diff --git a/src/smt/params/smt_params_helper.pyg b/src/smt/params/smt_params_helper.pyg
index 28e1490a7..dc947a739 100644
--- a/src/smt/params/smt_params_helper.pyg
+++ b/src/smt/params/smt_params_helper.pyg
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ def_module_params(module_name='smt',
                           ('arith.simplex_strategy', UINT, 0, 'simplex strategy for the solver'),
                           ('arith.enable_hnf', BOOL, True, 'enable hnf (Hermite Normal Form) cuts'),
                           ('arith.bprop_on_pivoted_rows', BOOL, True, 'propagate bounds on rows changed by the pivot operation'),
-                          ('arith.nla', BOOL, False, 'call nonlinear solver'),
                           ('arith.print_ext_var_names', BOOL, False, 'print external variable names'),
                           ('pb.conflict_frequency', UINT, 1000, 'conflict frequency for Pseudo-Boolean theory'),
                           ('pb.learn_complements', BOOL, True, 'learn complement literals for Pseudo-Boolean theory'),
diff --git a/src/smt/theory_lra.cpp b/src/smt/theory_lra.cpp
index 905f15bcc..dd2298591 100644
--- a/src/smt/theory_lra.cpp
+++ b/src/smt/theory_lra.cpp
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class theory_lra::imp {
         
         lp().settings().m_int_run_gcd_test = ctx().get_fparams().m_arith_gcd_test;
         lp().settings().set_random_seed(ctx().get_fparams().m_random_seed);
-        m_switcher.m_use_nla = lpar.arith_nla();
+        m_switcher.m_use_nla = true;
         m_lia = alloc(lp::int_solver, *m_solver.get());
         get_one(true);
         get_zero(true);