diff --git a/libs/xmlrpc-c/GNUmakefile b/libs/xmlrpc-c/GNUmakefile
index 106d99c6c8..45bf344d1c 100644
--- a/libs/xmlrpc-c/GNUmakefile
+++ b/libs/xmlrpc-c/GNUmakefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ VPATH = .:$(SRCDIR)
 
 include $(SRCDIR)/Makefile.config
 
-SUBDIRS = include src lib tools examples
+SUBDIRS = include src lib tools
 
 PROGRAMS_TO_INSTALL = xmlrpc-c-config