diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 293695fa0..a110a4eb7 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1261,7 +1261,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	particle/first_spec_common.inc \
 	particle/risky.m \
 	optimal_policy/Ramsey/find_c.m \
-	optimal_policy/Ramsey/oo_ramsey_policy_initval.mat \
 	observation_trends_and_prefiltering/generate_trend_stationary_AR1.m \
 	observation_trends_and_prefiltering/Trend_diagnostics_MCMC_common.inc \
 	observation_trends_and_prefiltering/Trend_diagnostics_calib_common.inc \
@@ -1282,7 +1281,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	occbin/filter/NKM_mh_mode_saved.mat \
 	optimal_policy/neo_growth_common.inc \
 	optimal_policy/neo_growth_ramsey_common.inc \
-	optimal_policy/Ramsey/oo_ramsey_policy_initval.mat \
 	optimizers/optimizer_function_wrapper.m \
 	optimizers/fs2000.common.inc \
 	estimation/MH_recover/fs2000.common.inc \
diff --git a/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/oo_ramsey_policy_initval.mat b/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/oo_ramsey_policy_initval.mat
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c363f3b2..000000000
Binary files a/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/oo_ramsey_policy_initval.mat and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_ex_initval.mod b/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_ex_initval.mod
index 27f51628d..4743239a3 100644
--- a/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_ex_initval.mod
+++ b/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/ramsey_ex_initval.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ end;
 planner_objective(ln(c)-phi*((n^(1+gamma))/(1+gamma)));
 ramsey_policy(planner_discount=0.99,order=1,instruments=(r));
 oo_ramsey_policy_initval=oo_;
-save oo_ramsey_policy_initval oo_ramsey_policy_initval;
+save oo_ramsey_policy_initval.mat oo_ramsey_policy_initval;
 stoch_simul(periods=0, order=1, irf=25, nograph);
 if max(abs((oo_ramsey_policy_initval.steady_state-oo_.steady_state)))>1e-5 ...
     || max(abs(oo_ramsey_policy_initval.dr.ys-oo_.dr.ys))>1e-5 ...