diff --git a/lib/Analysis/ScopInfo.cpp b/lib/Analysis/ScopInfo.cpp
index 6599612..d0ade9f 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/ScopInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/ScopInfo.cpp
@@ -1710,6 +1710,10 @@
     : IslCtx(isl_ctx_alloc(), isl_ctx_free), SE(&ScalarEvolution), DT(&DT),
       R(R), name(None), HasSingleExitEdge(R.getExitingBlock()), DC(DC),
       ORE(ORE), Affinator(this, LI), ID(ID) {
+
+  // Options defaults that are different from ISL's.
+  isl_options_set_schedule_serialize_sccs(IslCtx.get(), true);
+
   SmallVector<char *, 8> IslArgv;
   IslArgv.reserve(1 + IslArgs.size());
 
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/PPCGCodeGeneration.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/PPCGCodeGeneration.cpp
index 1c4e249..f7fc215 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/PPCGCodeGeneration.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/PPCGCodeGeneration.cpp
@@ -3249,6 +3249,7 @@
     PPCGGen->kernel_id = 0;
 
     // Set scheduling strategy to same strategy PPCG is using.
+    isl_options_set_schedule_serialize_sccs(PPCGGen->ctx, false);
     isl_options_set_schedule_outer_coincidence(PPCGGen->ctx, true);
     isl_options_set_schedule_maximize_band_depth(PPCGGen->ctx, true);
     isl_options_set_schedule_whole_component(PPCGGen->ctx, false);
diff --git a/lib/Transform/ScheduleOptimizer.cpp b/lib/Transform/ScheduleOptimizer.cpp
index 93bf26f..4c47b8f 100644
--- a/lib/Transform/ScheduleOptimizer.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transform/ScheduleOptimizer.cpp
@@ -787,20 +787,7 @@
     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Proximity := " << Proximity << ";\n");
     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Validity := " << Validity << ";\n");
 
-    unsigned IslSerializeSCCs;
-
-    if (FusionStrategy == "max") {
-      IslSerializeSCCs = 0;
-    } else if (FusionStrategy == "min") {
-      IslSerializeSCCs = 1;
-    } else {
-      errs() << "warning: Unknown fusion strategy. Falling back to maximal "
-                "fusion.\n";
-      IslSerializeSCCs = 0;
-    }
-
     int IslMaximizeBands;
-
     if (MaximizeBandDepth == "yes") {
       IslMaximizeBands = 1;
     } else if (MaximizeBandDepth == "no") {
@@ -813,7 +800,6 @@
     }
 
     int IslOuterCoincidence;
-
     if (OuterCoincidence == "yes") {
       IslOuterCoincidence = 1;
     } else if (OuterCoincidence == "no") {
@@ -827,7 +813,6 @@
     isl_ctx *Ctx = S.getIslCtx().get();
 
     isl_options_set_schedule_outer_coincidence(Ctx, IslOuterCoincidence);
-    isl_options_set_schedule_serialize_sccs(Ctx, IslSerializeSCCs);
     isl_options_set_schedule_maximize_band_depth(Ctx, IslMaximizeBands);
     isl_options_set_schedule_max_constant_term(Ctx, MaxConstantTerm);
     isl_options_set_schedule_max_coefficient(Ctx, MaxCoefficient);
diff --git a/test/ScheduleOptimizer/computeout.ll b/test/ScheduleOptimizer/computeout.ll
index 73f3ead..5f07d47 100644
--- a/test/ScheduleOptimizer/computeout.ll
+++ b/test/ScheduleOptimizer/computeout.ll
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-; RUN: opt -S %loadPolly -basic-aa -polly-opt-isl -polly-opt-fusion=max -polly-ast -analyze < %s | FileCheck %s 
-; RUN: opt -S %loadPolly "-passes=scop(polly-opt-isl,print<polly-ast>)" -polly-opt-fusion=max -disable-output < %s | FileCheck %s
-; RUN: opt -S %loadPolly -basic-aa -polly-opt-isl -polly-opt-fusion=max -polly-ast -analyze -polly-dependences-computeout=1 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=TIMEOUT
-; RUN: opt -S %loadPolly "-passes=scop(polly-opt-isl,print<polly-ast>)" -polly-opt-fusion=max -polly-dependences-computeout=1 -disable-output < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=TIMEOUT
+; RUN: opt -S %loadPolly -basic-aa -polly-opt-isl -polly-isl-arg=--no-schedule-serialize-sccs -polly-ast -analyze < %s | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt -S %loadPolly "-passes=scop(polly-opt-isl,print<polly-ast>)" -polly-isl-arg=--no-schedule-serialize-sccs -disable-output < %s | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt -S %loadPolly -basic-aa -polly-opt-isl -polly-isl-arg=--schedule-serialize-sccs -polly-ast -analyze -polly-dependences-computeout=1 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=TIMEOUT
+; RUN: opt -S %loadPolly "-passes=scop(polly-opt-isl,print<polly-ast>)" -polly-isl-arg=--no-schedule-serialize-sccs -polly-dependences-computeout=1 -disable-output < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=TIMEOUT
 target datalayout = "e-p:64:64:64-i1:8:8-i8:8:8-i16:16:16-i32:32:32-i64:64:64-f32:32:32-f64:64:64-v64:64:64-v128:128:128-a0:0:64-s0:64:64-f80:128:128-n8:16:32:64"
 
 ;     for(i = 0; i < 100; i++ )
diff --git a/test/ScheduleOptimizer/tile_after_fusion.ll b/test/ScheduleOptimizer/tile_after_fusion.ll
index 35f20ce..0ec7f45 100644
--- a/test/ScheduleOptimizer/tile_after_fusion.ll
+++ b/test/ScheduleOptimizer/tile_after_fusion.ll
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; RUN: opt %loadPolly -polly-opt-isl -polly-ast -polly-opt-fusion=max -analyze < %s | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt %loadPolly -polly-opt-isl -polly-ast -polly-isl-arg=--no-schedule-serialize-sccs -analyze < %s | FileCheck %s
 ;
 ;
 ;    void tf(int C[256][256][256], int A0[256][256][256], int A1[256][256][256]) {