diff --git a/examples/concurrent-proxy.js b/examples/concurrent-proxy.js
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index 0d1889f89..000000000
--- a/examples/concurrent-proxy.js
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@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-var http = require('http'),
-    httpProxy = require('../lib/http-proxy');
-
-var connections = [],
-    go;
-
-
-//
-// Target Http Server
-//
-// to check apparent problems with concurrent connections
-// make a server which only responds when there is a given nubmer on connections
-//
-http.createServer(function (req, res) {
-  connections.push(function () {
-    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
-    res.write('request successfully proxied to: ' + req.url + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
-    res.end();
-  });
-  
-  process.stdout.write(connections.length + ', ');
-  
-  if (connections.length > 10 || go) {
-    go = true;
-    while (connections.length) {
-      connections.shift()();
-    }
-  }
-}).listen(9000);
-console.log("Web server listening on port 9000");
-
-//
-// Basic Http Proxy Server
-//
-httpProxy.createProxyServer({target:'http://localhost:9000'}).listen(8000);
-console.log("Proxy server listening on port 8000");
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diff --git a/examples/error-handling.js b/examples/error-handling.js
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index 76a09d955..000000000
--- a/examples/error-handling.js
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@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-var httpProxy = require('../lib/http-proxy'),
-    http = require('http');
-/*
- * Create your proxy server
- */
-var proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer({target:'http://localhost:30404', ws:true});
-
-var proxyServer = http.createServer(requestHandler);
-
-function requestHandler(req, res) {
-  // Pass a callback to the web proxy method
-  // and catch the error there.
-  proxy.web(req, res, function (err) {
-    // Now you can get the err
-    // and handle it by your self
-    // if (err) throw err;
-    res.writeHead(502);
-    res.end("There was an error proxying your request");
-  });
-
-  // In a websocket request case
-  req.on('upgrade', function (req, socket, head) {
-    proxy.ws(req, socket, head, function (err) {
-      // Now you can get the err
-      // and handle it by your self
-      // if (err) throw err;
-      socket.close();
-    })
-  })
-}
-
-console.log("Proxy server is listening on port 8000");
-proxyServer.listen(8000)
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diff --git a/examples/forward-proxy.js b/examples/forward-proxy.js
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index 4cb516f50..000000000
--- a/examples/forward-proxy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-var http = require('http'),
-    httpProxy = require('../lib/http-proxy');
-
-//
-// Target Http Server
-//
-http.createServer(function (req, res) {
-  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
-  res.write('request successfully proxied to: ' + req.url + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
-  res.end();
-}).listen(9000);
-console.log("Web server listening on port 9000");
-
-//
-// Target Http Forwarding Server
-//
-http.createServer(function (req, res) {
-  console.log('Receiving forward for: ' + req.url);
-  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
-  res.write('request successfully forwarded to: ' + req.url + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
-  res.end();
-}).listen(9001);
-
-//
-// Basic Http Proxy Server
-// Forward example: send requests without care about response
-//
-httpProxy.createServer({
-  target: 'http://localhost:9000',
-  forward: 'http://localhost:9001'
-}).listen(8000)
-console.log("Proxy server listening on port 8000");
-
diff --git a/examples/https-secure.js b/examples/https-secure.js
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index 83b87eb7c..000000000
--- a/examples/https-secure.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-var httpProxy = require('../lib/http-proxy'),
-    https = require('https');
-/*
- * Create your proxy server pointing to a secure domain
- * Enable ssl validation
- */
-var options = {
-  target : 'https://google.com',
-  agent  : https.globalAgent,
-  headers: {host: 'google.com'}
-};
-
-var proxyServer = httpProxy.createProxyServer(options);
-console.log("Proxy server listening on port 8000");
-proxyServer.listen(8000);
-
diff --git a/examples/https.js b/examples/https.js
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index 364d7cb2f..000000000
--- a/examples/https.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-var httpProxy = require('../lib/http-proxy');
-/*
- * Create your proxy server pointing to a secure domain
- */
-var options = {
-  target:'https://google.com',
-  headers: {host: 'google.com'}
-};
-
-var proxyServer = httpProxy.createProxyServer(options);
-console.log("Proxy server listening on port 8000");
-proxyServer.listen(8000);
-
diff --git a/examples/stand-alone.js b/examples/stand-alone.js
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index e5239c460..000000000
--- a/examples/stand-alone.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-var http = require('http'),
-    httpProxy = require('../lib/http-proxy');
-//
-// Create your proxy server
-//
-console.log("Proxy server listening on port 8000");
-httpProxy.createProxyServer({target:'http://localhost:9000'}).listen(8000);
-
-//
-// Create your target server
-//
-console.log("Web server listening on port 9000");
-http.createServer(function (req, res) {
-  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
-  res.write('request successfully proxied!' + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
-  res.end();
-}).listen(9000);
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