diff --git a/doc/SConscript b/doc/SConscript
index a4c078373..d39033cae 100644
--- a/doc/SConscript
+++ b/doc/SConscript
@@ -25,21 +25,6 @@ def extract_python_docstring(pyfile, summary_only=True):
 
     return doc
 
-def extract_matlab_summary(mfile):
-    """ Returns a one-line summary comment from a .m file """
-    doc = ''
-    with open(mfile) as f:
-        for line in f:
-            line = line.strip()
-            if line.startswith('%'):
-                doc = line.strip('%').strip()
-            if doc:
-                break
-    name = os.path.basename(mfile)[:-2].replace('_', ' ')
-    if doc.lower().replace('_', ' ').startswith(name):
-        doc = doc[len(name):].strip()
-    return doc
-
 
 # Set up functions to pseudo-autodoc the MATLAB toolbox
 def extract_matlab_docstring(mfile, level):
@@ -100,9 +85,10 @@ def extract_matlab_docstring(mfile, level):
 
     return docstring + '\n'
 
+
 def get_function_name(str):
     """
-        Return the function or classdef signature, assuming that
+        Return the Matlab function or classdef signature, assuming that
         the string starts with either 'function ' or 'classdef '.
     """
     if str.startswith('function '):
@@ -206,7 +192,7 @@ if localenv['sphinx_docs']:
 
         # Set the title header
         title = page.title
-        tempenv['title'] =  '='*len(title) + '\n' + title + '\n' + '='*len(title)
+        tempenv['title'] = '='*len(title) + '\n' + title + '\n' + '='*len(title)
         doc = ''
 
         # The base directory of the MATLAB toolbox relative to the sphinx build directory
@@ -246,30 +232,4 @@ if localenv['sphinx_docs']:
         build(c)
         localenv.Depends(sphinxdocs, c)
 
-    # Matlab examples: create individual documentation pages with the source
-    # for each example
-    examples = []
-    tutorials = []
-    for f in mglob(env, '#samples/matlab', 'm'):
-        tmpenv = env.Clone()
-        tmpenv['script_name'] = f.name
-        tmpenv['script_path'] = '../../../../samples/matlab/%s' % f.name
-        b = tmpenv.SubstFile('#doc/sphinx/matlab/examples/%s.rst' % f.name[:-2],
-                             '#doc/sphinx/matlab/example-script.rst.in')
-        build(b)
-        localenv.Depends(sphinxdocs, b)
-        summary = [':doc:`{0} <examples/{1}>`:'.format(f.name, f.name[:-2]),
-                   extract_matlab_summary(f.abspath),
-                   '']
-        if f.name.startswith('tut'):
-            tutorials.extend(summary)
-        else:
-            examples.extend(summary)
-
-    localenv['matlab_tutorials'] = '\n'.join(tutorials)
-    localenv['matlab_examples'] = '\n'.join(examples)
-    b = localenv.SubstFile('#doc/sphinx/matlab/examples.rst',
-                           '#doc/sphinx/matlab/examples.rst.in')
-    build(b)
-    localenv.Depends(sphinxdocs, b)
     localenv.AlwaysBuild(sphinxdocs)
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/matlab/example-script.rst.in b/doc/sphinx/matlab/example-script.rst.in
deleted file mode 100644
index aa4d452f6..000000000
--- a/doc/sphinx/matlab/example-script.rst.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-:orphan:
-
-.. _matlab-example-@script_name@:
-
-@script_name@
-=======================================================================
-
-.. literalinclude:: @script_path@
-   :language: matlab
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/matlab/examples.rst.in b/doc/sphinx/matlab/examples.rst.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 47973c7ad..000000000
--- a/doc/sphinx/matlab/examples.rst.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-.. _sec-matlab-examples:
-
-Index of Matlab Examples
-========================
-
-This is an index of the examples included with the Cantera Matlab Toolbox.
-
-Tutorials
----------
-
-@matlab_tutorials@
-
-Examples
---------
-
-@matlab_examples@
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/matlab/index.rst b/doc/sphinx/matlab/index.rst
index 2052a2139..64e8d6d98 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/matlab/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/matlab/index.rst
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ Matlab Interface User's Guide
    code-docs/one-dim
    code-docs/data
    code-docs/utilities
-   examples