diff --git a/tests/optimal_policy/OSR/osr_obj_corr_algo_1.mod b/tests/optimal_policy/OSR/osr_obj_corr_algo_1.mod
index 65dcf6991..2b8a30406 100644
--- a/tests/optimal_policy/OSR/osr_obj_corr_algo_1.mod
+++ b/tests/optimal_policy/OSR/osr_obj_corr_algo_1.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ options_.nograph=1;
 options_.nocorr=1;
 osr_params gammax0 gammac0 gamma_y_ gamma_inf_;
 
-
+if ~isoctave
 optim_weights;
 inflation 1;
 y 1;
@@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ end
 if max(abs((cell2mat(struct2cell(oo_.osr.optim_params))-cell2mat(struct2cell(oo_covar_single.osr.optim_params)))./cell2mat(struct2cell(oo_.osr.optim_params))))>1e-4
     error('Parameters should be identical')
 end
+end
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diff --git a/tests/optimal_policy/OSR/osr_obj_corr_algo_7.mod b/tests/optimal_policy/OSR/osr_obj_corr_algo_7.mod
index fea442457..d23466728 100644
--- a/tests/optimal_policy/OSR/osr_obj_corr_algo_7.mod
+++ b/tests/optimal_policy/OSR/osr_obj_corr_algo_7.mod
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ gammac0 = 1.5;
 gamma_y_ = 8;
 gamma_inf_ = 3;
 
+if ~isoctave
 osr(opt_algo=7);
 %compute objective function manually
 objective=oo_.var(strmatch('y',M_.endo_names,'exact'),strmatch('y',M_.endo_names,'exact'))+oo_.var(strmatch('inflation',M_.endo_names,'exact'),strmatch('inflation',M_.endo_names,'exact'))+oo_.var(strmatch('dummy_var',M_.endo_names,'exact'),strmatch('dummy_var',M_.endo_names,'exact'));
@@ -107,3 +108,4 @@ end
 if max(abs((cell2mat(struct2cell(oo_.osr.optim_params))-cell2mat(struct2cell(oo_covar_single.osr.optim_params)))./cell2mat(struct2cell(oo_.osr.optim_params))))>1e-4
     error('Parameters should be identical')
 end
+end
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