diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cc6483..0000000
--- a/example.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint no-console: "off" */
-'use strict'
-
-var protobuf = require('./')
-var path = require('path')
-var fs = require('fs')
-
-var messages = protobuf(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '/example.proto')))
-
-var ex = {
-  foo: 'hello world',
-  num: 42
-}
-
-var buf = messages.Test.encode(ex)
-
-console.log('test message', ex)
-console.log('encoded test message', buf)
-console.log('encoded test message decoded', messages.Test.decode(buf))
diff --git a/example.proto b/example.proto
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6e7ad..0000000
--- a/example.proto
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-message Test {
-  optional string foo = 1;
-  required int32 num = 2;
-}