diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bc9a7c5e7..eee94920e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ addons:
       - libopenblas-dev
 script:
   - |
-      cargo build --verbose &&
-      cargo test --verbose &&
-      ([ -z "$FEATURES" ] || cargo build --verbose --features "$FEATURES") &&
-      ([ -z "$FEATURES" ] || cargo test --verbose --features "$FEATURES") &&
+      cargo build --verbose --features "$FEATURES" &&
+      cargo test --verbose --features "$FEATURES" &&
+      cargo test --release --verbose --features "" &&
       ([ "$BENCH" != 1 ] || cargo bench --no-run --verbose --features "$FEATURES")
diff --git a/ndarray-tests/tests/accuracy.rs b/ndarray-tests/tests/accuracy.rs
index 5bd8bc3b5..2a55989c2 100644
--- a/ndarray-tests/tests/accuracy.rs
+++ b/ndarray-tests/tests/accuracy.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fn reference_mat_mul<A, S, S2>(lhs: &ArrayBase<S, (Ix, Ix)>, rhs: &ArrayBase<S2,
         }
     }
     unsafe {
-        ArrayBase::from_vec_dim_unchecked((m, n), res_elems)
+        ArrayBase::from_shape_vec_unchecked((m, n), res_elems)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/arraytraits.rs b/src/arraytraits.rs
index 6b4e06992..3f1fdb5b9 100644
--- a/src/arraytraits.rs
+++ b/src/arraytraits.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 // <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
-#[cfg(feature = "rustc-serialize")]
-use serialize::{Encodable, Encoder, Decodable, Decoder};
 
 use std::hash;
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
diff --git a/src/dimension.rs b/src/dimension.rs
index 09ad21b62..c39dd8fa4 100644
--- a/src/dimension.rs
+++ b/src/dimension.rs
@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ pub trait RemoveAxis : Dimension {
 }
 
 macro_rules! impl_shrink(
+    ($_a:ident, ) => {}; // implement this case manually below
+    ($_a:ident, $_b:ident, ) => {}; // implement this case manually below
     ($from:ident, $($more:ident,)*) => (
 impl RemoveAxis for ($from $(,$more)*)
 {
@@ -665,6 +667,22 @@ impl RemoveAxis for ($from $(,$more)*)
     )
 );
 
+impl RemoveAxis for Ix {
+    type Smaller = ();
+    #[inline]
+    fn remove_axis(&self, _: Axis) { }
+}
+
+impl RemoveAxis for (Ix, Ix) {
+    type Smaller = Ix;
+    #[inline]
+    fn remove_axis(&self, axis: Axis) -> Ix {
+        let axis = axis.axis();
+        debug_assert!(axis < self.ndim());
+        if axis == 0 { self.1 } else { self.0 }
+    }
+}
+
 macro_rules! impl_shrink_recursive(
     ($ix:ident, ) => (impl_shrink!($ix,););
     ($ix1:ident, $($ix:ident,)*) => (
diff --git a/src/impl_methods.rs b/src/impl_methods.rs
index 266d1115b..983a1b3ad 100644
--- a/src/impl_methods.rs
+++ b/src/impl_methods.rs
@@ -896,10 +896,9 @@ impl<A, S, D> ArrayBase<S, D> where S: Data<Elem=A>, D: Dimension
             }
 
             {
-                let mut new_stride_iter = new_stride.slice_mut().iter_mut().rev();
                 for ((er, es), dr) in from.slice().iter().rev()
                                         .zip(stride.slice().iter().rev())
-                                        .zip(new_stride_iter.by_ref())
+                                        .zip(new_stride.slice_mut().iter_mut().rev())
                 {
                     /* update strides */
                     if *dr == *er {
@@ -914,7 +913,8 @@ impl<A, S, D> ArrayBase<S, D> where S: Data<Elem=A>, D: Dimension
                 }
 
                 /* set remaining strides to zero */
-                for dr in new_stride_iter {
+                let tail_len = to.ndim() - from.ndim();
+                for dr in &mut new_stride.slice_mut()[..tail_len] {
                     *dr = 0;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/broadcast.rs b/tests/broadcast.rs
index fa66bd192..daaa3cd9d 100644
--- a/tests/broadcast.rs
+++ b/tests/broadcast.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 extern crate ndarray;
 
-use ndarray::{RcArray, Dimension};
+use ndarray::prelude::*;
 
 #[test]
 fn broadcast_1()
@@ -49,3 +49,37 @@ fn test_add_incompat()
     let incompat = RcArray::from_elem(3, 1.0f32);
     a += &incompat;
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_broadcast() {
+    let (_, n, k) = (16, 16, 16);
+    let x1 = 1.;
+    // b0 broadcast 1 -> n, k
+    let x = Array::from_vec(vec![x1]);
+    let b0 = x.broadcast((n, k)).unwrap();
+    // b1 broadcast n -> n, k
+    let b1 = Array::from_elem(n, x1);
+    let b1 = b1.broadcast((n, k)).unwrap();
+    // b2 is n, k
+    let b2 = Array::from_elem((n, k), x1);
+
+    println!("b0=\n{:?}", b0);
+    println!("b1=\n{:?}", b1);
+    println!("b2=\n{:?}", b2);
+    assert_eq!(b0, b1);
+    assert_eq!(b0, b2);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_broadcast_1d() {
+    let n = 16;
+    let x1 = 1.;
+    // b0 broadcast 1 -> n
+    let x = Array::from_vec(vec![x1]);
+    let b0 = x.broadcast(n).unwrap();
+    let b2 = Array::from_elem(n, x1);
+
+    println!("b0=\n{:?}", b0);
+    println!("b2=\n{:?}", b2);
+    assert_eq!(b0, b2);
+}