diff --git a/plugins/processors/execd/examples/count.go b/plugins/processors/execd/examples/count.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d5e4a12e1..000000000
--- a/plugins/processors/execd/examples/count.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-// Example using HUP signaling
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/signal"
-	"syscall"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGHUP)
-
-	counter := 0
-
-	for {
-		<-c
-
-		fmt.Printf("counter_go count=%d\n", counter)
-		counter++
-	}
-}