diff --git a/src/sat/smt/arith_internalize.cpp b/src/sat/smt/arith_internalize.cpp
index 6f4963990..732cbfc6f 100644
--- a/src/sat/smt/arith_internalize.cpp
+++ b/src/sat/smt/arith_internalize.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace arith {
             m_nla->settings().grobner_number_of_conflicts_to_report() = prms.arith_nl_grobner_cnfl_to_report();
             m_nla->settings().grobner_quota() = prms.arith_nl_gr_q();
             m_nla->settings().grobner_frequency() = prms.arith_nl_grobner_frequency();
-            m_nla->settings().expensive_patching() = prms.arith_nl_expp();
+            m_nla->settings().expensive_patching() = false;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/smt/theory_lra.cpp b/src/smt/theory_lra.cpp
index 65e51fe03..cf1d73892 100644
--- a/src/smt/theory_lra.cpp
+++ b/src/smt/theory_lra.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class theory_lra::imp {
             m_nla->settings().grobner_number_of_conflicts_to_report() = prms.arith_nl_grobner_cnfl_to_report();
             m_nla->settings().grobner_quota() =               prms.arith_nl_gr_q();
             m_nla->settings().grobner_frequency() =           prms.arith_nl_grobner_frequency();
-            m_nla->settings().expensive_patching()  =         prms.arith_nl_expp();
+            m_nla->settings().expensive_patching()  =         false;
         }
     }