diff --git a/matlab/ms-sbvar/msstart_setup.m b/matlab/ms-sbvar/msstart_setup.m
index 2997d0e5f2c28297529396fecc94ebfeba325c57..7c4219bdf5e8d3c1837152e728b4479222fa8856 100644
--- a/matlab/ms-sbvar/msstart_setup.m
+++ b/matlab/ms-sbvar/msstart_setup.m
@@ -130,15 +130,15 @@ tdf = 3;          % degrees of freedom for t-dist for initial draw of the MC loo
 nbuffer = 1000;        % a block or buffer of draws (buffer) that is saved to the disk (not memory)
 ndraws1=1*nbuffer;         % 1st part of Monte Carlo draws
 ndraws2=10*ndraws1;        % 2nd part of Monte Carlo draws
-seednumber = options_.DynareRandomStreams.seed; %7910;    %472534;   % if 0, random state at each clock time
-           % good one 420 for [29 45], [29 54]
-if seednumber
-   randn('state',seednumber);
-   rand('state',seednumber);
-else
-   randn('state',fix(100*sum(clock)));
-   rand('state',fix(100*sum(clock)));
-end
+% seednumber = options_.DynareRandomStreams.seed; %7910;    %472534;   % if 0, random state at each clock time
+%            % good one 420 for [29 45], [29 54]
+% if seednumber
+%    randn('state',seednumber);
+%    rand('state',seednumber);
+% else
+%    randn('state',fix(100*sum(clock)));
+%    rand('state',fix(100*sum(clock)));
+% end
 %  nstarts=1         % number of starting points
 %  imndraws = nstarts*ndraws2;   % total draws for impulse responses or forecasts
 %<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<