diff --git a/doc/SConscript b/doc/SConscript
index 4475e65a3..a4c078373 100644
--- a/doc/SConscript
+++ b/doc/SConscript
@@ -143,31 +143,6 @@ if localenv['sphinx_docs']:
         '${sphinx_cmd} -b html -d ${SPHINXBUILD}/doctrees ${SPHINXSRC} ${SPHINXBUILD}/html'))
     env.Alias('sphinx', sphinxdocs)
 
-    # Python examples: Create individual documentation pages with the source
-    # for each example
-    example_root = Dir('#interfaces/cython/cantera/examples').abspath
-    indexenv = env.Clone()
-    for subdir in subdirs(example_root):
-        summaries = []
-        for f in mglob(env, pjoin(example_root, subdir), 'py'):
-            docname = 'examples/{0}_{1}'.format(subdir, f.name[:-3])
-            summaries.append(':doc:`{0} <{1}>`:'.format(f.name, docname))
-            summaries.append(extract_python_docstring(f.abspath))
-            summaries.append('')
-
-            tmpenv = env.Clone()
-            tmpenv['script_name'] = f.name
-            tmpenv['script_path'] = '../../../../interfaces/cython/cantera/examples/%s/%s' % (subdir, f.name)
-            b = tmpenv.SubstFile('#doc/sphinx/cython/{0}.rst'.format(docname),
-                                 '#doc/sphinx/cython/example-script.rst.in')
-            build(b)
-            localenv.Depends(sphinxdocs, b)
-        indexenv['python_{0}_examples'.format(subdir)] = '\n'.join(summaries)
-    b = indexenv.SubstFile('#doc/sphinx/cython/examples.rst',
-                           '#doc/sphinx/cython/examples.rst.in')
-    build(b)
-    localenv.Depends(sphinxdocs, b)
-
     # Create a list of MATLAB classes to document. This uses the NamedTuple
     # structure defined at the top of the file. The @Data and @Utilities
     # classes are fake classes for the purposes of documentation only. Each
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/cython/example-script.rst.in b/doc/sphinx/cython/example-script.rst.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 786f15662..000000000
--- a/doc/sphinx/cython/example-script.rst.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-:orphan:
-
-.. _py-example-@script_name@:
-
-@script_name@
-=======================================================================
-
-.. literalinclude:: @script_path@
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/cython/examples.rst.in b/doc/sphinx/cython/examples.rst.in
deleted file mode 100644
index af4e787e7..000000000
--- a/doc/sphinx/cython/examples.rst.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-.. _sec-cython-examples:
-
-.. py:currentmodule:: cantera
-
-Index of Python Examples
-========================
-
-This is an index of the examples included with the Cantera Python module. They
-can be found in the `examples` subdirectory of the Cantera Python module's
-installation directory. To determine the location of this directory, run the following in your Python interpreter::
-
-    import cantera.examples
-    print(cantera.examples.__path__)
-
-Thermodynamics
---------------
-
-@python_thermo_examples@
-
-Kinetics
---------
-
-@python_kinetics_examples@
-
-Transport
----------
-
-@python_transport_examples@
-
-Reactor Networks
-----------------
-
-@python_reactors_examples@
-
-One-dimensional Flames
-----------------------
-
-@python_onedim_examples@
-
-Multiphase Mixtures
--------------------
-
-@python_multiphase_examples@
-
-Surface Chemistry
------------------
-
-@python_surface_chemistry_examples@
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/cython/index.rst b/doc/sphinx/cython/index.rst
index 22b1add1f..3f18cc723 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/cython/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/cython/index.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Contents:
    zerodim
    onedim
    constants
-   examples
    migrating
 
    Application Examples as Jupyter Notebooks <https://github.com/Cantera/cantera-jupyter#cantera-jupyter>