diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 1ca1fc818..cf0c4a63f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Version 1.3.40 (in progress)
 	    different name to the class, as such constructors can still take
 	    parameters.
 
-2009-07-12: xavier99
+2009-07-12: xavier98
 	    [Octave] Add support for Octave 3.2 API
 
 2009-07-05: olly
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/octave/director_exception_runme.m b/Examples/test-suite/octave/director_exception_runme.m
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e0b23064..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/octave/director_exception_runme.m
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-director_exception
-
-MyFoo=@() subclass(Foo(),
-		   'ping',@(self) raise(NotImplementedError("MyFoo::ping() EXCEPTION")));
-
-MyFoo2=@() subclass(Foo(),
-		    'ping',@(self) true);
-		   
-ok = 0;
-
-a = MyFoo();
-b = launder(a);
-
-try
-  b.pong();
-catch
-  [etype,e]=raised();
-  if (etype=="NotImplementedError")
-    ok=1;
-  endif
-end_try_catch
-
-if (!ok)
-  error
-endif
-
-ok = 0;
-
-a = MyFoo2();
-b = launder(a);
-
-try
-  b.pong();
-catch
-  ok = 1;
-end_try_catch
-
-if (!ok)
-  error
-endif
-
-
-try
-  raise(Exception2());
-catch
-  if (!strcmp(raised,"Exception2"))
-    rethrow(lasterr);
-  endif
-end_try_catch
-
-try
-  raise(Exception1());
-catch
-  if (!strcmp(raised,"Exception1"))
-    rethrow(lasterr);
-  endif
-end_try_catch
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/octave/director_finalizer_runme.m b/Examples/test-suite/octave/director_finalizer_runme.m
deleted file mode 100644
index 3781a0f77..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/octave/director_finalizer_runme.m
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-director_finalizer
-
-MyFoo=@() subclass(Foo(),'__del__',@delete_MyFoo);
-function delete_MyFoo(self)
-  self.orStatus(2);
-  try
-    Foo.__del__(self);
-  catch
-  end_try_catch
-endfunction
-
-resetStatus();
-
-a = MyFoo();
-clear a;
-
-if (getStatus() != 3)
-  error
-endif
-
-resetStatus();
-
-a = MyFoo();
-launder(a);
-
-if (getStatus() != 0)
-  error
-endif
-
-clear a;
-
-if (getStatus() != 3)
-  error
-endif
-
-resetStatus();
-
-a = MyFoo().__disown__();
-deleteFoo(a);
-
-if (getStatus() != 3)
-  error
-endif
-
-resetStatus();
-
-a = MyFoo().__disown__();
-deleteFoo(launder(a));
-
-if (getStatus() != 3)
-  error
-endif
-
-resetStatus();
-
-