diff --git a/src/sat/sat_solver/inc_sat_solver.cpp b/src/sat/sat_solver/inc_sat_solver.cpp
index 60f185695..1eee15893 100644
--- a/src/sat/sat_solver/inc_sat_solver.cpp
+++ b/src/sat/sat_solver/inc_sat_solver.cpp
@@ -108,18 +108,11 @@ public:
         for (unsigned l : m_fmls_lim) result->m_fmls_lim.push_back(l);
         for (unsigned a : m_asms_lim) result->m_asms_lim.push_back(a);
         for (unsigned h : m_fmls_head_lim) result->m_fmls_head_lim.push_back(h);
-        std::cout << "translate internalized " << m_internalized_fmls.size() << "\n";
-        std::cout.flush();
         for (expr* f : m_internalized_fmls) result->m_internalized_fmls.push_back(tr(f));
-        std::cout << "mc0\n";
-        std::cout.flush();
-        model_converter_ref mc = concat(mc0(), get_model_converter().get());
-        if (mc) {
-            ast_translation tr(m, dst_m);
-            result->set_model_converter(mc->translate(tr));
-        } 
-        std::cout << "mc1\n";
-        std::cout.flush();
+        if (m_mc) result->m_mc = m_mc->translate(tr);
+        if (m_mc0) result->m_mc0 = m_mc0->translate(tr);
+        //if (m_sat_mc) result->m_sat_mc = m_sat_mc->translate(tr);         MN: commenting this line removes bloat
+        // copy m_bb_rewriter?
         result->m_internalized = m_internalized;
         result->m_internalized_converted = m_internalized_converted;
         return result;
diff --git a/src/sat/tactic/goal2sat.cpp b/src/sat/tactic/goal2sat.cpp
index 75892d12b..648bd3cf1 100644
--- a/src/sat/tactic/goal2sat.cpp
+++ b/src/sat/tactic/goal2sat.cpp
@@ -891,6 +891,35 @@ struct sat2goal::imp {
             m_var2expr(m) {
         }
         
+        void ensure_imc() {
+            if (m_imc) return;
+            m_imc = alloc(generic_model_converter, m());
+            sat::literal_vector updates;
+            m_mc.expand(updates);
+            sat::literal_vector clause;
+            expr_ref_vector tail(m());
+            expr_ref def(m());
+            for (sat::literal l : updates) {
+                if (l == sat::null_literal) {
+                    sat::literal lit0 = clause[0];
+                    for (unsigned i = 1; i < clause.size(); ++i) {
+                        tail.push_back(lit2expr(~clause[i]));
+                    }
+                    def = m().mk_or(lit2expr(lit0), mk_and(tail));
+                    if (lit0.sign()) {
+                        lit0.neg();
+                        def = m().mk_not(def);
+                    }
+                    m_imc->add(lit2expr(lit0), def);
+                    clause.reset();
+                    tail.reset();
+                }
+                else {
+                    clause.push_back(l);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
     public:
         sat_model_converter(ast_manager & m, sat::solver const & s):m_var2expr(m) {
             m_mc.copy(s.get_model_converter());
@@ -979,6 +1008,7 @@ struct sat2goal::imp {
         
         virtual model_converter * translate(ast_translation & translator) {
             sat_model_converter * res = alloc(sat_model_converter, translator.to());
+            res->m_mc = m_mc;
             res->m_fmc = static_cast<generic_model_converter*>(m_fmc->translate(translator));
             for (expr* e : m_var2expr) 
                 res->m_var2expr.push_back(e ? translator(e) : nullptr);
@@ -995,30 +1025,8 @@ struct sat2goal::imp {
         }
 
         void display(std::ostream & out) {
-            sat::literal_vector updates;
-            m_mc.expand(updates);
-            sat::literal_vector clause;
-            expr_ref_vector tail(m());
-            expr_ref def(m());
-            for (sat::literal l : updates) {
-                if (l == sat::null_literal) {
-                    sat::literal lit0 = clause[0];
-                    for (unsigned i = 1; i < clause.size(); ++i) {
-                        tail.push_back(lit2expr(~clause[i]));
-                    }
-                    def = m().mk_or(lit2expr(lit0), mk_and(tail));            
-                    if (lit0.sign()) {
-                        lit0.neg();
-                        def = m().mk_not(def);
-                    }
-                    display_add(out, m(), to_app(lit2expr(lit0))->get_decl(), def);
-                    clause.reset();
-                    tail.reset();
-                }
-                else {
-                    clause.push_back(l);
-                }
-            }
+            ensure_imc();
+            m_imc->display(out);
             m_fmc->display(out);
         }
         
@@ -1026,36 +1034,12 @@ struct sat2goal::imp {
             m_env = &visitor.env();
             for (expr* e : m_var2expr) if (e) visitor.coll.visit(e);
             if (m_fmc) m_fmc->collect(visitor);
+            ensure_imc();
+            m_imc->collect(visitor);
         }
 
         void operator()(expr_ref& formula) override {
-            if (!m_imc) {
-                m_imc = alloc(generic_model_converter, m());
-                sat::literal_vector updates;
-                m_mc.expand(updates);
-                sat::literal_vector clause;
-                expr_ref_vector tail(m());
-                expr_ref def(m());
-                for (sat::literal l : updates) {
-                    if (l == sat::null_literal) {
-                        sat::literal lit0 = clause[0];
-                        for (unsigned i = 1; i < clause.size(); ++i) {
-                            tail.push_back(lit2expr(~clause[i]));
-                        }
-                        def = m().mk_or(lit2expr(lit0), mk_and(tail));
-                        if (lit0.sign()) {
-                            lit0.neg();
-                            def = m().mk_not(def);
-                        }
-                        m_imc->add(lit2expr(lit0), def);
-                        clause.reset();
-                        tail.reset();
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        clause.push_back(l);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            ensure_imc();
             (*m_imc)(formula);
         }
     };