diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e394fc496d3134fb24ad51ded2f8e59e1fbf94c0..1753c49c502e20d0cb4b9598a319c01b2ba78bef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ endif()
 option(OTB_USE_DEPRECATED "Turn on the use and test of deprecated classes" OFF)
 mark_as_advanced(OTB_USE_DEPRECATED)
 
-option(OTB_USE_OPENMP "Add openmp compiler and linker flags" ON)
-option(OTB_USE_SSE_FLAGS "Enable SIMD optimizations (hardware dependant)." OFF)
+option(OTB_USE_OPENMP "Add openmp compiler and linker flags" OFF)
+option(OTB_USE_SSE_FLAGS "Enable SIMD optimizations (hardware dependant)." ON)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SHOW_ALL_MSG_DEBUG option
 option(OTB_SHOW_ALL_MSG_DEBUG "Show all debug messages (very verbose)" OFF)
diff --git a/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt b/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
index e36f7ada41f055b50f03334ec5832ee11984a301..772c5126d36c4eec0f3dac4d527c99b20f76d242 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,14 +49,9 @@ endif()
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build OTB with shared libraries." ON)
 option(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS "Build with static libraries." OFF)
 option(WITH_REMOTE_MODULES "Build with specific list of remote modules." OFF)
+option(OTB_USE_OPENMP "use openmp" OFF)
 set(OTB_ADDITIONAL_CACHE "" CACHE STRING "Additional cmake option for OTB -DVAR:TYPE=VALUE ...")
 
-option(OTB_USE_OPENMP "use openmp" ON)
-if(WIN32)
-  option(OTB_USE_OPENMP "use openmp" OFF)
-endif()
-
-
 if(APPLE)
   if(POLICY CMP0042)
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0042 NEW)