diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b63630d6a..66ecc5bc1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ New in spot 2.4.4.dev (net yet released)
 
   - The test suite is now using v4 of the Jupyter Notebook format.
 
+  - The function rabin_is_buchi_realizable() as its name suggests checks
+    if a rabin aut. is Büchi realizable. It is heavily based on
+    tra_to_tba() algorithm.
+
   Deprecation notices:
 
   (These functions still work but compilers emit warnings.)
diff --git a/spot/tl/hierarchy.cc b/spot/tl/hierarchy.cc
index 08ff27a52..2991e081b 100644
--- a/spot/tl/hierarchy.cc
+++ b/spot/tl/hierarchy.cc
@@ -67,17 +67,16 @@ namespace spot
       p.set_type(spot::postprocessor::Generic);
       p.set_pref(spot::postprocessor::Deterministic);
       p.set_level(spot::postprocessor::Low);
-      auto dra = p.run(aut);
-      if (dra->acc().is_generalized_buchi())
+      auto dpa = p.run(aut);
+      if (dpa->acc().is_generalized_buchi())
         {
-          assert(is_deterministic(dra));
+          assert(is_deterministic(dpa));
           return true;
         }
       else
         {
-          auto ba = rabin_to_buchi_maybe(to_generalized_rabin(dra));
-          assert(ba);
-          return is_deterministic(ba);
+          auto dra = to_generalized_rabin(dpa);
+          return rabin_is_buchi_realizable(dra);
         }
     }
   }
diff --git a/spot/twaalgos/remfin.cc b/spot/twaalgos/remfin.cc
index 344e5d31a..2206d8741 100644
--- a/spot/twaalgos/remfin.cc
+++ b/spot/twaalgos/remfin.cc
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ namespace spot
 
             auto filter_data = filter_data_t{aut, keep};
             auto init = aut->edge_storage(*unknown.begin()).src;
-            scc_info si(aut, init, filter, &filter_data);
+            scc_info si(aut, init, filter, &filter_data,
+                scc_info_options::TRACK_STATES);
 
             for (unsigned uscc = 0; uscc < si.scc_count(); ++uscc)
               {
@@ -274,8 +275,8 @@ namespace spot
       std::vector<bool> keep(aut->edge_vector().size(), true);
 
       for (unsigned scc = 0; scc < si.scc_count(); ++scc)
-        scc_is_tba_type[scc] = is_scc_tba_type(aut, si, scc, keep,
-                                               aut_pairs, final);
+          scc_is_tba_type[scc] = is_scc_tba_type(aut, si, scc, keep,
+                                                 aut_pairs, final);
 
       auto res = make_twa_graph(aut->get_dict());
       res->copy_ap_of(aut);
@@ -785,6 +786,31 @@ namespace spot
     }
   }
 
+  bool
+  rabin_is_buchi_realizable(const const_twa_graph_ptr& inaut)
+  {
+    auto aut = cleanup_acceptance(inaut);
+
+    std::vector<acc_cond::rs_pair> pairs;
+    if (!aut->acc().is_rabin_like(pairs))
+      return false;
+
+    auto aut_pairs = rs_pairs_view(pairs);
+    if (aut->get_acceptance().is_t())
+      return false;
+
+    // if is TBA type
+    scc_info si(aut, scc_info_options::TRACK_STATES);
+    std::vector<bool> final(aut->edge_vector().size(), false);
+    std::vector<bool> keep(aut->edge_vector().size(), true);
+
+    for (unsigned scc = 0; scc < si.scc_count(); ++scc)
+      if (!is_scc_tba_type(aut, si, scc, keep, aut_pairs, final))
+        return false;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
   twa_graph_ptr
   rabin_to_buchi_maybe(const const_twa_graph_ptr& aut)
   {
diff --git a/spot/twaalgos/remfin.hh b/spot/twaalgos/remfin.hh
index 6444eba46..7eb26b6eb 100644
--- a/spot/twaalgos/remfin.hh
+++ b/spot/twaalgos/remfin.hh
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 
 namespace spot
 {
+  /// \ingroup twa_acc_transform
+  /// \brief Check if \aut is Büchi-realizable. This is inspired
+  /// from rabin_to_buchi_maybe()'s algorithm. The main difference is that
+  /// here, no automaton is built.
+  SPOT_API bool
+  rabin_is_buchi_realizable(const const_twa_graph_ptr& aut);
+
   /// \ingroup twa_acc_transform
   /// \brief Convert a Rabin automaton to Büchi automaton, preserving
   /// determinism when possible.