diff --git a/third_party/googletest/BUILD.gn b/third_party/googletest/BUILD.gn
index 8271959ad0..8b9398cb59 100644
--- a/third_party/googletest/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/googletest/BUILD.gn
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ config("gtest_config") {
     # and other systems, we tell gtest to always use its internal engine.
     "GTEST_HAS_POSIX_RE=0",
 
+    # Enables C++11 features.
     "GTEST_LANG_CXX11=1",
-    "GTEST_HAS_STD_TUPLE=1",
+
+    # Prevents gtest from including both <tr1/tuple> and <tuple>.
+    "GTEST_HAS_TR1_TUPLE=0",
   ]
 
   # Gtest headers need to be able to find themselves.