diff --git a/examples/repository/main.go b/examples/repository/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 885fa4f3d..000000000
--- a/examples/repository/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// Command repository_api demonstrates the use of Kopia's Repository API.
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/kopia/kopia/internal/kopialogging"
-	"github.com/kopia/repo"
-)
-
-var log = kopialogging.Logger("kopia/example")
-
-func main() {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	if err := setupRepositoryAndConnect(ctx, masterPassword); err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("unable to set up repository: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	r, err := repo.Open(ctx, configFile, masterPassword, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("unable to open repository: %v", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	defer r.Close(ctx) //nolint:errcheck
-
-	uploadAndDownloadObjects(ctx, r)
-
-	// Now list blocks found in the repository.
-	blks, err := r.Blocks.ListBlocks("")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("err: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, b := range blks {
-		log.Infof("found block %v", b)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/examples/repository/setup_repository.go b/examples/repository/setup_repository.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 82c274220..000000000
--- a/examples/repository/setup_repository.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/kopia/repo"
-	"github.com/kopia/repo/block"
-	"github.com/kopia/repo/storage/filesystem"
-	"github.com/kopia/repo/storage/logging"
-)
-
-const (
-	masterPassword = "my-password$!@#!@"
-	storageDir     = "/tmp/kopia-example/storage"
-	configFile     = "/tmp/kopia-example/config"
-	cacheDirectory = "/tmp/kopia-example/cache"
-)
-
-func setupRepositoryAndConnect(ctx context.Context, password string) error {
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(storageDir, 0700); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create directory: %v", err)
-	}
-	st, err := filesystem.New(ctx, &filesystem.Options{
-		Path: storageDir,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to storage: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// set up logging so we can see what's going on
-	st = logging.NewWrapper(st)
-
-	// see if we already have the config file, if not connect.
-	if _, err := os.Stat(configFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		// initialize repository
-		if err := repo.Initialize(ctx, st, &repo.NewRepositoryOptions{}, password); err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("unable to initialize repository: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		// now establish connection to repository and create configuration file.
-		if err := repo.Connect(ctx, configFile, st, password, repo.ConnectOptions{
-			CachingOptions: block.CachingOptions{
-				CacheDirectory:    cacheDirectory,
-				MaxCacheSizeBytes: 100000000,
-			},
-		}); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to repository: %v", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/examples/repository/upload_download_objects.go b/examples/repository/upload_download_objects.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 31b253dce..000000000
--- a/examples/repository/upload_download_objects.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"crypto/rand"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/kopia/repo"
-	"github.com/kopia/repo/object"
-)
-
-func uploadRandomObject(ctx context.Context, r *repo.Repository, length int) (object.ID, error) {
-	w := r.Objects.NewWriter(ctx, object.WriterOptions{})
-	defer w.Close() //nolint:errcheck
-
-	buf := make([]byte, 256*1024)
-	for length > 0 {
-		todo := length
-		if todo > len(buf) {
-			todo = len(buf)
-		}
-		rand.Read(buf[0:todo]) //nolint:errcheck
-		if _, err := w.Write(buf[0:todo]); err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-		length -= todo
-	}
-	return w.Result()
-}
-
-func downloadObject(ctx context.Context, r *repo.Repository, oid object.ID) ([]byte, error) {
-	rd, err := r.Objects.Open(ctx, oid)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer rd.Close() //nolint:errcheck
-
-	return ioutil.ReadAll(rd)
-}
-
-func uploadAndDownloadObjects(ctx context.Context, r *repo.Repository) {
-	var oids []object.ID
-
-	for size := 100; size < 100000000; size *= 2 {
-		log.Debugf("uploading file with %v bytes", size)
-		oid, err := uploadRandomObject(ctx, r, size)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("unable to upload: %v", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		log.Debugf("uploaded %v bytes as %v", size, oid)
-		oids = append(oids, oid)
-	}
-
-	for _, oid := range oids {
-		log.Infof("downloading %q", oid)
-		b, err := downloadObject(ctx, r, oid)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("unable to read object: %v", err)
-		}
-		log.Debugf("downloaded %v", len(b))
-	}
-}