diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/functional/base.py b/openstackclient/tests/functional/base.py
index 08e9390e3e..3542a82756 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/functional/base.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/functional/base.py
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ from tempest.lib import exceptions
 import testtools
 
 
-COMMON_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-FUNCTIONAL_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(COMMON_DIR, '..'))
-ROOT_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(FUNCTIONAL_DIR, '..'))
-EXAMPLE_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'examples')
 ADMIN_CLOUD = os.environ.get('OS_ADMIN_CLOUD', 'devstack-admin')
 
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/functional/examples/__init__.py b/openstackclient/tests/functional/examples/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/functional/examples/test_examples.py b/openstackclient/tests/functional/examples/test_examples.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 031f036a98..0000000000
--- a/openstackclient/tests/functional/examples/test_examples.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-from openstackclient.tests.functional import base
-
-
-class ExampleTests(base.TestCase):
-    """Functional tests for running examples."""
-
-    def test_common(self):
-        # NOTE(stevemar): If an examples has a non-zero return
-        # code, then execute will raise an error by default.
-        base.execute('python', base.EXAMPLE_DIR + '/common.py --debug')
-
-    def test_object_api(self):
-        base.execute('python', base.EXAMPLE_DIR + '/object_api.py --debug')
-
-    def test_osc_lib(self):
-        base.execute('python', base.EXAMPLE_DIR + '/osc-lib.py --debug')