diff --git a/_wip/examples_drawtext_CMakeLists.txt b/_wip/examples_drawtext_CMakeLists.txt
index f2289d21..64b1978a 100644
--- a/_wip/examples_drawtext_CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/_wip/examples_drawtext_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,36 +1,5 @@
 # 3 june 2016
 
-if(WIN32)
-	set(_EXAMPLE_RESOURCES_RC resources.rc)
-endif()
-
-macro(_add_example _name)
-	_add_exec(${_name} ${ARGN})
-	# because Microsoft's toolchain is dumb
-	if(MSVC)
-		set_property(TARGET ${_name} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
-			LINK_FLAGS " /ENTRY:mainCRTStartup")
-	endif()
-endmacro()
-
-_add_example(controlgallery
-	controlgallery/main.c
-	${_EXAMPLE_RESOURCES_RC}
-)
-
-_add_example(histogram
-	histogram/main.c
-	${_EXAMPLE_RESOURCES_RC}
-)
-
-_add_example(cpp-multithread
-	cpp-multithread/main.cpp
-	${_EXAMPLE_RESOURCES_RC}
-)
-if(NOT WIN32)
-	target_link_libraries(cpp-multithread pthread)
-endif()
-
 _add_example(drawtext
 	drawtext/attributes.c
 	drawtext/basic.c
@@ -48,11 +17,3 @@ _add_example(opentype
 )
 target_include_directories(opentype
 	PRIVATE opentype)
-
-add_custom_target(examples
-	DEPENDS
-		controlgallery
-		histogram
-		cpp-multithread
-		drawtext
-		opentype)