diff --git a/src/ast/pattern/pattern_inference.cpp b/src/ast/pattern/pattern_inference.cpp
index 87f17beb87..a8ad720b07 100644
--- a/src/ast/pattern/pattern_inference.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/pattern/pattern_inference.cpp
@@ -173,13 +173,9 @@ inline void pattern_inference_cfg::collect::save(expr * n, unsigned delta, info
 void pattern_inference_cfg::collect::save_candidate(expr * n, unsigned delta) {
     switch (n->get_kind()) {
     case AST_VAR: {
-        unsigned idx = to_var(n)->get_idx();
-        if (idx >= m_num_bindings + delta) {
-            save(n, delta, nullptr);
-            return;
-        }
         uint_set free_vars;
-        if (delta <= idx)
+        unsigned idx = to_var(n)->get_idx();
+        if (delta <= idx && idx < m_num_bindings + delta) 
             free_vars.insert(idx - delta);
         info * i = alloc(info, m, n, free_vars, 1);
         save(n, delta, i);
diff --git a/src/smt/smt_quantifier.cpp b/src/smt/smt_quantifier.cpp
index f253f24e5d..57702daf32 100644
--- a/src/smt/smt_quantifier.cpp
+++ b/src/smt/smt_quantifier.cpp
@@ -917,7 +917,6 @@ namespace smt {
         void propagate() override {
             if (!m_active)
                 return;
-            IF_VERBOSE(10, verbose_stream() << "ho_matching: propagate(), mam.has_work=" << m_mam->has_work() << "\n");
             m_mam->match();
             if (!m_context->relevancy() && use_ematching()) {
                 ptr_vector<enode>::const_iterator it  = m_context->begin_enodes();
diff --git a/src/smt/theory_array_base.cpp b/src/smt/theory_array_base.cpp
index 1d25d4893d..f83f1153f2 100644
--- a/src/smt/theory_array_base.cpp
+++ b/src/smt/theory_array_base.cpp
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ namespace smt {
     }
 
     void theory_array_base::assert_congruent(enode * a1, enode * a2) {
+        if (ctx.get_fparams().m_array_fake_support)
+            return;
         TRACE(array, tout << "congruent: #" << a1->get_owner_id() << " #" << a2->get_owner_id() << "\n";);
         SASSERT(is_array_sort(a1));
         SASSERT(is_array_sort(a2));