diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 43333d2c2..000000000
--- a/example/README.md
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Example Library
-
-This is an example library intended to be used as a template for easy additions to the OpenTelemetry Java Contrib project.
diff --git a/example/build.gradle.kts b/example/build.gradle.kts
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index 898191643..000000000
--- a/example/build.gradle.kts
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id("otel.java-conventions")
-}
-
-description = "An example OpenTelemetry Java Contrib library"
-
-tasks {
-  jar {
-    manifest {
-      attributes["Main-Class"] = "io.opentelemetry.contrib.example.Library"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/example/Library.java b/example/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/example/Library.java
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index 289f72ea8..000000000
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/example/Library.java
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@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package io.opentelemetry.contrib.example;
-
-public class Library {
-
-  public boolean myMethod() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("SystemOut")
-  public static void main(String... args) {
-    System.out.println("ExampleLibrary.main");
-  }
-}
diff --git a/example/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/example/LibraryTest.java b/example/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/example/LibraryTest.java
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@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package io.opentelemetry.contrib.example;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-class LibraryTest {
-
-  @Test
-  void myMethod() {
-    Library library = new Library();
-    assertThat(library.myMethod()).isTrue();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 5502252e7..1f56d7e55 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ include(":cloudfoundry-resources")
 include(":consistent-sampling")
 include(":dependencyManagement")
 include(":disk-buffering")
-include(":example")
 include(":ibm-mq-metrics")
 include(":jfr-events")
 include(":jfr-connection")