diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 727185e4..9eff073e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -396,12 +396,6 @@ pkgconfig_DATA = libxml-2.0.pc
 cmakedir = $(libdir)/cmake/libxml2
 cmake_DATA = libxml2-config.cmake
 
-#
-# Install the tests program sources as examples 
-#
-examplesdir = $(docdir)/examples
-examples_DATA = xmllint.c
-
 tst: tst.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Iinclude -o tst tst.c .libs/libxml2.a -lpthread -lm -lz -llzma
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 582badf4..450d80bb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -814,8 +814,6 @@ configure_file(
 
 install_data(files('libxml.m4'), install_dir: dir_data / 'aclocal')
 
-install_data(files('xmllint.c'), install_dir: dir_doc / 'examples')
-
 if support_tls == false
     message('===============================================================')
     message('WARNING: Your C compiler appears to not support thread-local')
diff --git a/python/tests/Makefile.am b/python/tests/Makefile.am
index e30058e3..0f6caddf 100644
--- a/python/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/python/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-exampledir = $(docdir)/python/examples
-dist_example_DATA = $(PYTESTS) $(XMLS) setup_test.py
-
 PYTESTS=	\
     build.py	\
     attribs.py	\
@@ -56,6 +53,8 @@ XMLS=		\
     invalid.xml	\
     test.dtd
 
+EXTRA_DIST = $(PYTESTS) $(XMLS) setup_test.py meson.build
+
 CLEANFILES = core tmp.xml *.pyc
 
 if WITH_PYTHON
@@ -75,5 +74,3 @@ check-local:
 	    fi ; \
 	  done)
 endif
-
-EXTRA_DIST = meson.build
diff --git a/python/tests/meson.build b/python/tests/meson.build
index 9027c45b..1c56fddc 100644
--- a/python/tests/meson.build
+++ b/python/tests/meson.build
@@ -56,8 +56,3 @@ xml_files = files(
     'tst.xml',
     'valid.xml',
 )
-
-install_data(
-    [python_test_files, xml_files, files('setup_test.py')],
-    install_dir: dir_doc / 'python' / 'examples',
-)