diff --git a/matlab/dynare_config.m b/matlab/dynare_config.m
index a899b6ebd16c59eac6d21bc6808aad63026716cb..9b9d9902322dd1a0f0da8ea63b7aa7e78f853d5c 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare_config.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare_config.m
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if ~exist('OCTAVE_VERSION')
     addpath([dynareroot '/missing/rows_columns'])
     % Replacement for vec() (inexistent under MATLAB)
     addpath([dynareroot '/missing/vec'])
-    if ~license('test', 'statistics_toolbox')
+    if isempty(license('inuse','statistics_toolbox'))
         % Replacements for functions of the stats toolbox
         addpath([dynareroot '/missing/stats/'])
     end
diff --git a/matlab/dynare_solve.m b/matlab/dynare_solve.m
index 401946da0c065ab2549ccc4175f5fb1e6b39677e..22ae57aa29cce256f7cd754a689dfb5729134b53 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare_solve.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare_solve.m
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ global options_
 options_ = set_default_option(options_,'solve_algo',2);
 info = 0;
 if options_.solve_algo == 0
-    if ~exist('OCTAVE_VERSION') && ~license('test', 'optimization_toolbox')
+    if ~exist('OCTAVE_VERSION') && isempty(license('inuse','optimization_toolbox'))
         error('You can''t use solve_algo=0 since you don''t have MATLAB''s Optimization Toolbox')
     end
     options=optimset('fsolve');