diff --git a/tests/filter_step_ahead/fs2000_filter_step_ahead_ML.mod b/tests/filter_step_ahead/fs2000_filter_step_ahead_ML.mod
index c00a80e15b4e3dea9b3e0ec5632a030cfb02a0cb..43b013677795a12109e8c09808ba50ba5a5a0552 100644
--- a/tests/filter_step_ahead/fs2000_filter_step_ahead_ML.mod
+++ b/tests/filter_step_ahead/fs2000_filter_step_ahead_ML.mod
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ end;
 
 varobs gp_obs gy_obs;
 
-estimation(order=1, datafile=fsdat_simul, nobs=192, loglinear, filter_step_ahead = [1 4 8 12], forecast=20,smoother,filtered_vars) m P c;
+estimation(order=1, datafile='../fs2000/fsdat_simul', nobs=192, loglinear, filter_step_ahead = [1 4 8 12], forecast=20,smoother,filtered_vars) m P c;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/tests/filter_step_ahead/fs2000_filter_step_ahead_bayesian.mod b/tests/filter_step_ahead/fs2000_filter_step_ahead_bayesian.mod
index 928029f640123f320c4ed9b5dbb908c37c5dbae8..f9eb5652abcca392ea5877d91ae315b47bc21674 100644
--- a/tests/filter_step_ahead/fs2000_filter_step_ahead_bayesian.mod
+++ b/tests/filter_step_ahead/fs2000_filter_step_ahead_bayesian.mod
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ end;
 
 varobs gp_obs gy_obs;
 
-estimation(order=1, datafile=fsdat_simul, nobs=192, loglinear, mh_replic=2000, mh_nblocks=1, mh_jscale=0.8,filter_step_ahead = [1 4 8 12], forecast=20,smoother,filtered_vars) m P c;
+estimation(order=1, datafile='../fs2000/fsdat_simul', nobs=192, loglinear, mh_replic=2000, mh_nblocks=1, mh_jscale=0.8,filter_step_ahead = [1 4 8 12], forecast=20,smoother,filtered_vars) m P c;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/tests/filter_step_ahead/fsdat_simul.m b/tests/filter_step_ahead/fsdat_simul.m
deleted file mode 100644
index 56c0e4cd56a8bb96fb579587fb4218afb626c56e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tests/filter_step_ahead/fsdat_simul.m
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,416 +0,0 @@
-% Generated data, used by fs2000.mod
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