diff --git a/src/sat/sat_solver/inc_sat_solver.cpp b/src/sat/sat_solver/inc_sat_solver.cpp
index e03ae8c07..ae5cef768 100644
--- a/src/sat/sat_solver/inc_sat_solver.cpp
+++ b/src/sat/sat_solver/inc_sat_solver.cpp
@@ -492,7 +492,8 @@ public:
         }
         sat::literal_vector lits;
         expr_ref_vector fmls(m);
-        if (!m_params.get_bool("cube.lookahead", false)) {
+        parallel_params pp(m_params);
+        if (!pp.cube_lookahead()) {
             sat::bool_var_vector candidates;
             unsigned search_lvl = m_solver.search_lvl();
             for (sat::bool_var v : vars) {
diff --git a/src/smt/smt_solver.cpp b/src/smt/smt_solver.cpp
index 3687f1194..dd03c3a6c 100644
--- a/src/smt/smt_solver.cpp
+++ b/src/smt/smt_solver.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Notes:
 #include "params/smt_params.h"
 #include "params/smt_params_helper.hpp"
 #include "solver/solver_na2as.h"
+#include "solver/parallel_params.hpp"
 #include "solver/mus.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -436,7 +437,8 @@ namespace {
 
         expr_ref_vector cube(expr_ref_vector& vars, unsigned cutoff) override {
             ast_manager& m = get_manager();
-            if (!get_params().get_bool("cube.lookahead", false)) {
+            parallel_params pp(get_params());
+            if (!pp.cube_lookahead()) {
                 auto& ctx = m_context.get_context();
                 expr_mark selected_vars;
                 for (expr* v : vars)