diff --git a/compiler/main/mls2seq.ml b/compiler/main/mls2seq.ml
index 97f3577..c49ce95 100644
--- a/compiler/main/mls2seq.ml
+++ b/compiler/main/mls2seq.ml
@@ -54,9 +54,14 @@ let write_obc_file p =
     close_out obc;
     comment "Generation of Obc code"
 
+
+let java_conf () =
+  Compiler_options.do_scalarize := true;
+  ()
+
 let targets =
   [ mk_target ~interface:(IObc Cmain.interface) "c" (Obc_no_params Cmain.program);
-    mk_target "java" (Obc Java_main.program);
+    mk_target ~load_conf:java_conf "java" (Obc Java_main.program);
     mk_target "z3z" (Minils_no_params Sigalimain.program);
     mk_target "obc" (Obc write_obc_file);
     mk_target "obc_np" (Obc_no_params write_obc_file);
diff --git a/compiler/obc/java/java_main.ml b/compiler/obc/java/java_main.ml
index e7d09c3..947a90d 100644
--- a/compiler/obc/java/java_main.ml
+++ b/compiler/obc/java/java_main.ml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ let mk_var ty name =
 
 
 let program p =
-  (*Scalarize*)
-  let p = Compiler_utils.pass "Scalarize" true Scalarize.program p Obc_compiler.pp in
   let p_java = Obc2java.program p in
   let dir = Compiler_utils.build_path "java" in
   Compiler_utils.ensure_dir dir;
diff --git a/compiler/obc/transformations/deadcode.ml b/compiler/obc/transformations/deadcode.ml
index 74e678d..4a39575 100644
--- a/compiler/obc/transformations/deadcode.ml
+++ b/compiler/obc/transformations/deadcode.ml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ open Obc
 open Obc_mapfold
 
 let is_deadcode = function
-    | Aassgn (lhs, e) ->
+    | Aassgn (lhs, e) -> (* remove x=x equations *)
         (match e.e_desc with
            | Eextvalue w -> Obc_compare.compare_lhs_extvalue lhs w = 0
            | _ -> false
diff --git a/compiler/obc/transformations/scalarize.ml b/compiler/obc/transformations/scalarize.ml
index 2f6ecd2..a7a0812 100644
--- a/compiler/obc/transformations/scalarize.ml
+++ b/compiler/obc/transformations/scalarize.ml
@@ -20,38 +20,44 @@ open Obc_mapfold
 (** Scalarize the code : any equation t = e with e_ty an array
     is transformed into : t_ref = e; for i do t[i] = t_ref[i].
     This pass assumes that the backend when encountering t_ref = (e : int^n) will NOT COPY the array
-    but set a reference to it. *)
+    but set a reference to it. That's why it is declared as an alias.
+    No t_ref is created if e was an extended value, no calculation is done, so it can be duplicated.
+    *)
 
 let fresh_for = fresh_for "scalarize"
 
 let act funs () a = match a with
   | Aassgn (p,e) ->
-      (match e.e_ty with
-        | Types.Tarray (t, size) ->
-          (* a reference (alias) to the array, since we could have a full expression *)
-          let array_ref = Idents.gen_var "scalarize" "a_ref" in
-          let vd_array_ref = mk_var_dec array_ref p.pat_ty in
-          (* reference initialization *)
-          let pat_array_ref = mk_pattern ~loc:e.e_loc p.pat_ty (Lvar array_ref) in
-          let init_array_ref = Aassgn (pat_array_ref, e) in
-          (* the copy loop *)
-          let array_ref_i i = mk_ext_value_exp t (Warray (ext_value_of_pattern pat_array_ref, i)) in
-          let p_i i = mk_pattern t (Larray (p, i)) in
-          let copy_i i =
-            (* recursive call to deal with multidimensional arrays (go deeper) *)
-            let a = Aassgn (p_i i, array_ref_i i) in
-            let a, _ = act_it funs () a in
-            [a]
-          in
-          let copy_array = fresh_for (mk_exp_const_int 0) (mk_exp_static_int size) copy_i in
-          (* resulting block *)
-          let block = mk_block ~locals:[vd_array_ref] [init_array_ref; copy_array] in
-          Ablock block, ()
-        | _ -> raise Errors.Fallback
+      (match Modules.unalias_type e.e_ty with
+       | Types.Tarray (t, size) ->
+           let new_vd, new_eq, w_from_e = match e.e_desc with
+             | Eextvalue w -> [], [], w
+             | _ ->
+                 (* a reference (alias) to the array, since we have a full expression *)
+                 let array_ref = Idents.gen_var "scalarize" "a_ref" in
+                 let vd_array_ref = mk_var_dec ~alias:true array_ref p.pat_ty in
+                 (* reference initialization *)
+                 let pat_array_ref = mk_pattern ~loc:e.e_loc p.pat_ty (Lvar array_ref) in
+                 let init_array_ref = Aassgn (pat_array_ref, e) in
+                 [vd_array_ref], [init_array_ref], ext_value_of_pattern pat_array_ref
+           in
+           (* the copy loop with index [i] *)
+           let array_ref_i i = mk_ext_value_exp t (Warray (w_from_e, i)) in
+           let p_i i = mk_pattern t (Larray (p, i)) in
+           let copy_i i =
+             (* recursive call to deal with multidimensional arrays (go deeper) *)
+             let a = Aassgn (p_i i, array_ref_i i) in
+             let a, _ = act_it funs () a in
+             [a]
+           in
+           let copy_array = fresh_for (mk_exp_const_int 0) (mk_exp_static_int size) copy_i in
+           (* resulting block *)
+           let block = mk_block ~locals:new_vd (new_eq @ [copy_array]) in
+           Ablock block, ()
+       | _ -> raise Errors.Fallback
       )
   | _ -> raise Errors.Fallback
 
-
 let program p =
   let p, _ = program_it { defaults with act = act } () p in
   p