diff --git a/examples/sigfreed.c b/examples/sigfreed.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e66f627..00000000
--- a/examples/sigfreed.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include "sigar.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
-    sigar_swap_t swapinfo;
-    sigar_mem_t meminfo;
-    sigar_t *sig;
-    int err;
-
-    if(sigar_open(&sig) != SIGAR_OK){
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error opening sigar context!\n");
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if((err = sigar_mem_get(sig, &meminfo)) != SIGAR_OK ||
-       (err = sigar_swap_get(sig, &swapinfo)) != SIGAR_OK)
-    {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to get memory info: %s\n",
-                strerror(err));
-        sigar_close(sig);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    fprintf(stdout, "%18s %10s %10s %10s %10s %10s\n", 
-            "total", "used", "free", "shared", "buffers", "cached");
-    fprintf(stdout, "Mem:    %10ld %10ld %10ld %10ld %10ld %10ld\n",
-            meminfo.total / 1024, 
-            meminfo.used / 1024, 
-            meminfo.free / 1024, 
-            meminfo.shared / 1024,
-            meminfo.buffer / 1024,
-            meminfo.cached / 1024);
-    fprintf(stdout, "-/+ buffers/cache: %10ld %10d\n",
-            meminfo.actual_used / 1024,
-            meminfo.actual_free / 1024);
-    fprintf(stdout, "Swap:   %10ld %10ld %10ld\n",
-            swapinfo.total / 1024,
-            swapinfo.used / 1024,
-            swapinfo.free / 1024);
-
-    sigar_close(sig);
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/examples/sigps.c b/examples/sigps.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e5312626..00000000
--- a/examples/sigps.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#include "sigar.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
-    sigar_t *sig;
-
-    if(sigar_open(&sig) != SIGAR_OK){
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error opening sigar context!\n");
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    sigar_close(sig);
-    return 0;
-}