diff --git a/example/clonebytes.go b/example/clonebytes.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4db5053..0000000
--- a/example/clonebytes.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"log"
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/tidwall/redcon"
-)
-
-var addr = ":6380"
-
-func main() {
-	var mu sync.RWMutex
-	var items = make(map[string][]byte)
-	go log.Printf("started server at %s", addr)
-	err := redcon.ListenAndServeBytes(addr,
-		func(conn redcon.Conn, commands [][][]byte) {
-			for _, args := range commands {
-				switch string(args[0]) {
-				default:
-					conn.WriteError("ERR unknown command '" + string(args[0]) + "'")
-				case "ping":
-					conn.WriteString("PONG")
-				case "quit":
-					conn.WriteString("OK")
-					conn.Close()
-				case "set":
-					if len(args) != 3 {
-						conn.WriteError("ERR wrong number of arguments for '" + string(args[0]) + "' command")
-						continue
-					}
-					mu.Lock()
-					items[string(args[1])] = args[2]
-					mu.Unlock()
-					conn.WriteString("OK")
-				case "get":
-					if len(args) != 2 {
-						conn.WriteError("ERR wrong number of arguments for '" + string(args[0]) + "' command")
-						continue
-					}
-					mu.RLock()
-					val, ok := items[string(args[1])]
-					mu.RUnlock()
-					if !ok {
-						conn.WriteNull()
-					} else {
-						conn.WriteBulkBytes(val)
-					}
-				case "del":
-					if len(args) != 2 {
-						conn.WriteError("ERR wrong number of arguments for '" + string(args[0]) + "' command")
-						continue
-					}
-					mu.Lock()
-					_, ok := items[string(args[1])]
-					delete(items, string(args[1]))
-					mu.Unlock()
-					if !ok {
-						conn.WriteInt(0)
-					} else {
-						conn.WriteInt(1)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		},
-		func(conn redcon.Conn) bool {
-			// use this function to accept or deny the connection.
-			// log.Printf("accept: %s", conn.RemoteAddr())
-			return true
-		},
-		func(conn redcon.Conn, err error) {
-			// this is called when the connection has been closed
-			// log.Printf("closed: %s, err: %v", conn.RemoteAddr(), err)
-		},
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}