diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77c4972428..771cb4e303 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_LIBRARIES
 # GNU GSL
 ################################################################################
 
-option(GSL_ENABLE "Enable the GNU Scientific Library for Statistics" ON)
+option(GSL_ENABLE "Enable the GNU Scientific Library for Statistics" OFF)
 if(GSL_ENABLE)
 	if (NOT EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/ThirdParty/gsl/CMakeLists.txt")
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "The GSL submodule was not downloaded! GIT_SUBMODULE was turned off or failed. Please update submodules and try again.")