diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index fc6a30592f..c7c3896265 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice v0.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help v1.1.1 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index 155695d9a5..8d7be4a960 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice v0.5.2 h1:in9Bc+QcXwd1apOVM7Un9t8tixPKdaHQFdLSUM
 github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice v0.5.2/go.mod h1:VpMblFEqG67A/H2sHKAemeH9vlURVavlysbdUI632yk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1 h1:A/T3qGvxi4kpKWWcPC/PgbvDA2bjVLO7n4UeVwnbs/s=
 github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1/go.mod h1:uQHwDeX4c6CtyrFwdqyhpNcxVewur1M7l7fNU7LKwZk=
-github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0 h1:RW5hO7Vcf16dplUU60Hs0AKDkQAVPVplr7lk97CFL+Q=
-github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0/go.mod h1:e7OEVBMIv9JaOxt9zaGEmAoSlXW9jdFZ5lP/0PwcfpA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.6.0 h1:JKyz+Gvz1QEZw0LsX1IBn+JFCJQH4SJVFtM4uWU0Myk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.6.0/go.mod h1:rt5M3nNbSO/8q1t4LNkLyUwRs8HupMeN/8O4Vn9YAT8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-detect-race v0.0.1 h1:qX/xay2W3E4Q1U7d9lNs1sU9nvguX0a7319XbyQ6cOk=