diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 44e630ac..f15eb76a 100755
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ before_install:
 
 script:
   - mkdir build && cd build
-  - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DVERBOSE_CONFIG=ON -DGANON_OFFSET=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON ..
+  - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DVERBOSE_CONFIG=ON -DGANON_OFFSET=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON -DCONDA=OFF ..
   - cat compile_commands.json
   - cmake --build . -- -j2
   - ctest -VV .
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c641ea5c..c8e52c26 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ endif()
 
 option( VERBOSE_CONFIG "Verbose mode for quick build setup debugging" OFF )
 option( GANON_OFFSET "Enable offset for ganon-classify" OFF )
+option( CONDA "Flag for compilation in conda env." OFF )
 option( INCLUDE_DIRS "Include directories to look for libraries" "" )
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -76,7 +77,9 @@ endif()
 
 # seqan specific flags:
 
-add_compile_options( -static -march=native )
+if ( NOT CONDA )
+	add_compile_options( -static -march=native )
+endif()
 
 # Enable offset:
 
@@ -145,8 +148,6 @@ if( VERBOSE_CONFIG )
     message( STATUS "  Build type        : ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" )
     message( STATUS "  CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS   : ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}" )
     message( STATUS "  INCLUDE_DIRS      : ${INCLUDE_DIRS}" )
-    cmake_host_system_information(RESULT HAS_SSE42 QUERY HAS_SSE2)
-    message( STATUS "  HAS_SSE42         : ${HAS_SSE42}" )
     get_directory_property( dirCompileOptions COMPILE_OPTIONS )
     message( STATUS "  COMPILE_OPTIONS   : ${dirCompileOptions}" )
 endif()