diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3aad06992..5600f12f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-03-07  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@lrde.epita.fr>
+
+	Do not rewrite F(a & GF(b)) = F(a) & GF(b), this can be harmful.
+
+	* src/ltlvisit/basicreduce.cc (basic_reduce_visitor::recurse):
+	Disable this rule unconditionally.
+	* src/ltltest/reduccmp.test: Adjust tests.
+
 2010-03-06  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@lrde.epita.fr>
 
 	* src/tgba/tgbatba.cc: Fix English in comments.
diff --git a/src/ltltest/reduccmp.test b/src/ltltest/reduccmp.test
index c4e2c4152..d45202c5a 100755
--- a/src/ltltest/reduccmp.test
+++ b/src/ltltest/reduccmp.test
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2009 Laboratoire de Recherche et Développement
+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Laboratoire de Recherche et Développement
 # de l'Epita (LRDE).
 # Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 (LIP6),
 # département Systèmes Répartis Coopératifs (SRC), Université Pierre
@@ -86,12 +86,20 @@ for x in ../reduccmp ../reductaustr; do
 
      run 0 $x 'X(a & GFb)' 'Xa & GFb'
      run 0 $x 'X(a | GFb)' 'Xa | GFb'
-     run 0 $x 'F(a & GFb)' 'Fa & GFb'
+     # The following is not reduced to F(a) & GFb.  because
+     # (1) is does not help the translate the formula into a
+     #     smaller automaton, and ...
+     run 0 $x 'F(a & GFb)' 'F(a & GFb)'
+     # (2) ... it would hinder this useful reduction (that helps to
+     #     produce a smaller automaton)
+     run 0 $x 'F(f1 & GF(f2)) | F(a & GF(b))' 'F((f1&GFf2)|(a&GFb))'
      run 0 $x 'G(a | GFb)' 'Ga | GFb'
 
      run 0 $x 'X(a & GFb & c)' 'X(a & c) & GFb'
      run 0 $x 'X(a | GFb | c)' 'X(a | c) | GFb'
-     run 0 $x 'F(a & GFb & c)' 'F(a & c) & GFb'
+     # The following is not reduced to F(a & c) & GF(b) for the same
+     # reason as above.
+     run 0 $x 'F(a & GFb & c)' 'F(a & GFb & c)'
      run 0 $x 'G(a | GFb | c)' 'G(a | c) | GFb'
      ;;
   esac
diff --git a/src/ltlvisit/basicreduce.cc b/src/ltlvisit/basicreduce.cc
index d5175a7da..2c6f4294a 100644
--- a/src/ltlvisit/basicreduce.cc
+++ b/src/ltlvisit/basicreduce.cc
@@ -169,13 +169,28 @@ namespace spot
 		  return;
 		}
 
+#if 0
 	      // F(f1 & GF(f2)) = F(f1) & GF(F2)
+	      //
+	      // As is, these two formulae are translated into
+	      // equivalent Büchi automata so the rewriting is
+	      // useless.
+	      //
+	      // However when taken in a larger formulae such as F(f1
+	      // & GF(f2)) | F(a & GF(b)), this rewriting used to
+	      // produce (F(f1) & GF(f2)) | (F(a) & GF(b)), missing
+	      // the opportunity to apply the F(E1)|F(E2) = F(E1|E2)
+	      // rule which really helps the translation. F((f1 &
+	      // GF(f2)) | (a & GF(b))) is indeed easier to translate.
+	      //
+	      // So let's not consider this rewriting rule.
 	      mo = dynamic_cast<multop*>(result_);
 	      if (mo && mo->op() == multop::And)
 		{
 		  result_ = param_case(mo, unop::F, multop::And);
 		  return;
 		}
+#endif
 
 	      result_ = unop::instance(unop::F, result_);
 	      return;