diff --git a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 39a241c14d2eb533a4149dec7680359850d22857..dcdee1297e8711425bc3c9b4b996812738ca21e1 100644
--- a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(test_virtual_can_rx test_virtual_can_rx.cpp)
 # edit the following line to add the necessary libraries
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(test_virtual_can_rx ${IRIUTILS_LIBRARY} comm pthread)
 
-# edit the following line to add the source code for the example and the name of the executable
-ADD_EXECUTABLE(test_candump test_candump.cpp)
-
-# edit the following line to add the necessary libraries
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(test_candump ${IRIUTILS_LIBRARY} comm pthread)
-
 IF(BUILD_FTDI)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(test_ftdi test_ftdi.cpp)