diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index d2aca69d84a..a6f6eda3267 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 httparse = "1.0"
 httpdate = "1.0"
-once_cell = "1.5.2"
 rand = "0.8.3"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dev-dependencies.winapi]
@@ -71,11 +70,6 @@ path = "udp-codec.rs"
 name = "tinyhttp"
 path = "tinyhttp.rs"
 
-[[example]]
-name = "custom-executor"
-path = "custom-executor.rs"
-
-
 [[example]]
 name = "custom-executor-tokio-context"
 path = "custom-executor-tokio-context.rs"