diff --git a/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/CMakeLists.txt
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index 23063efa..00000000
--- a/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/CMakeLists.txt
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15...3.26)
-project(${SKBUILD_PROJECT_NAME} LANGUAGES C)
-
-add_library(example MODULE example.c)
-
-install(TARGETS example DESTINATION example)
diff --git a/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/example.c b/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/example.c
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index be5fe1f9..00000000
--- a/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/example.c
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-float square(float x) { return x * x; }
diff --git a/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/pyproject.toml b/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/pyproject.toml
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index 67974828..00000000
--- a/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/pyproject.toml
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core"]
-build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
-
-[project]
-name = "example"
-version = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/src/example/__init__.py b/docs/examples/getting_started/ctypes/src/example/__init__.py
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# libexample = ctypes.CDLL(files("example") / "libexample.so")
-
-# square = libexample.square
-# square.argtypes = [ctypes.c_float]
-# square.restype = ctypes.c_float
-
-# __all__ = ["square"]