diff --git a/examples/dune b/examples/dune
index 1cdf32ab..53b04e82 100644
--- a/examples/dune
+++ b/examples/dune
@@ -7,9 +7,3 @@
   (ocamlopt_flags :standard -O3 -color always
                    -unbox-closures -unbox-closures-factor 20)
   )
-
-(executable
-  (name lambda)
-  (libraries printbox)
-  (modules lambda)
-  )
diff --git a/examples/lambda.ml b/examples/lambda.ml
deleted file mode 100644
index 03fd6bfe..00000000
--- a/examples/lambda.ml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-
-(** Example of printing trees: lambda-term evaluation *)
-
-
-type term =
-  | Lambda of string * term
-  | App of term * term
-  | Var of string
-
-let _gensym =
-  let r = ref 0 in
-  fun () ->
-    let s = Printf.sprintf "x%d" !r in
-    incr r;
-    s
-
-module SSet = Set.Make(String)
-module SMap = Map.Make(String)
-
-let rec fvars t = match t with
-  | Var s -> SSet.singleton s
-  | Lambda (v,t') ->
-      let set' = fvars t' in
-      SSet.remove v set'
-  | App (t1, t2) -> SSet.union (fvars t1) (fvars t2)
-
-(* replace [var] with the term [by] *)
-let rec replace t ~var ~by = match t with
-  | Var s -> if s=var then by else t
-  | App (t1,t2) -> App (replace t1 ~var ~by, replace t2 ~var ~by)
-  | Lambda (v, _t') when v=var -> t  (* no risk *)
-  | Lambda (v, t') -> Lambda (v, replace t' ~var ~by)
-
-(* rename [t] so that [var] doesn't occur in it *)
-let rename ~var t =
-  if SSet.mem var (fvars t)
-    then replace t ~var ~by:(Var (_gensym ()))
-    else t
-
-let (>>=) o f = match o with
-  | None -> None
-  | Some x -> f x
-
-let rec one_step t = match t with
-  | App (Lambda (var, t1), t2) ->
-      let t2' = rename ~var t2 in
-      Some (replace t1 ~var ~by:t2')
-  | App (t1, t2) ->
-      begin match one_step t1 with
-      | None ->
-          one_step t2 >>= fun t2' ->
-          Some (App (t1,t2'))
-      | Some t1' ->
-          Some (App (t1',t2))
-      end
-  | Var _ -> None
-  | Lambda (v,t') ->
-      one_step t' >>= fun t'' ->
-      Some (Lambda (v, t''))
-
-let normal_form t =
-  let rec aux acc t = match one_step t with
-    | None -> List.rev (t::acc)
-    | Some t' -> aux (t::acc) t'
-  in
-  aux [] t
-
-let _split_fuel f =
-  assert (f>=2);
-  if f=2 then 1,1
-  else
-    let x = 1+Random.int (f-1) in
-    f-x, x
-
-let _random_var () =
-  let v = [| "x"; "y"; "z"; "u"; "w" |] in
-  v.(Random.int (Array.length v))
-
-let  _choose_var ~vars = match vars with
-  | [] -> Var (_random_var ())
-  | _::_ ->
-      let i = Random.int (List.length vars) in
-      List.nth vars i
-
-let rec _random_term fuel vars =
-  match Random.int 2 with
-  | _ when fuel = 1 -> _choose_var ~vars
-  | 0 ->
-      let f1,f2 = _split_fuel fuel in
-      App (_random_term f1 vars, _random_term f2 vars)
-  | 1 ->
-      let v = _random_var () in
-      Lambda (v, _random_term (fuel-1) (Var v::vars))
-  | _ -> assert false
-
-let print_term t =
-  PrintBox.mk_tree
-    (function
-      | Var v -> PrintBox.line v, []
-      | App (t1,t2) -> PrintBox.line "app", [t1;t2]
-      | Lambda (v,t') -> PrintBox.line "lambda", [Var v; t']
-    ) t
-
-let print_reduction t =
-  let l = normal_form t in
-  let l = List.map (fun t -> PrintBox.pad (print_term t)) l in
-  PrintBox.vlist ~bars:false l
-
-let () =
-  Random.self_init ();
-  let t = _random_term (5 + Random.int 20) [] in
-  PrintBox_text.output ~indent:2 stdout (print_reduction t)