diff --git a/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 3380b731e..c706ed6a2 100644
--- a/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -364,13 +364,12 @@ include(${STORM_3RDPARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/include_xerces.cmake)
 ##
 #############################################################
 
-if(STORM_USE_LTO)
 ExternalProject_Add(
         sylvan
         DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
         PREFIX "sylvan"
         SOURCE_DIR ${STORM_3RDPARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/sylvan
-        CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -DSYLVAN_BUILD_DOCS=OFF -DSYLVAN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DUSE_CARL=ON -Dcarl_INCLUDE_DIR=${carl_INCLUDE_DIR} -DSYLVAN_PORTABLE=${STORM_PORTABLE} -Dcarl_LIBRARIES=${carl_LIBRARIES} -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSYLVAN_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DSYLVAN_USE_LTO=ON
+        CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -DSYLVAN_BUILD_DOCS=OFF -DSYLVAN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DUSE_CARL=ON -Dcarl_INCLUDE_DIR=${carl_INCLUDE_DIR} -DSYLVAN_PORTABLE=${STORM_PORTABLE} -Dcarl_LIBRARIES=${carl_LIBRARIES} -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSYLVAN_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
         BINARY_DIR ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/sylvan
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 0
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""
@@ -380,23 +379,6 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
         BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/sylvan/src/libsylvan${STATIC_EXT}
         BUILD_ALWAYS 1
 )
-else()
-ExternalProject_Add(
-        sylvan
-        DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
-        PREFIX "sylvan"
-        SOURCE_DIR ${STORM_3RDPARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/sylvan
-        CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -DSYLVAN_BUILD_DOCS=OFF -DSYLVAN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DUSE_CARL=ON -Dcarl_INCLUDE_DIR=${carl_INCLUDE_DIR} -DSYLVAN_PORTABLE=${STORM_PORTABLE} -Dcarl_LIBRARIES=${carl_LIBRARIES} -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSYLVAN_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DSYLVAN_USE_LTO=OFF
-        BINARY_DIR ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/sylvan
-        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 0
-        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-        INSTALL_DIR ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/sylvan
-        LOG_CONFIGURE ON
-        LOG_BUILD ON
-        BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/sylvan/src/libsylvan${STATIC_EXT}
-        BUILD_ALWAYS 1
-)
-endif()
 
 ExternalProject_Get_Property(sylvan source_dir)
 ExternalProject_Get_Property(sylvan binary_dir)
diff --git a/resources/3rdparty/sylvan/CMakeLists.txt b/resources/3rdparty/sylvan/CMakeLists.txt
index dae81eefe..a251eadec 100755
--- a/resources/3rdparty/sylvan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/resources/3rdparty/sylvan/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,20 +33,6 @@ if (NOT SYLVAN_PORTABLE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -march=native")
 endif()
 
-if (SYLVAN_USE_LTO)
-    message(STATUS "Sylvan - Enabling LTO.")
-    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -flto -flto-partition=none")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -flto -flto-partition=none")
-    
-    # For GCC, we need to set the ar/ranlib commands to use the gcc wrappers to account for LTO.
-    if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
-        message(STATUS "Sylvan - Setting ar/ranlib to account for LTO.")
-        set(CMAKE_AR gcc-ar CACHE FILEPATH "Archiver" FORCE)
-        set(CMAKE_RANLIB gcc-ranlib CACHE FILEPATH "Ranlib" FORCE)
-        message(STATUS "Sylvan - ar/ranlib are ${CMAKE_AR} and ${CMAKE_RANLIB}, respectively.")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
 option(WITH_COVERAGE "Add generation of test coverage" OFF)
 if(WITH_COVERAGE)
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -O0 -g -coverage")