diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.am b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
index c0c82f3b5..78e1baef8 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
 EXTRA_DIST = README curlgtk.c sepheaders.c simple.c postit2.c		\
-	     win32sockets.c persistant.c ftpget.c Makefile.example	\
+	     persistant.c ftpget.c Makefile.example			\
 	     multithread.c getinmemory.c ftpupload.c httpput.c		\
 	     simplessl.c ftpgetresp.c http-post.c post-callback.c	\
 	     multi-app.c multi-double.c multi-single.c multi-post.c	\
diff --git a/docs/examples/win32sockets.c b/docs/examples/win32sockets.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f791c8b5..000000000
--- a/docs/examples/win32sockets.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-
-/*
- * Note: This is only required if you use curl 7.8 or lower, later 
- * versions provide an option to curl_global_init() that does the
- * win32 initialization for you.
- */
-
-/*
- * These are example functions doing socket init that Windows
- * require. If you don't use windows, you can safely ignore this crap.
- */
-
-#include <windows.h>
-
-void win32_cleanup(void)
-{
-  WSACleanup();
-}
-
-int win32_init(void)
-{
-  WORD wVersionRequested;  
-  WSADATA wsaData; 
-  int err; 
-  wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD(1, 1); 
-    
-  err = WSAStartup(wVersionRequested, &wsaData); 
-    
-  if (err != 0) 
-    /* Tell the user that we couldn't find a useable */ 
-    /* winsock.dll.     */ 
-    return 1;
-    
-  /* Confirm that the Windows Sockets DLL supports 1.1.*/ 
-  /* Note that if the DLL supports versions greater */ 
-  /* than 1.1 in addition to 1.1, it will still return */ 
-  /* 1.1 in wVersion since that is the version we */ 
-  /* requested. */ 
-    
-  if ( LOBYTE( wsaData.wVersion ) != 1 || 
-       HIBYTE( wsaData.wVersion ) != 1 ) { 
-    /* Tell the user that we couldn't find a useable */ 
-
-    /* winsock.dll. */ 
-    WSACleanup(); 
-    return 1; 
-  }
-  return 0; /* 0 is ok */
-}