diff --git a/m4/ax_matlab_version.m4 b/m4/ax_matlab_version.m4
index 2fae21f2c..b3047770e 100644
--- a/m4/ax_matlab_version.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_matlab_version.m4
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ AC_REQUIRE([AX_MATLAB])
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for MATLAB version])
 if test "x$MATLAB_VERSION" != "x"; then
   case $MATLAB_VERSION in
-    *2016a | *2016A)
-      MATLAB_VERSION="9.0"
-      ;;
     *2015b | *2015B)
       MATLAB_VERSION="8.6"
       ;;
diff --git a/matlab/add_path_to_mex_files.m b/matlab/add_path_to_mex_files.m
index 7408746cf..ff0f84114 100644
--- a/matlab/add_path_to_mex_files.m
+++ b/matlab/add_path_to_mex_files.m
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ else
                 end
             end
         else
-            tmp = [dynareroot '../mex/matlab/win64-7.8-9.0/'];
+            tmp = [dynareroot '../mex/matlab/win64-7.8-8.6/'];
             if exist(tmp, 'dir')
                 mexpath = tmp;
                 if modifypath
diff --git a/windows/dynare.nsi b/windows/dynare.nsi
index ea17caa4b..0e1d628c6 100644
--- a/windows/dynare.nsi
+++ b/windows/dynare.nsi
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ Section "MEX files for MATLAB 64-bit, version 7.5 to 7.7 (R2007b to R2008b)"
  File ..\mex\matlab\win64-7.5-7.7\*.mexw64
 SectionEnd
 
-Section "MEX files for MATLAB 64-bit, version 7.8 to 9.0 (R2009a to R2016a)"
- SetOutPath $INSTDIR\mex\matlab\win64-7.8-9.0
- File ..\mex\matlab\win64-7.8-9.0\*.mexw64
+Section "MEX files for MATLAB 64-bit, version 7.8 to 8.6 (R2009a to R2015b)"
+ SetOutPath $INSTDIR\mex\matlab\win64-7.8-8.6
+ File ..\mex\matlab\win64-7.8-8.6\*.mexw64
 SectionEnd
 
 SectionGroupEnd