diff --git a/preprocessor/DynamicModel.cc b/preprocessor/DynamicModel.cc
index 8fca4269be851091216fed235cd405d1802b68bc..78be858b095ac706b75e7880ec543f343fefa96b 100644
--- a/preprocessor/DynamicModel.cc
+++ b/preprocessor/DynamicModel.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ DynamicModel::DynamicModel(SymbolTable &symbol_table_arg,
     max_exo_det_lag(0), max_exo_det_lead(0),
     dynJacobianColsNbr(0),
     cutoff(1e-15),
-    markowitz(0.7),
     mfs(0),
     block_triangular(symbol_table_arg, num_constants_arg)
 {
diff --git a/preprocessor/DynamicModel.hh b/preprocessor/DynamicModel.hh
index 9ddbada8cec7d7429029ed95761b597b0ca9818e..f1b5dbfc5c4c844d0747660952f6252a46e9ae3a 100644
--- a/preprocessor/DynamicModel.hh
+++ b/preprocessor/DynamicModel.hh
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ public:
   virtual NodeID AddVariable(const string &name, int lag = 0);
   //! Absolute value under which a number is considered to be zero
   double cutoff;
-  //! The weight of the Markowitz criteria to determine the pivot in the linear solver (simul_NG1 and simul_NG from bytecode.cc)
-  double markowitz;
   //! Compute the minimum feedback set in the dynamic model:
   /*!   0 : all endogenous variables are considered as feedback variables
         1 : the variables belonging to non normalized equation are considered as feedback variables
diff --git a/preprocessor/StaticDllModel.cc b/preprocessor/StaticDllModel.cc
index e7ad4238aafb71417fd84f88c684f28d8cb93050..73cb0861d48eb205f2e020e6359c60094d821976 100644
--- a/preprocessor/StaticDllModel.cc
+++ b/preprocessor/StaticDllModel.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ StaticDllModel::StaticDllModel(SymbolTable &symbol_table_arg,
     max_exo_det_lag(0), max_exo_det_lead(0),
     dynJacobianColsNbr(0),
     cutoff(1e-15),
-    markowitz(0.7),
     mfs(0),
     block_triangular(symbol_table_arg, num_constants_arg)
 {
diff --git a/preprocessor/StaticDllModel.hh b/preprocessor/StaticDllModel.hh
index ab7007306fd8adefa86079a8ebcb6c73981b5fb8..465292e6af7d403065c35cc99ce66809aaa877d6 100644
--- a/preprocessor/StaticDllModel.hh
+++ b/preprocessor/StaticDllModel.hh
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ public:
   virtual NodeID AddVariable(const string &name, int lag = 0);
   //! Absolute value under which a number is considered to be zero
   double cutoff;
-  //! The weight of the Markowitz criteria to determine the pivot in the linear solver (simul_NG1 and simul_NG from simulate.cc)
-  double markowitz;
   //! Compute the minimum feedback set in the static model:
   /*!   0 : all endogenous variables are considered as feedback variables
 				1 : the variables belonging to a non linear equation are considered as feedback variables
diff --git a/tests/ramst.mod b/tests/ramst.mod
index 9fa14019dec64864710ad3b4a1338291f49fc8f0..c1cc7a1489498ae381a3f74865966d1bbfdd098f 100644
--- a/tests/ramst.mod
+++ b/tests/ramst.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ aa=0.5;
 
 
 model;
-c + k - aa*x*k(-1)^alph - (1-delt)*k(-1);
+[ yo = 'plouf', onx = 'inx' ] c + k - aa*x*k(-1)^alph - (1-delt)*k(-1);
 c^(-gam) - (1+bet)^(-1)*(aa*alph*x(+1)*k^(alph-1) + 1 - delt)*c(+1)^(-gam);
 end;
 
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ k = ((delt+bet)/(1.0*aa*alph))^(1/(alph-1));
 c = aa*k^alph-delt*k;
 end;
 
-steady;
+steady(solve_algo=2);
 
-check;
+//check;
 
 shocks;
 var x;