diff --git a/matlab/dynare_config.m b/matlab/dynare_config.m
index 5d31c8b01..0938d9aba 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare_config.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare_config.m
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ 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
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ if exist('OCTAVE_VERSION')
         addpath([dynareroot '/missing/nanmean'])
     end
 else
-    if ~license('test', 'statistics_toolbox')
+    if isempty(license('inuse','statistics_toolbox'))
         addpath([dynareroot '/missing/nanmean'])
     end
 end
diff --git a/matlab/dynare_solve.m b/matlab/dynare_solve.m
index 45463f283..bf6a68f48 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');