diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/api/DMLOptions.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/api/DMLOptions.java
index 0d82a50..2e95456 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/api/DMLOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/api/DMLOptions.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	public boolean              lineage       = false;            // whether compute lineage trace
 	public boolean              lineage_dedup = false;            // whether deduplicate lineage items
 	public ReuseCacheType       linReuseType  = ReuseCacheType.NONE; // reuse type (full, partial, hybrid)
-	public LineageCachePolicy   linCachePolicy= LineageCachePolicy.HYBRID; // lineage cache eviction policy
+	public LineageCachePolicy   linCachePolicy= LineageCachePolicy.COSTNSIZE; // lineage cache eviction policy
 	public boolean              lineage_estimate = false;         // whether estimate reuse benefits
 	public boolean              fedWorker     = false;
 	public int                  fedWorkerPort = -1;
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@
 							dmlOptions.linCachePolicy = LineageCachePolicy.COSTNSIZE;
 						else if (lineageType.equalsIgnoreCase("policy_dagheight"))
 							dmlOptions.linCachePolicy = LineageCachePolicy.DAGHEIGHT;
-						else if (lineageType.equalsIgnoreCase("policy_hybrid"))
-							dmlOptions.linCachePolicy = LineageCachePolicy.HYBRID;
 						else if (lineageType.equalsIgnoreCase("estimate"))
 							dmlOptions.lineage_estimate = lineageType.equalsIgnoreCase("estimate");
 						else
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/lineage/LineageCacheConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/lineage/LineageCacheConfig.java
index 2532d14..96604d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/lineage/LineageCacheConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/lineage/LineageCacheConfig.java
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@
 	//-------------EVICTION RELATED CONFIGURATIONS--------------//
 
 	private static LineageCachePolicy _cachepolicy = null;
-	// Weights for scoring components (computeTime/size, LRU timestamp)
-	protected static double[] WEIGHTS = {0, 1, 0};
+	// Weights for scoring components (computeTime/size, LRU timestamp, DAG height)
+	protected static double[] WEIGHTS = {1, 0, 0};
 
 	protected enum LineageCacheStatus {
 		EMPTY,     //Placeholder with no data. Cannot be evicted.
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
 		LRU,
 		COSTNSIZE,
 		DAGHEIGHT,
-		HYBRID;
 	}
 	
 	protected static Comparator<LineageCacheEntry> LineageCacheComparator = (e1, e2) -> {
@@ -158,9 +157,6 @@
 						e1_ts < e2_ts ? -1 : 1;
 					break;
 				}
-				case HYBRID:
-					// order entries with same score by IDs
-					ret = Long.compare(e1._key.getId(), e2._key.getId());
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -175,7 +171,7 @@
 		//setup static configuration parameters
 		REUSE_OPCODES = OPCODES;
 		setSpill(true); 
-		setCachePolicy(LineageCachePolicy.HYBRID);
+		setCachePolicy(LineageCachePolicy.COSTNSIZE);
 		setCompAssRW(true);
 	}
 
@@ -271,6 +267,7 @@
 	}
 
 	public static void setCachePolicy(LineageCachePolicy policy) {
+		// TODO: Automatic tuning of weights.
 		switch(policy) {
 			case LRU:
 				WEIGHTS[0] = 0; WEIGHTS[1] = 1; WEIGHTS[2] = 0;
@@ -281,15 +278,6 @@
 			case DAGHEIGHT:
 				WEIGHTS[0] = 0; WEIGHTS[1] = 0; WEIGHTS[2] = 1;
 				break;
-			case HYBRID:
-				WEIGHTS[0] = 1; WEIGHTS[1] = 0.0033; WEIGHTS[2] = 0;
-				// FIXME: Relative timestamp fix reduces the absolute
-				// value of the timestamp component of the scoring function
-				// to a comparatively much smaller number. W[1] needs to be
-				// re-tuned accordingly.
-				// FIXME: Tune hybrid with a ratio of all three.
-				// TODO: Automatic tuning of weights.
-				break;
 		}
 		_cachepolicy = policy;
 	}