diff --git a/tests/testPreconditioner.cpp b/tests/testPreconditioner.cpp
index 2cea40c3d..967584b7d 100644
--- a/tests/testPreconditioner.cpp
+++ b/tests/testPreconditioner.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ TEST( PCGsolver, verySimpleLinearSystem) {
   pcg->preconditioner =
       std::make_shared<gtsam::BlockJacobiPreconditionerParameters>();
   // It takes more than 1000 iterations for this test
-  pcg->setMaxIterations(1500);
+  pcg->maxIterations = 1500;
   VectorValues deltaPCGJacobi = PCGSolver(*pcg).optimize(simpleGFG);
 
   EXPECT(assert_equal(exactSolution, deltaPCGJacobi, 1e-5));
diff --git a/tests/testSubgraphSolver.cpp b/tests/testSubgraphSolver.cpp
index 026f3c919..e31ce23b5 100644
--- a/tests/testSubgraphSolver.cpp
+++ b/tests/testSubgraphSolver.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static double error(const GaussianFactorGraph& fg, const VectorValues& x) {
 TEST( SubgraphSolver, Parameters )
 {
   LONGS_EQUAL(SubgraphSolverParameters::SILENT, kParameters.verbosity());
-  LONGS_EQUAL(500, kParameters.maxIterations());
+  LONGS_EQUAL(500, kParameters.maxIterations);
 }
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */