diff --git a/dynare++/Makefile.am b/dynare++/Makefile.am
index b695ec8d9..1145fb694 100644
--- a/dynare++/Makefile.am
+++ b/dynare++/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SUBDIRS = sylv parser/cc tl doc utils/cc integ kord src
 
-EXTRA_DIST = change_log.html c++lib.w
+EXTRA_DIST = change_log.html c++lib.w tests
diff --git a/dynare++/sylv/Makefile.am b/dynare++/sylv/Makefile.am
index ffebab6fe..d98a940da 100644
--- a/dynare++/sylv/Makefile.am
+++ b/dynare++/sylv/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
 SUBDIRS = cc testing
+
+EXTRA_DIST = sylvester.tex change_log.html matlab
+
+if HAVE_PDFTEX
+pdf-local: sylvester.pdf
+
+sylvester.pdf: sylvester.tex
+	$(PDFTEX) sylvester
+endif
+
+CLEANFILES = *.pdf *.log
diff --git a/dynare++/sylv/matlab/Makefile b/dynare++/sylv/matlab/Makefile
deleted file mode 100755
index 0cad09308..000000000
--- a/dynare++/sylv/matlab/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# $Header: /var/lib/cvs/dynare_cpp/sylv/matlab/Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2004/06/04 13:01:13 kamenik Exp $
-
-# Tag $Name:  $
-
-# set directory to sylvester code
-sylv=../cc
-
-LD_LIBS := -llapack -lcblas -lblas -latlas
-CC_FLAGS := -Wall -I../cc
-CC_DEFS := -I/usr/local/matlab73/extern/include -DMATLAB #-DUSE_MEMORY_POOL
-MEX := mex.bat
-
-objects := $(patsubst %.cpp,%.o,$(wildcard ../cc/*.cpp)) 
-headers := $(wildcard ../cc/*.h)
-
-# set mex file suffix
-mex_suffix=dll
-ifeq ($(OSTYPE),linux-gnu)
-	mex_suffix=mexglx
-endif
-
-aa_gensylv.$(mex_suffix): gensylv.cpp ../cc/sylvester.a
-	$(MEX) -I../cc -DMATLAB gensylv.cpp ../cc/sylvester.a c:/matlab6p5/extern/lib/win32/microsoft/msvc60/libmwlapack.lib
-	mv gensylv.$(mex_suffix) aa_gensylv.$(mex_suffix)
-
-../cc/sylvester.a : $(objects)
-	make -C ../cc sylvester.a
-
-../cc/%.o: ../cc/%.cpp $(headers)
-	make EXTERN_DEFS="$(CC_DEFS)" -C ../cc $*.o
-
-clear:
-	make -C ../cc clear
-	rm -f *.dll
-	rm -f *.mexglx
diff --git a/dynare++/sylv/matlab/dummy.h b/dynare++/sylv/matlab/dummy.h
deleted file mode 100755
index 9ce95e82b..000000000
--- a/dynare++/sylv/matlab/dummy.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/* this is only dummy header file to be able to loadlibrary to MATLAB */
-void mexFunction(int nhls, mxArray* plhs[],
-		 int nhrs, const mxArray* prhs[]);
diff --git a/dynare++/sylv/matlab/gensylv.cpp b/dynare++/sylv/matlab/gensylv.cpp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/dynare++/sylv/matlab/gensylv.m b/dynare++/sylv/matlab/gensylv.m
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/dynare++/sylv/matlab/mexopts.bat b/dynare++/sylv/matlab/mexopts.bat
deleted file mode 100755
index fe71cb2a0..000000000
--- a/dynare++/sylv/matlab/mexopts.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-rem $Header: /var/lib/cvs/dynare_cpp/sylv/matlab/mexopts.bat,v 1.1.1.1 2004/06/04 13:01:13 kamenik Exp $
-rem Tag $Name:  $
-rem c:\ondra\wk\sylv\matlab\mexopts.bat
-rem Generated by gnumex.m script in c:\fs\gnumex
-rem gnumex version: 1.08
-rem Compile and link options used for building MEX etc files with
-rem the Mingw/Cygwin tools.  Options here are:
-rem Cygwin (cygwin*.dll) linking
-rem Mex file creation
-rem Standard (safe) linking to temporary libraries
-rem Language C / C++
-rem Matlab version 6.5
-rem
-set MATLAB=C:\MATLAB~2
-set GM_PERLPATH=C:\MATLAB~2\sys\perl\win32\bin\perl.exe
-set GM_UTIL_PATH=c:\fs\gnumex
-set PATH=C:\fs\cygwin\bin;%PATH%
-rem
-rem Added libraries for linking
-set GM_ADD_LIBS=
-rem
-rem Type of file to compile (mex or engine)
-set GM_MEXTYPE=mex
-rem
-rem Language for compilation
-set GM_MEXLANG=c
-rem
-rem def files to be converted to libs
-set GM_DEFS2LINK=libmx.def;libmex.def;libmat.def;_libmatlbmx.def;
-rem
-rem dlltool command line
-set GM_DLLTOOL=c:\fs\gnumex\mexdlltool -E --as C:\fs\cygwin\bin\as.exe
-rem
-rem compiler options; add compiler flags to compflags as desired
-set NAME_OBJECT=-o
-set COMPILER=gcc
-set COMPFLAGS=-c -DMATLAB_MEX_FILE 
-set OPTIMFLAGS=-O3 -mcpu=pentium -malign-double
-set DEBUGFLAGS=-g
-set CPPCOMPFLAGS=%COMPFLAGS% -x c++ 
-set CPPOPTIMFLAGS=%OPTIMFLAGS%
-set CPPDEBUGFLAGS=%DEBUGFLAGS%
-rem
-rem NB Library creation commands occur in linker scripts
-rem
-rem Linker parameters
-set LINKER=%GM_PERLPATH% %GM_UTIL_PATH%\linkmex.pl
-set LINKFLAGS=
-set CPPLINKFLAGS= --driver-name c++ 
-set LINKOPTIMFLAGS=-s
-set LINKDEBUGFLAGS=-g
-set LINK_FILE=
-set LINK_LIB=
-set NAME_OUTPUT=-o %OUTDIR%%MEX_NAME%.dll
-rem
-rem Resource compiler parameters
-set RC_COMPILER=%GM_PERLPATH% %GM_UTIL_PATH%\rccompile.pl --unix -o %OUTDIR%mexversion.res
-set RC_LINKER=