diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/dependence/dependence.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/dependence/dependence.factor
index 73bb6f203d..3ba6a2b9b1 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/dependence/dependence.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/dependence/dependence.factor
@@ -84,13 +84,12 @@ M: object add-control-edge 2drop ;
 : set-roots ( nodes -- )
     [ ready? ] V{ } filter-as roots set ;
 
-: build-dependence-graph ( instructions -- )
-    [ <node> ] map {
+: build-dependence-graph ( nodes -- )
+    {
         [ add-control-edges ]
         [ add-data-edges ]
         [ set-follows ]
         [ set-roots ]
-        [ nodes set ]
     } cleave ;
 
 ! Sethi-Ulmann numbering
@@ -121,8 +120,7 @@ M: object add-control-edge 2drop ;
         ] if-empty
     ] [ drop ] if ;
 
-: make-trees ( -- trees )
-    nodes get
+: make-trees ( nodes -- trees )
     [ [ choose-parent ] each ]
     [ [ parent>> not ] filter ] bi ;
 
@@ -146,8 +144,8 @@ ERROR: node-missing-children trees nodes ;
 : verify-trees ( trees -- trees )
     verify-parents verify-children ;
 
-: build-fan-in-trees ( -- )
-    make-trees verify-trees [
+: build-fan-in-trees ( nodes -- )
+    dup nodes set make-trees verify-trees [
         -1/0. >>parent-index
         calculate-registers drop
     ] each ;
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/scheduling/scheduling-docs.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/scheduling/scheduling-docs.factor
index 5a61168c86..6571807260 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/scheduling/scheduling-docs.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/scheduling/scheduling-docs.factor
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 USING: compiler.cfg compiler.cfg.height help.markup help.syntax sequences ;
 IN: compiler.cfg.scheduling
 
-HELP: number-insns
-{ $values { "insns" sequence } }
-{ $description "Assigns a sequence number to the " { $slot "insn#" } " slot of each instruction in the sequence." } ;
-
 HELP: schedule-instructions
 { $values { "cfg" cfg } { "cfg'" cfg } }
 { $description "Performs a instruction scheduling optimization pass over the CFG to attempt to reduce the number of spills. The step must be performed after " { $link normalize-height } " or else invalid peeks might be inserted into the CFG." } ;
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/scheduling/scheduling.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/scheduling/scheduling.factor
index e42e8fdf90..7079a178f0 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/scheduling/scheduling.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/scheduling/scheduling.factor
@@ -66,15 +66,21 @@ conditional-branch-insn
 : final-insn-start ( insns -- n )
     [ final-insn? not ] find-last drop [ 1 + ] [ 0 ] if* ;
 
+! hack to get bootstrapping working
+: split-indices-int ( seq indices -- pieces )
+    over length suffix 0 swap [ dup swapd 2array ] map nip
+    [ first2 rot subseq ] with map ;
+
 : split-insns ( insns -- pre/body/post )
-    dup [ initial-insn-end ] [ final-insn-start ] bi 2array split-indices ;
+    dup [ initial-insn-end ] [ final-insn-start ] bi 2array split-indices-int ;
+
+: reorder-body ( body -- body' )
+    [ <node> ] map
+    [ build-dependence-graph ] [ build-fan-in-trees ] bi
+    [ (reorder) ] V{ } make reverse ;
 
 : reorder ( insns -- insns' )
-    split-insns first3 [
-        build-dependence-graph
-        build-fan-in-trees
-        [ (reorder) ] V{ } make reverse
-    ] dip 3append ;
+    split-insns first3 [ reorder-body ] dip 3append ;
 
 : schedule-block ( bb -- )
     [ reorder ] change-instructions drop ;