diff --git a/src/modelchecker/reachability/SparseSccModelChecker.cpp b/src/modelchecker/reachability/SparseSccModelChecker.cpp
index 0f1fb968c..51ba38c64 100644
--- a/src/modelchecker/reachability/SparseSccModelChecker.cpp
+++ b/src/modelchecker/reachability/SparseSccModelChecker.cpp
@@ -143,12 +143,6 @@ namespace storm {
                 auto modelCheckingStart = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
                 std::vector<storm::storage::sparse::state_type> entryStateQueue;
                 uint_fast64_t maximalDepth = treatScc(dtmc, flexibleMatrix, oneStepProbabilities, newInitialStates, subsystem, submatrix, flexibleBackwardTransitions, false, 0, storm::settings::parametricSettings().getMaximalSccSize(), entryStateQueue, distances);
-                
-                if (storm::settings::parametricSettings().isEliminateEntryStatesLastSet()) {
-                    for (auto const& state : entryStateQueue) {
-                        std::cout << "state " << state << " has " << flexibleMatrix.getRow(state).size() << " outgoing transitions and " << flexibleBackwardTransitions.getRow(state).size() << " predecessors. " << std::endl;
-                    }
-                }
 
                 // If the entry states were to be eliminated last, we need to do so now.
                 STORM_LOG_DEBUG("Eliminating " << entryStateQueue.size() << " entry states as a last step.");
diff --git a/src/settings/modules/ParametricSettings.cpp b/src/settings/modules/ParametricSettings.cpp
index fb0b87f57..50e7dfa47 100644
--- a/src/settings/modules/ParametricSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings/modules/ParametricSettings.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace storm {
                 this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, entryStatesLastOptionName, true, "Sets whether the entry states are eliminated last.").build());
                 this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, sortTrivialSccOptionName, true, "Sets whether the trivial SCCs are to be eliminated in descending order with respect to their distances from the initial state.").build());
                 this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, maximalSccSizeOptionName, true, "Sets the maximal size of the SCCs for which state elimination is applied.")
-                                .addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createUnsignedIntegerArgument("maxsize", "The maximal size of an SCC on which state elimination is applied.").setDefaultValueUnsignedInteger(50).setIsOptional(true).build()).build());
+                                .addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createUnsignedIntegerArgument("maxsize", "The maximal size of an SCC on which state elimination is applied.").setDefaultValueUnsignedInteger(20).setIsOptional(true).build()).build());
             }
             
             bool ParametricSettings::isEliminateEntryStatesLastSet() const {