diff --git a/lib/llvm-backend/src/example.rs b/lib/llvm-backend/src/example.rs
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index 5ce3c9a5ffb..00000000000
--- a/lib/llvm-backend/src/example.rs
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@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-use inkwell::OptimizationLevel;
-use inkwell::builder::Builder;
-use inkwell::context::Context;
-use inkwell::execution_engine::{ExecutionEngine, JitFunction};
-use inkwell::module::Module;
-use inkwell::targets::{InitializationConfig, Target};
-use std::error::Error;
-
-/// Convenience type alias for the `sum` function.
-///
-/// Calling this is innately `unsafe` because there's no guarantee it doesn't
-/// do `unsafe` operations internally.
-type SumFunc = unsafe extern "C" fn(u64, u64, u64) -> u64;
-
-#[test]
-fn test_sum() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
-    let context = Context::create();
-    let module = context.create_module("sum");
-    let builder = context.create_builder();
-    let execution_engine = module.create_jit_execution_engine(OptimizationLevel::Aggressive)?;
-
-    let sum = jit_compile_sum(&context, &module, &builder, &execution_engine)
-        .ok_or("Unable to JIT compile `sum`")?;
-
-    let x = 1u64;
-    let y = 2u64;
-    let z = 3u64;
-
-    unsafe {
-        println!("{} + {} + {} = {}", x, y, z, sum.call(x, y, z));
-        assert_eq!(sum.call(x, y, z), x + y + z);
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn jit_compile_sum(
-    context: &Context,
-    module: &Module,
-    builder: &Builder,
-    execution_engine: &ExecutionEngine,
-) -> Option<JitFunction<SumFunc>> {
-    let i64_type = context.i64_type();
-    let fn_type = i64_type.fn_type(&[i64_type.into(), i64_type.into(), i64_type.into()], false);
-
-    let function = module.add_function("sum", fn_type, None);
-    let basic_block = context.append_basic_block(&function, "entry");
-
-    builder.position_at_end(&basic_block);
-
-    let x = function.get_nth_param(0)?.into_int_value();
-    let y = function.get_nth_param(1)?.into_int_value();
-    let z = function.get_nth_param(2)?.into_int_value();
-
-    let sum = builder.build_int_add(x, y, "sum");
-    let sum = builder.build_int_add(sum, z, "sum");
-
-    builder.build_return(Some(&sum));
-
-    unsafe { execution_engine.get_function("sum").ok() }
-}