr, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+    g_spawn_async(dir.get(), cmd, nullptr, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
 }
 
 static void find_urls(VteTerminal *vte, search_panel_info *panel_info) {
     GRegex *regex = g_regex_new(url_regex, G_REGEX_CASELESS, G_REGEX_MATCH_NOTEMPTY, nullptr);
     GArray *attributes = g_array_new(FALSE, FALSE, sizeof(VteCharAttributes));
-    auto content = std::make_unique<gchar*>(vte_terminal_get_text(vte, nullptr, nullptr, attributes));
+    auto content = make_unique(vte_terminal_get_text(vte, nullptr, nullptr, attributes), g_free);
 
-    for (char *s_ptr = *content.get(), *saveptr; ; s_ptr = nullptr) {
+    for (char *s_ptr = content.get(), *saveptr; ; s_ptr = nullptr) {
         const char *token = strtok_r(s_ptr, "\n", &saveptr);
         if (!token) {
             break;
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static void find_urls(VteTerminal *vte, search_panel_info *panel_info) {
             g_match_info_fetch_pos(info, 0, &pos, nullptr);
 
             const long first_row = g_array_index(attributes, VteCharAttributes, 0).row;
-            const auto attr = g_array_index(attributes, VteCharAttributes, token + pos - *content.get());
+            const auto attr = g_array_index(attributes, VteCharAttributes, token + pos - content.get());
 
             panel_info->url_list.emplace_back(g_match_info_fetch(info, 0),
                                               attr.column,
@@ -569,9 +570,9 @@ static void open_selection(char *browser, VteTerminal *vte) {
     }
 
     if (browser) {
-        auto selection = std::make_unique<gchar*>(vte_terminal_get_selection(vte));
+        auto selection = make_unique(vte_terminal_get_selection(vte), g_free);
         if (selection && *selection) {
-            launch_browser(browser, *selection.get());
+            launch_browser(browser, selection.get());
         }
     } else {
         g_printerr("no browser to open url\n");
@@ -1182,21 +1183,21 @@ gboolean position_overlay_cb(GtkBin *overlay, GtkWidget *widget, GdkRectangle *a
 gboolean button_press_cb(VteTerminal *vte, GdkEventButton *event, const config_info *info) {
     if (info->clickable_url && event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS) {
 #if VTE_CHECK_VERSION (0, 49, 1)
-        auto match = std::make_unique<gchar*>(vte_terminal_hyperlink_check_event(vte, (GdkEvent*)event));
+        auto match = make_unique(vte_terminal_hyperlink_check_event(vte, (GdkEvent*)event), g_free);
         if (!match) {
-            match = std::make_unique<gchar*>(check_match(vte, event));
+            match = make_unique(check_match(vte, event), g_free);
         }
 #else
-        auto match = std::make_unique<gchar*>(check_match(vte, event));
+        auto match = make_unique(check_match(vte, event), g_free);
 #endif
         if (!match)
             return FALSE;
 
         if (event->button == 1) {
-            launch_browser(info->browser, *match.get());
+            launch_browser(info->browser, match.get());
         } else if (event->button == 3) {
             GtkClipboard *clipboard = gtk_clipboard_get(GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD);
-            gtk_clipboard_set_text(clipboard, *match.get(), -1);
+            gtk_clipboard_set_text(clipboard, match.get(), -1);
         }
 
         return TRUE;