diff --git a/Examples/Makefile.in b/Examples/Makefile.in
index 53c9fff24..aa3b85bd0 100644
--- a/Examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/Makefile.in
@@ -1554,12 +1554,11 @@ r_clean:
 # Make sure these locate your Scilab installation
 SCILAB_LIB = @SCILABLIB@
 SCILAB = @SCILAB@
-SCILABOPT =
-SCILAB_STARTOPT = @SCILABSTARTOPT@
+SCILAB_OPT = @SCILABOPT@
 
 # Returns the Swig Scilab command line args
 define get_swig_scilab_args
-	SWIG_SCILAB_ARGS := -scilab $(SCILABOPT)
+	SWIG_SCILAB_ARGS := -scilab
 	ifdef SRCS
 		SWIG_SCILAB_ARGS += -addsrc "$(SRCS)"
 	endif
@@ -1576,7 +1575,7 @@ scilab: $(SRCS)
 	$(eval $(call get_swig_scilab_args))
 	$(SWIG) $(SWIGOPT) $(SWIG_SCILAB_ARGS) $(INTERFACEPATH)
 	if [ -f builder.sce ]; then \
-		env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH MAKEFLAGS="-j1" $(RUNTOOL) $(SCILAB) $(SCILAB_STARTOPT) -e "exit(exec('builder.sce', 'errcatch', -1))"; \
+		env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH MAKEFLAGS="-j1" $(RUNTOOL) $(SCILAB) $(SCILAB_OPT) -e "exit(exec('builder.sce', 'errcatch', -1))"; \
 	fi
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1587,7 +1586,7 @@ scilab_cpp: $(SRCS)
 	$(eval $(call get_swig_scilab_args))
 	$(SWIG) $(SWIGOPT) -c++ $(SWIG_SCILAB_ARGS) $(INTERFACEPATH)
 	if [ -f builder.sce ]; then \
-		env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH MAKEFLAGS="-j1" $(RUNTOOL) $(SCILAB) $(SCILAB_STARTOPT) -e "exit(exec('builder.sce', 'errcatch', -1))"; \
+		env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH MAKEFLAGS="-j1" $(RUNTOOL) $(SCILAB) $(SCILAB_OPT) -e "exit(exec('builder.sce', 'errcatch', -1))"; \
 	fi
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1596,7 +1595,7 @@ scilab_cpp: $(SRCS)
 
 scilab_run:
 	if [ -f $(RUNME) ]; then \
-		env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $(RUNTOOL) $(SCILAB) $(	SCILAB_STARTOPT) -f $(RUNME).sci $(RUNPIPE); \
+		env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $(RUNTOOL) $(SCILAB) $(SCILAB_OPT) -f $(RUNME).sci $(RUNPIPE); \
 	fi
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6240987a8..42806c2bb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -964,11 +964,11 @@ else
 
     # Set Scilab startup options depending on version
     AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Scilab startup options)
-    SCILABSTARTOPT="-nwni -nb"
+    SCILABOPT="-nwni -nb"
     if test $SCILAB_VERSION -ge 54; then
-      SCILABSTARTOPT+=" -noatomsautoload"
+      SCILABOPT+=" -noatomsautoload"
     fi
-    AC_MSG_RESULT($SCILABSTARTOPT)
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($SCILABOPT)
   fi
 
   # Check for Scilab header files
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 AC_SUBST(SCILAB)
-AC_SUBST(SCILABSTARTOPT)
+AC_SUBST(SCILABOPT)
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------