diff --git a/gtsam/linear/GaussianMultifrontalSolver.cpp b/gtsam/linear/GaussianMultifrontalSolver.cpp
index 23c017f41..9e80b7c29 100644
--- a/gtsam/linear/GaussianMultifrontalSolver.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/linear/GaussianMultifrontalSolver.cpp
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ namespace gtsam {
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 GaussianMultifrontalSolver::GaussianMultifrontalSolver(const FactorGraph<GaussianFactor>& factorGraph, bool useQR) :
-    Base(factorGraph), useQR_(useQR || hasConstraints(factorGraph)) {}
+    Base(factorGraph), useQR_(useQR) {}
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 GaussianMultifrontalSolver::GaussianMultifrontalSolver(const FactorGraph<GaussianFactor>::shared_ptr& factorGraph,
 		const VariableIndex::shared_ptr& variableIndex, bool useQR) :
-    Base(factorGraph, variableIndex), useQR_(useQR || hasConstraints(*factorGraph)) {}
+    Base(factorGraph, variableIndex), useQR_(useQR) {}
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 GaussianMultifrontalSolver::shared_ptr
diff --git a/gtsam/linear/GaussianSequentialSolver.cpp b/gtsam/linear/GaussianSequentialSolver.cpp
index 655598587..bfff98e0f 100644
--- a/gtsam/linear/GaussianSequentialSolver.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/linear/GaussianSequentialSolver.cpp
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ namespace gtsam {
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 GaussianSequentialSolver::GaussianSequentialSolver(
 		const FactorGraph<GaussianFactor>& factorGraph, bool useQR) :
-		Base(factorGraph), useQR_(useQR || hasConstraints(factorGraph)) {
+		Base(factorGraph), useQR_(useQR) {
 }
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 GaussianSequentialSolver::GaussianSequentialSolver(
 		const FactorGraph<GaussianFactor>::shared_ptr& factorGraph,
 		const VariableIndex::shared_ptr& variableIndex, bool useQR) :
-		Base(factorGraph, variableIndex), useQR_(useQR || hasConstraints(*factorGraph)) {
+		Base(factorGraph, variableIndex), useQR_(useQR) {
 }
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */