diff --git a/src/extension/infer.rs b/src/extension/infer.rs
index 856681adf..759c3dde5 100644
--- a/src/extension/infer.rs
+++ b/src/extension/infer.rs
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ impl UnificationContext {
                         });
 
                 let (rs, other_ms): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = plus_constraints.unzip();
-                let solution = rs.iter().fold(ExtensionSet::new(), |e1, e2| e1.union(e2));
+                let solution = rs.iter().fold(ExtensionSet::new(), ExtensionSet::union);
                 let unresolved_metas = other_ms
                     .into_iter()
                     .filter(|other_m| m != *other_m)
@@ -705,9 +705,8 @@ impl UnificationContext {
         println!("{:?}", relations.node_map);
         println!("{:?}", relations.graph);
 
-        // Process the strongly-connected components. We need to deal with these
-        // depended-upon before depender. ccs() gives them back in some order
-        // - this might need to be reversed????
+        // Process the strongly-connected components. petgraph/sccs() returns these
+        // depended-upon before dependant, as we need.
         for cc in relations.sccs() {
             // Strongly connected components are looping constraint dependencies.
             // This means that each metavariable in the CC has the same solution.
@@ -1664,22 +1663,36 @@ mod test {
     // Test that logic for dealing with self-referential constraints doesn't
     // fall over when a self-referencing group of metas also references a meta
     // outside the group
-    fn failing_sccs_test() {
+    fn sccs() {
         let hugr = Hugr::default();
         let mut ctx = UnificationContext::new(&hugr);
+        // Make a strongly-connected component (loop)
         let m1 = ctx.fresh_meta();
         let m2 = ctx.fresh_meta();
         let m3 = ctx.fresh_meta();
-        // Outside of the connected component
-        let m_other = ctx.fresh_meta();
-        // These 3 metavariables form a loop
         ctx.add_constraint(m1, Constraint::Plus(ExtensionSet::singleton(&A), m3));
-        ctx.add_constraint(m2, Constraint::Plus(ExtensionSet::singleton(&A), m1));
+        ctx.add_constraint(m2, Constraint::Plus(ExtensionSet::singleton(&B), m1));
         ctx.add_constraint(m3, Constraint::Plus(ExtensionSet::singleton(&A), m2));
-        // This other meta is outside the loop, but depended on by one of the loop metas
-        ctx.add_constraint(m2, Constraint::Plus(ExtensionSet::singleton(&A), m_other));
+        // And a second scc
+        let m4 = ctx.fresh_meta();
+        let m5 = ctx.fresh_meta();
+        ctx.add_constraint(m4, Constraint::Plus(ExtensionSet::singleton(&C), m5));
+        ctx.add_constraint(m5, Constraint::Plus(ExtensionSet::singleton(&C), m4));
+        // Make second component depend upon first
+        ctx.add_constraint(
+            m4,
+            Constraint::Plus(ExtensionSet::singleton(&UNKNOWN_EXTENSION), m3),
+        );
         ctx.variables.insert(m1);
-        ctx.variables.insert(m_other);
+        ctx.variables.insert(m4);
         ctx.instantiate_variables();
+        assert_eq!(
+            ctx.get_solution(&m1),
+            Some(&ExtensionSet::from_iter([A, B]))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            ctx.get_solution(&m4),
+            Some(&ExtensionSet::from_iter([A, B, C, UNKNOWN_EXTENSION]))
+        );
     }
 }