diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/examples/one-http-req.js b/packages/opentelemetry-node/examples/one-http-req.js
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index c8712054..00000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/examples/one-http-req.js
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@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-// Start an HTTP server and make a single request to it.
-//
-// Usage:
-//      OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=one-http-req1 node -r ../start.js one-http-req.js
-//      OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=one-http-req2 node -r ./telemetry.js one-http-req.js
-
-const http = require('http');
-
-const server = http.createServer(function onRequest(req, res) {
-    console.log('incoming request: %s %s %s', req.method, req.url, req.headers);
-    req.resume();
-    req.on('end', function () {
-        const body = 'pong';
-        res.writeHead(200, {
-            'content-type': 'text/plain',
-            'content-length': Buffer.byteLength(body),
-        });
-        res.end(body);
-    });
-});
-
-server.listen(3000, function () {
-    // Make a request to our HTTP server listening at http://localhost:3000.
-    const clientReq = http.request('http://localhost:3000/', function (cres) {
-        console.log('client response: %s %s', cres.statusCode, cres.headers);
-        const chunks = [];
-        cres.on('data', function (chunk) {
-            chunks.push(chunk);
-        });
-        cres.on('end', function () {
-            const body = chunks.join('');
-            console.log('client response body: %j', body);
-            server.close();
-        });
-    });
-    clientReq.end();
-});
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/examples/telemetry.js b/packages/opentelemetry-node/examples/telemetry.js
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--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/examples/telemetry.js
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-// Setup OTel telemetry using `@elastic/opentelemetry-node`, but via manual
-// code-setup, rather than via the `-r @elastic/opentelemetry-node/start.js`
-// convenience.
-
-const {ElasticNodeSDK} = require('../');
-
-const sdk = new ElasticNodeSDK({
-    // Show an example of custom code for configuring the SDK possible when
-    // using a separate "telemetry.js" file for bootstrapping.
-    serviceName: process.env.MY_SERVICE_NAME ?? undefined,
-});
-
-process.once('beforeExit', async () => {
-    try {
-        await sdk.shutdown();
-    } catch (err) {
-        console.warn('warning: error shutting down OTel SDK', err);
-    }
-});
-
-sdk.start();