diff --git a/examples/playbooks/roles/foo/main.yml b/examples/playbooks/roles/foo/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d763d16cfdb..00000000000
--- a/examples/playbooks/roles/foo/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-
-- name: template operation
-  template: src=foo.j2 dest=/etc/motd
-
-- action: shell echo 'hi webserver'
-  notify:
-    - blippy