diff --git a/Pantograph/Tactic/MotivatedApply.lean b/Pantograph/Tactic/MotivatedApply.lean
index 9826e3d..1201174 100644
--- a/Pantograph/Tactic/MotivatedApply.lean
+++ b/Pantograph/Tactic/MotivatedApply.lean
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ structure RecursorWithMotive where
 
   -- .bvar index for the motive and major from the body
   iMotive: Nat
-  iMajor: Nat
 
 namespace RecursorWithMotive
 
@@ -39,22 +38,22 @@ protected def surrogateMotiveType (info: RecursorWithMotive) (resultant: Expr):
   return replaceForallBody motiveType resultantType
 
 protected def phantomType (info: RecursorWithMotive) (mvars: Array Expr) (resultant: Expr): MetaM Expr := do
-  let goalMotive := mvars.get! (info.nArgs - info.iMotive - 1)
-  let goalMajor := mvars.get! (info.nArgs - info.iMajor - 1)
-  Meta.mkEq (.app goalMotive goalMajor) resultant
+  let motiveCall := Expr.instantiateRev info.body mvars
+  Meta.mkEq motiveCall resultant
 
 end RecursorWithMotive
 
 def getRecursorInformation (recursorType: Expr): Option RecursorWithMotive := do
   let (args, body) := getForallArgsBody recursorType
-  let (iMotive, iMajor) ← match body with
-    | .app (.bvar iMotive) (.bvar iMajor) => pure (iMotive, iMajor)
+  if ¬ body.isApp then
+    .none
+  let iMotive ← match body.getAppFn with
+    | .bvar iMotive => pure iMotive
     | _ => .none
   return {
     args,
     body,
     iMotive,
-    iMajor,
   }
 
 def collectMotiveArguments (forallBody: Expr): SSet Nat :=
@@ -86,8 +85,6 @@ def motivatedApply: Elab.Tactic.Tactic := λ stx => do
         let argGoal ← if bvarIndex = info.iMotive then
             let surrogateMotiveType ← info.surrogateMotiveType resultant
             Meta.mkFreshExprMVar surrogateMotiveType .syntheticOpaque (userName := `motive)
-          else if bvarIndex = info.iMajor then
-            Meta.mkFreshExprMVar argType .syntheticOpaque (userName := `major)
           else
             Meta.mkFreshExprMVar argType .syntheticOpaque (userName := .anonymous)
         let prev :=  prev ++ [argGoal]
diff --git a/Test/Proofs.lean b/Test/Proofs.lean
index 43c346b..2df0868 100644
--- a/Test/Proofs.lean
+++ b/Test/Proofs.lean
@@ -662,9 +662,9 @@ def test_nat_zero_add: TestM Unit := do
   addTest $ LSpec.check s!"mapply {recursor}" ((← state2.serializeGoals (options := ← read)).map (·.devolatilizeVars) =
     #[
       buildNamedGoal "_uniq.67" [("n", "Nat")] "Nat → Prop" (.some "motive"),
-      buildNamedGoal "_uniq.68" [("n", "Nat")] "Nat" (.some "major"),
+      buildNamedGoal "_uniq.68" [("n", "Nat")] "Nat",
       buildNamedGoal "_uniq.69" [("n", "Nat")] "∀ (t : Nat), Nat.below t → ?motive t",
-      buildNamedGoal "_uniq.70" [("n", "Nat")] "?motive ?major = (n + 0 = n)" (.some "phantom")
+      buildNamedGoal "_uniq.70" [("n", "Nat")] "?motive ?m.68 = (n + 0 = n)" (.some "phantom")
     ])
 
   let tactic := "exact n"
diff --git a/Test/Tactic/MotivatedApply.lean b/Test/Tactic/MotivatedApply.lean
index 60ed7be..1f751ed 100644
--- a/Test/Tactic/MotivatedApply.lean
+++ b/Test/Tactic/MotivatedApply.lean
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ def test_type_extract (env: Environment): IO LSpec.TestSeq :=
       | .some info => pure info
       | .none => throwError "Failed to extract recursor info"
     tests := tests ++ LSpec.check "iMotive" (info.iMotive = 2)
-    tests := tests ++ LSpec.check "iMajor" (info.iMajor = 1)
     let motiveType := info.getMotiveType
     tests := tests ++ LSpec.check "motiveType" ("Nat → Sort ?u.1" =
       (← exprToStr motiveType))
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ def test_execute (env: Environment): IO LSpec.TestSeq :=
             "Nat → Prop",
             "Nat",
             "∀ (t : Nat), Nat.below t → ?motive t",
-            "?motive ?major = (n + 0 = n)",
+            "?motive ?m.69 = (n + 0 = n)",
           ])
       tests := tests ++ test
       return tests