diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8f56211a8cc93ac3a5121141116ca3988646adbd..288e2d83d369f35de22dc36775302d41b91caa3b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ variables:
   TERM: linux
   MATLAB_VERSION: R2022b
   OLD_MATLAB_VERSION: R2014a
-  OCTAVE_VERSION: 7.3.0
 
 before_script:
   - git clone https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/m-unit-tests
@@ -23,4 +22,4 @@ test_octave:
   variables:
     OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS: 1
   script:
-    - make check-octave OCTAVE=/usr/local/octave/$OCTAVE_VERSION/bin/octave
+    - make check-octave