return design_copy;
        }
 
-       RTLIL::Design *simplify_something(RTLIL::Design *design, int &seed, bool stage2, bool modules, bool ports, bool cells, bool connections, bool processes, bool assigns, bool updates)
+       RTLIL::Design *simplify_something(RTLIL::Design *design, int &seed, bool stage2, bool modules, bool ports, bool cells, bool connections, bool processes, bool assigns, bool updates, bool wires)
        {
                RTLIL::Design *design_copy = new RTLIL::Design;
                for (auto module : design->modules())
                                }
                        }
                }
+               if (wires)
+               {
+                       for (auto mod : design_copy->modules())
+                       {
+                               if (mod->get_blackbox_attribute())
+                                       continue;
+
+                               Wire *removed_wire = nullptr;
+                               for (auto wire : mod->wires())
+                               {
+                                       if (wire->get_bool_attribute(ID::bugpoint_keep))
+                                               continue;
+
+                                       if (wire->name.begins_with("$delete_wire"))
+                                               continue;
+
+                                       if (index++ == seed)
+                                       {
+                                               log_header(design, "Trying to remove wire %s.%s.\n", log_id(mod), log_id(wire));
+                                               removed_wire = wire;
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               if (removed_wire) {
+                                       mod->remove({removed_wire});
+                                       return design_copy;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
                return nullptr;
        }
 
        {
                string yosys_cmd = "yosys", yosys_arg, grep;
                bool fast = false, clean = false;
-               bool modules = false, ports = false, cells = false, connections = false, processes = false, assigns = false, updates = false, has_part = false;
+               bool modules = false, ports = false, cells = false, connections = false, processes = false, assigns = false, updates = false, wires = false, has_part = false;
 
                log_header(design, "Executing BUGPOINT pass (minimize testcases).\n");
                log_push();
                                has_part = true;
                                continue;
                        }
+                       if (args[argidx] == "-wires") {
+                               wires = true;
+                               has_part = true;
+                               continue;
+                       }
                        break;
                }
                extra_args(args, argidx, design);
                        processes = true;
                        assigns = true;
                        updates = true;
+                       wires = true;
                }
 
                if (!design->full_selection())
                bool found_something = false, stage2 = false;
                while (true)
                {
-                       if (RTLIL::Design *simplified = simplify_something(crashing_design, seed, stage2, modules, ports, cells, connections, processes, assigns, updates))
+                       if (RTLIL::Design *simplified = simplify_something(crashing_design, seed, stage2, modules, ports, cells, connections, processes, assigns, updates, wires))
                        {
                                simplified = clean_design(simplified, fast, /*do_delete=*/true);