diff --git a/app.yaml b/app.yaml
index aa2d565f1..857fe33a3 100644
--- a/app.yaml
+++ b/app.yaml
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ skip_files:
 - ^(.*/)?core/configs/.*\.local\.ini$
 - ^(.*/)?(\.git|\.idea|\.vagrant|data|docs|env|log|provisioning|site|tests|tmp|utils)/.*
 - ^(.*/)?(core|modules/.*)/(database/(pgsql|sqlite)|tests)/.*
-- ^(.*/)?modules/(archive|batchmake|dicom.*|example|javauploaddownload|metadataextractor|pvw|remoteprocessing|solr|statistics|visualize)/.*
+- ^(.*/)?modules/(archive|batchmake|dicom.*|javauploaddownload|metadataextractor|pvw|remoteprocessing|solr|statistics|visualize)/.*
diff --git a/modules/example/AppController.php b/modules/example/AppController.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d1837e8..000000000
--- a/modules/example/AppController.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-/** App controller for the example module */
-class Example_AppController extends MIDAS_GlobalModule
-{
-    public $moduleName = 'example';
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/Bootstrap.php b/modules/example/Bootstrap.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dbf6d617..000000000
--- a/modules/example/Bootstrap.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-/** Bootstrap for the example module. */
-class Example_Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Module_Bootstrap
-{
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/README b/modules/example/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c69f8a9f..000000000
--- a/modules/example/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Example Midas3 module, does not have any real functionality to be relied upon.
-
-This is only to be used as an example of developing a module.
diff --git a/modules/example/configs/module.ini b/modules/example/configs/module.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index cc9055444..000000000
--- a/modules/example/configs/module.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-; Midas Server. Copyright Kitware SAS. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
-
-[global]
-fullname = "Example"
-description = "Example module"
-category = "Examples"
-dependencies =
-uuid = "ce38cd19-25d6-44fe-b683-6ea340872c41"
-version = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/modules/example/constant/module.php b/modules/example/constant/module.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a865025b9..000000000
--- a/modules/example/constant/module.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-define('MIDAS_EXAMPLE', 0);
diff --git a/modules/example/controllers/SampleController.php b/modules/example/controllers/SampleController.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ee5033d9..000000000
--- a/modules/example/controllers/SampleController.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-require_once BASE_PATH.'/modules/example/AppController.php';
-
-/** example sample controller */
-class Example_SampleController extends Example_AppController
-{
-    public $_models = array('User');
-    public $_moduleModels = array('Wallet');
-
-    /** init method */
-    public function init()
-    {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * view Action.
-     */
-    public function viewAction()
-    {
-        $this->view->header = 'Example Module Sample Controller View Action';
-        $this->view->sampleList = array('sample 1', 'sample 2', 'sample 3');
-        $this->view->json['json_sample'] = 'my_json_sample_value';
-        // get userId 1 for now
-        $userDao = $this->User->load(1); // use a core model
-        $this->view->wallet = $this->Example_Wallet->createWallet($userDao, '10'); // use a model from this module
-        $this->view->wallet->setCreditCardCount(3);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * delete Action.
-     */
-    public function deleteAction()
-    {
-        $this->view->header = 'Example Module Sample Controller Delete Action';
-    }
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/database/mysql/1.0.0.sql b/modules/example/database/mysql/1.0.0.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index bf2531209..000000000
--- a/modules/example/database/mysql/1.0.0.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
--- Midas Server. Copyright Kitware SAS. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
-
--- MySQL database for the example module, version 1.0.0
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `example_wallet` (
-    `example_wallet_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-    `user_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
-    `dollars` bigint(20) NOT NULL,
-    PRIMARY KEY (`example_wallet_id`)
-) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
diff --git a/modules/example/database/pgsql/1.0.0.sql b/modules/example/database/pgsql/1.0.0.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index d7ac61861..000000000
--- a/modules/example/database/pgsql/1.0.0.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
--- Midas Server. Copyright Kitware SAS. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
-
--- PostgreSQL database for the example module, version 1.0.0
-
-SET client_encoding = 'UTF8';
-SET default_with_oids = FALSE;
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "example_wallet" (
-    "example_wallet_id" serial PRIMARY KEY,
-    "user_id" bigint NOT NULL,
-    "dollars" bigint NOT NULL
-);
diff --git a/modules/example/database/sqlite/1.0.0.sql b/modules/example/database/sqlite/1.0.0.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index a3690adb9..000000000
--- a/modules/example/database/sqlite/1.0.0.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
--- Midas Server. Copyright Kitware SAS. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
-
--- SQLite database for the example module, version 1.0.0
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "example_wallet" (
-  "example_wallet_id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL,
-  "user_id" INTEGER NOT NULL,
-  "dollars" INTEGER NOT NULL
-);
diff --git a/modules/example/database/upgrade/1.0.1.php b/modules/example/database/upgrade/1.0.1.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 320039969..000000000
--- a/modules/example/database/upgrade/1.0.1.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-/** Upgrade the example module to version 1.0.1. */
-class Example_Upgrade_1_0_1 extends MIDASUpgrade
-{
-    /** Upgrade a MySQL database. */
-    public function mysql()
-    {
-        $this->db->query("ALTER TABLE `example_wallet` ADD COLUMN `credit_card_count` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';");
-    }
-
-    /** Upgrade a PostgreSQL database. */
-    public function pgsql()
-    {
-        $this->db->query('ALTER TABLE example_wallet ADD COLUMN credit_card_count integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;');
-    }
-
-    /** Upgrade a SQLite database. */
-    public function sqlite()
-    {
-        $this->db->query('ALTER TABLE example_wallet ADD COLUMN credit_card_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;');
-    }
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/models/AppDao.php b/modules/example/models/AppDao.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dafad1fa..000000000
--- a/modules/example/models/AppDao.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-/** Generic DAO class for the example module. */
-class Example_AppDao extends MIDAS_GlobalDao
-{
-    /** @var string */
-    public $moduleName = 'example';
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/models/AppModel.php b/modules/example/models/AppModel.php
deleted file mode 100644
index cfa2d221c..000000000
--- a/modules/example/models/AppModel.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-/** Example AppModel. */
-class Example_AppModel extends MIDASModel
-{
-    public $moduleName = 'example';
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/models/base/WalletModelBase.php b/modules/example/models/base/WalletModelBase.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a685fdcdb..000000000
--- a/modules/example/models/base/WalletModelBase.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-/** WalletModel Base class */
-class Example_WalletModelBase extends Example_AppModel
-{
-    /**
-     * constructor.
-     */
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-        parent::__construct();
-        $this->_name = 'example_wallet';
-        $this->_key = 'example_wallet_id';
-
-        $this->_mainData = array(
-            'example_wallet_id' => array('type' => MIDAS_DATA),
-            'user_id' => array('type' => MIDAS_DATA),
-            'dollars' => array('type' => MIDAS_DATA),
-            'credit_card_count' => array('type' => MIDAS_DATA),
-            'user' => array(
-                'type' => MIDAS_MANY_TO_ONE,
-                'model' => 'User',
-                'parent_column' => 'user_id',
-                'child_column' => 'user_id',
-            ),
-        );
-        $this->initialize(); // required
-    }
-
-    /** Create a wallet
-     * @return WalletDao
-     */
-    public function createWallet($userDao, $dollars)
-    {
-        /** @var Example_WalletDao $wallet */
-        $wallet = MidasLoader::newDao('WalletDao', 'example');
-        $wallet->setUserId($userDao->getKey());
-        $wallet->setDollars($dollars);
-        $this->save($wallet);
-
-        return $wallet;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/models/dao/WalletDao.php b/modules/example/models/dao/WalletDao.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cca20585..000000000
--- a/modules/example/models/dao/WalletDao.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-/**
- * Wallet DAO for the example module.
- *
- * @method int getExampleWalletId()
- * @method void setExampleWalletId(int $exampleWalletId)
- * @method int getUserId()
- * @method void setUserId(int $userId)
- * @method float getDollars()
- * @method void setDollars(float $dollars)
- * @method int getCreditCardCount()
- * @method void setCreditCardCount(int $creditCardCount)
- * @method UserDao getUser()
- * @method void setUser(UserDao $user)
- */
-class Example_WalletDao extends AppDao
-{
-    /** @var string */
-    public $_model = 'Wallet';
-
-    /** @var string */
-    public $_module = 'example';
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/models/pdo/WalletModel.php b/modules/example/models/pdo/WalletModel.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 92d830632..000000000
--- a/modules/example/models/pdo/WalletModel.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-require_once BASE_PATH.'/modules/example/models/base/WalletModelBase.php';
-
-/** Example_WalletModel */
-class Example_WalletModel extends Example_WalletModelBase
-{
-}
diff --git a/modules/example/public/js/sample/example.sample.view.js b/modules/example/public/js/sample/example.sample.view.js
deleted file mode 100644
index adb100701..000000000
--- a/modules/example/public/js/sample/example.sample.view.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Midas Server. Copyright Kitware SAS. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
-
-/* global json */
-
-var midas = midas || {};
-midas.example = midas.example || {};
-
-midas.example.sampleView = function (displayValue) {
-    'use strict';
-    $('.viewWrapper').append(displayValue);
-};
-
-$(document).ready(function () {
-    'use strict';
-    if (json.json_sample) {
-        midas.example.sampleView(json.json_sample);
-    }
-});
diff --git a/modules/example/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/example/tests/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d9bc93b4..000000000
--- a/modules/example/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#=============================================================================
-# Midas Server
-# Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
-# All rights reserved.
-# For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#=============================================================================
-
-set(module_name example)
-to_titlecase(${module_name} module_name_titlecase)
-
-add_midas_style_test(Style${module_name_titlecase} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/modules/${module_name})
diff --git a/modules/example/views/sample/delete.phtml b/modules/example/views/sample/delete.phtml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5800fe631..000000000
--- a/modules/example/views/sample/delete.phtml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
diff --git a/modules/example/views/sample/view.phtml b/modules/example/views/sample/view.phtml
deleted file mode 100644
index a4c03b385..000000000
--- a/modules/example/views/sample/view.phtml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*=========================================================================
- Midas Server
- Copyright Kitware SAS, 26 rue Louis Guérin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
- All rights reserved.
- For more information visit http://www.kitware.com/.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-=========================================================================*/
-
-$this->headScript()->appendFile($this->moduleWebroot.'/public/js/sample/example.sample.view.js');
-?>
-    <table>
-        <?php
-        foreach ($this->sampleList as $sample) {
-            echo '<tr><td>'.$this->escape($sample).'</td></tr>';
-        }
-        ?>
-    </table>
-<?php
-echo 'wallet dollars: '.$this->escape($this->wallet->getDollars());
-echo 'credit card count: '.$this->escape($this->wallet->getCreditCardCount());