diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 52dc7a8..407c056 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright 2012 Google Inc. wrightt@google.com
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
-SUBDIRS = src include examples
+SUBDIRS = src include
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ac2a278..a4104b7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ fi
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memmove memset regcomp select socket strcasecmp strncasecmp strchr strdup strndup strrchr strstr strtol strcasestr getline])
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile include/Makefile examples/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile include/Makefile])
 
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wall -Werror"