diff --git a/doc/example-packet-drv.c b/doc/example-packet-drv.c
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index ab81a7a96..000000000
--- a/doc/example-packet-drv.c
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-/*
- * This is an example of how to write a network device driver ("packet
- * driver") for Contiki. A packet driver is a regular Contiki process
- * that does two things:
- * # Checks for incoming packets and delivers those to the TCP/IP stack
- * # Provides an output function that transmits packets
- *
- * The output function is registered with the Contiki TCP/IP stack,
- * whereas incoming packets must be checked inside a Contiki process.
- * We use the same process for checking for incoming packets and for
- * registering the output function.
- */
-
-/*
- * We include the "contiki-net.h" file to get all the network functions.
- */
-#include "contiki-net.h"
-
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/*
- * We declare the process that we use to register with the TCP/IP stack,
- * and to check for incoming packets.
- */
-PROCESS(example_packet_driver_process, "Example packet driver process");
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/*
- * Next, we define the function that transmits packets. This function
- * is called from the TCP/IP stack when a packet is to be transmitted.
- * The packet is located in the uip_buf[] buffer, and the length of the
- * packet is in the uip_len variable.
- */
-uint8_t
-example_packet_driver_output(void)
-{
-  let_the_hardware_send_the_packet(uip_buf, uip_len);
-
-  /*
-   * A network device driver returns always zero.
-   */
-  return 0;
-}
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/*
- * This is the poll handler function in the process below. This poll
- * handler function checks for incoming packets and delivers them to
- * the TCP/IP stack.
- */
-static void
-pollhandler(void)
-{
-  /*
-   * We assume that we have some hardware device that notifies us when
-   * a new packet has arrived. We also assume that we have a function
-   * that pulls out the new packet (here called
-   * check_and_copy_packet()) and puts it in the uip_buf[] buffer. The
-   * function returns the length of the incoming packet, and we store
-   * it in the global uip_len variable. If the packet is longer than
-   * zero bytes, we hand it over to the TCP/IP stack.
-   */
-  uip_len = check_and_copy_packet();
-
-  /*
-   * The function tcpip_input() delivers the packet in the uip_buf[]
-   * buffer to the TCP/IP stack.
-   */
-  if(uip_len > 0) {
-    tcpip_input();
-  }
-
-  /*
-   * Now we'll make sure that the poll handler is executed repeatedly.
-   * We do this by calling process_poll() with this process as its
-   * argument.
-   *
-   * In many cases, the hardware will cause an interrupt to be executed
-   * when a new packet arrives. For such hardware devices, the interrupt
-   * handler calls process_poll() (which is safe to use in an interrupt
-   * context) instead.
-   */
-  process_poll(&example_packet_driver_process);
-}
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/*
- * Finally, we define the process that does the work. 
- */
-PROCESS_THREAD(example_packet_driver_process, ev, data)
-{
-  /*
-   * This process has a poll handler, so we declare it here. Note that
-   * the PROCESS_POLLHANDLER() macro must come before the PROCESS_BEGIN()
-   * macro.
-   */
-  PROCESS_POLLHANDLER(pollhandler());
-
-  /*
-   * This process has an exit handler, so we declare it here. Note that
-   * the PROCESS_EXITHANDLER() macro must come before the PROCESS_BEGIN()
-   * macro.
-   */
-  PROCESS_EXITHANDLER(exithandler());
-
-  /*
-   * The process begins here.
-   */
-  PROCESS_BEGIN();
-
-  /*
-   * We start with initializing the hardware.
-   */
-  initialize_the_hardware();
-
-  /*
-   * Register the driver. This will cause any previously registered driver
-   * to be ignored by the TCP/IP stack.
-   */
-  tcpip_set_outputfunc(example_packet_driver_output);
-
-  /*
-   * Now we'll make sure that the poll handler is executed initially. We do
-   * this by calling process_poll() with this process as its argument.
-   */
-  process_poll(&example_packet_driver_process);
-
-  /*
-   * And we wait for the process to exit.
-   */
-  PROCESS_WAIT_EVENT_UNTIL(ev == PROCESS_EVENT_EXIT);
-
-  /*
-   * Now we shutdown the hardware.
-   */
-  shutdown_the_hardware();
-
-  /*
-   * Here ends the process.
-   */
-  PROCESS_END();
-}
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/doc/example-packet-drv.h b/doc/example-packet-drv.h
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index 8ebfe7fc0..000000000
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-/*
- * This is an example of how to write a network device driver ("packet
- * driver") for Contiki.
- */
-
-#ifndef __EXAMPLE_PACKET_DRV_H__
-#define __EXAMPLE_PACKET_DRV_H__
-
-/*
- * We include the "contiki.h" file to get the macro and typedef used below.
- */
-#include "contiki.h"
-
-/*
- * Here we declare the process name used to start it (typically from main()).
- */
-PROCESS_NAME(example_packet_driver_process);
-
-/*
- * Finally we declare the output function for use with uIP packet forwarding.
- */
-uint8_t example_packet_driver_output(void);
-
-#endif /* __EXAMPLE_PACKET_DRV_H__ */
diff --git a/doc/examples.txt b/doc/examples.txt
index d077373d8..5b2789278 100644
--- a/doc/examples.txt
+++ b/doc/examples.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /** \example example-program.c */
 /** \example example-pollhandler.c */
 /** \example example-list.c */
-/** \example example-packet-drv.c */
 /** \example example-psock-server.c */
 
 /** \example multi-threading.c */