diff --git a/examples/provider/event_http_client.cc b/examples/provider/event_http_client.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0346a67..0000000
--- a/examples/provider/event_http_client.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Weave Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-#include "examples/provider/event_http_client.h"
-#include "examples/provider/event_task_runner.h"
-
-#include <base/bind.h>
-#include <event2/buffer.h>
-#include <event2/bufferevent.h>
-#include <event2/http.h>
-#include <weave/enum_to_string.h>
-
-#include "examples/provider/event_deleter.h"
-
-// EventHttpClient based on libevent2 http-client sample
-// TODO(proppy): https
-// TODO(proppy): hostname validation
-namespace weave {
-
-namespace {
-const weave::EnumToStringMap<evhttp_cmd_type>::Map kMapMethod[] = {
-    {EVHTTP_REQ_GET, "GET"},        {EVHTTP_REQ_POST, "POST"},
-    {EVHTTP_REQ_HEAD, "HEAD"},      {EVHTTP_REQ_PUT, "PUT"},
-    {EVHTTP_REQ_PATCH, "PATCH"},    {EVHTTP_REQ_DELETE, "DELETE"},
-    {EVHTTP_REQ_OPTIONS, "OPTIONS"}};
-}  // namespace
-
-template <>
-EnumToStringMap<evhttp_cmd_type>::EnumToStringMap()
-    : EnumToStringMap(kMapMethod) {}
-
-using namespace provider;
-
-namespace examples {
-
-namespace {
-
-class EventHttpResponse : public weave::provider::HttpClient::Response {
- public:
-  int GetStatusCode() const override { return status; }
-  std::string GetContentType() const override { return content_type; }
-  std::string GetData() const { return data; }
-
-  int status;
-  std::string content_type;
-  std::string data;
-};
-
-struct EventRequestState {
-  TaskRunner* task_runner_;
-  EventPtr<evhttp_uri> http_uri_;
-  EventPtr<evhttp_connection> evcon_;
-  HttpClient::SendRequestCallback callback_;
-};
-
-void RequestDoneCallback(evhttp_request* req, void* ctx) {
-  std::unique_ptr<EventRequestState> state{
-      static_cast<EventRequestState*>(ctx)};
-  if (!req) {
-    ErrorPtr error;
-    auto err = EVUTIL_SOCKET_ERROR();
-    Error::AddToPrintf(&error, FROM_HERE, "request_failed",
-                       "request failed: %s",
-                       evutil_socket_error_to_string(err));
-    state->task_runner_->PostDelayedTask(
-        FROM_HERE, base::Bind(state->callback_, nullptr, base::Passed(&error)),
-        {});
-    return;
-  }
-  std::unique_ptr<EventHttpResponse> response{new EventHttpResponse()};
-  response->status = evhttp_request_get_response_code(req);
-  auto buffer = evhttp_request_get_input_buffer(req);
-  auto length = evbuffer_get_length(buffer);
-  response->data.resize(length);
-  auto n = evbuffer_remove(buffer, &response->data[0], length);
-  CHECK_EQ(n, int(length));
-  state->task_runner_->PostDelayedTask(
-      FROM_HERE, base::Bind(state->callback_, base::Passed(&response), nullptr),
-      {});
-}
-
-}  // namespace
-
-EventHttpClient::EventHttpClient(EventTaskRunner* task_runner)
-    : task_runner_{task_runner} {}
-
-void EventHttpClient::SendRequest(Method method,
-                                  const std::string& url,
-                                  const Headers& headers,
-                                  const std::string& data,
-                                  const SendRequestCallback& callback) {
-  evhttp_cmd_type method_id = EVHTTP_REQ_GET;
-  CHECK(weave::StringToEnum(weave::EnumToString(method), &method_id));
-  EventPtr<evhttp_uri> http_uri{evhttp_uri_parse(url.c_str())};
-  CHECK(http_uri);
-  auto host = evhttp_uri_get_host(http_uri.get());
-  CHECK(host);
-  auto port = evhttp_uri_get_port(http_uri.get());
-  if (port == -1)
-    port = 80;
-  std::string path{evhttp_uri_get_path(http_uri.get())};
-  if (path.length() == 0) {
-    path = "/";
-  }
-  std::string uri{path};
-  auto query = evhttp_uri_get_query(http_uri.get());
-  if (query) {
-    uri = path + "?" + query;
-  }
-  auto bev = bufferevent_socket_new(task_runner_->GetEventBase(), -1,
-                                    BEV_OPT_CLOSE_ON_FREE);
-  CHECK(bev);
-  EventPtr<evhttp_connection> conn{evhttp_connection_base_bufferevent_new(
-      task_runner_->GetEventBase(), NULL, bev, host, port)};
-  CHECK(conn);
-  EventPtr<evhttp_request> req{evhttp_request_new(
-      &RequestDoneCallback,
-      new EventRequestState{task_runner_, std::move(http_uri), std::move(conn),
-                            callback})};
-  CHECK(req);
-  auto output_headers = evhttp_request_get_output_headers(req.get());
-  evhttp_add_header(output_headers, "Host", host);
-  for (auto& kv : headers)
-    evhttp_add_header(output_headers, kv.first.c_str(), kv.second.c_str());
-  if (!data.empty()) {
-    auto output_buffer = evhttp_request_get_output_buffer(req.get());
-    evbuffer_add(output_buffer, data.c_str(), data.length());
-    evhttp_add_header(output_headers, "Content-Length",
-                      std::to_string(data.length()).c_str());
-  }
-  auto res =
-      evhttp_make_request(conn.get(), req.release(), method_id, uri.c_str());
-  if (res >= 0)
-    return;
-  ErrorPtr error;
-  Error::AddToPrintf(&error, FROM_HERE, "request_failed",
-                     "request failed: %s %s", EnumToString(method).c_str(),
-                     url.c_str());
-  task_runner_->PostDelayedTask(
-      FROM_HERE, base::Bind(callback, nullptr, base::Passed(&error)), {});
-}
-
-}  // namespace examples
-}  // namespace weave
diff --git a/examples/provider/event_http_client.h b/examples/provider/event_http_client.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 378c4a3..0000000
--- a/examples/provider/event_http_client.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Weave Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-#ifndef LIBWEAVE_EXAMPLES_PROVIDER_EVENT_HTTP_CLIENT_H_
-#define LIBWEAVE_EXAMPLES_PROVIDER_EVENT_HTTP_CLIENT_H_
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include <base/memory/weak_ptr.h>
-#include <weave/provider/http_client.h>
-
-#include "examples/provider/event_task_runner.h"
-
-namespace weave {
-namespace examples {
-
-// Basic implementation of weave::HttpClient using libevent.
-class EventHttpClient : public provider::HttpClient {
- public:
-  explicit EventHttpClient(EventTaskRunner* task_runner);
-
-  void SendRequest(Method method,
-                   const std::string& url,
-                   const Headers& headers,
-                   const std::string& data,
-                   const SendRequestCallback& callback) override;
-
- private:
-  EventTaskRunner* task_runner_{nullptr};
-
-  base::WeakPtrFactory<EventHttpClient> weak_ptr_factory_{this};
-};
-
-}  // namespace examples
-}  // namespace weave
-
-#endif  // LIBWEAVE_EXAMPLES_PROVIDER_EVENT_HTTP_CLIENT_H_
diff --git a/file_lists.mk b/file_lists.mk
index a018178..b944c3a 100644
--- a/file_lists.mk
+++ b/file_lists.mk
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 	examples/provider/avahi_client.cc \
 	examples/provider/bluez_client.cc \
 	examples/provider/curl_http_client.cc \
-	examples/provider/event_http_client.cc \
 	examples/provider/event_http_server.cc \
 	examples/provider/event_network.cc \
 	examples/provider/event_task_runner.cc \