diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cee4396c..7b148d6d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ script:
 - (cd testing && travis-cargo --only nightly test -- --features unstable-testing)
 - (cd serde_derive && travis-cargo --only nightly test)
 - (cd serde_derive/no-std-tests && travis-cargo --only nightly build)
-#- (cd examples/serde-syntex-example && travis-cargo --skip nightly run)
-#- (cd examples/serde-syntex-example && travis-cargo --only nightly run -- --no-default-features --features unstable)
 - (cd serde && travis-cargo --only stable doc)
 env:
   global:
diff --git a/examples/serde-syntex-example/.gitignore b/examples/serde-syntex-example/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a9d37c56..00000000
--- a/examples/serde-syntex-example/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-target
-Cargo.lock
diff --git a/examples/serde-syntex-example/Cargo.toml b/examples/serde-syntex-example/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c4527da..00000000
--- a/examples/serde-syntex-example/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "serde-syntex-example"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Erick Tryzelaar <erick.tryzelaar@gmail.com>"]
-build = "build.rs"
-publish = false
-
-[features]
-default = ["serde_codegen"]
-unstable = ["serde_derive"]
-
-[build-dependencies]
-serde_codegen = { version = "^0.8", optional = true, path = "../../serde_codegen" }
-
-[dependencies]
-serde = "^0.8"
-serde_derive = { version = "^0.8", optional = true, path = "../../serde_derive" }
-serde_json = "^0.8"
diff --git a/examples/serde-syntex-example/README.md b/examples/serde-syntex-example/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a348ff79..00000000
--- a/examples/serde-syntex-example/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-This example demonstrates how to use Serde with Syntex. On stable or nightly
-with Syntex, it can be built with:
-
-```
-% rustup run stable cargo run
-     Running `target/debug/serde-syntex-example`
-{"x":1,"y":2}
-Point { x: 1, y: 2 }
-
-% rustup run nightly cargo run
-     Running `target/debug/serde-syntex-example`
-{"x":1,"y":2}
-Point { x: 1, y: 2 }
-```
-
-On nightly, it can use a plugin with:
-
-```
-% rustup run nightly cargo run --features unstable --no-default-features
-```
diff --git a/examples/serde-syntex-example/build.rs b/examples/serde-syntex-example/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c775d665..00000000
--- a/examples/serde-syntex-example/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#[cfg(not(feature = "serde_derive"))]
-mod inner {
-    extern crate serde_codegen;
-
-    use std::env;
-    use std::path::Path;
-
-    pub fn main() {
-        let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-
-        let src = Path::new("src/main.rs.in");
-        let dst = Path::new(&out_dir).join("main.rs");
-
-        serde_codegen::expand(&src, &dst).unwrap();
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "serde_derive")]
-mod inner {
-    pub fn main() {}
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    inner::main();
-}
diff --git a/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs b/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d1889d1..00000000
--- a/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#[cfg(feature = "serde_derive")]
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate serde_derive;
-
-extern crate serde;
-extern crate serde_json;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "serde_derive")]
-include!("main.rs.in");
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "serde_derive"))]
-include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/main.rs"));
diff --git a/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs.in b/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cf4841c..00000000
--- a/examples/serde-syntex-example/src/main.rs.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-struct Point {
-    x: i32,
-    y: i32,
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let point = Point { x: 1, y: 2 };
-    let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&point).unwrap();
-
-    println!("{}", serialized);
-
-    let deserialized: Point = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
-
-    println!("{:?}", deserialized);
-}