diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/lib_std_string_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/lib_std_string_runme.java
deleted file mode 100644
index eb6a896bb..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/lib_std_string_runme.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import li_std_string.*;
-
-public class li_std_string_runme {
-
-  static {
-    try {
-        System.loadLibrary("li_std_string");
-    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
-      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load. See the chapter on Dynamic Linking Problems in the SWIG Java documentation for help.\n" + e);
-      System.exit(1);
-    }
-  }
-
-  public static void main(String argv[]) throws Throwable
-  {
-      // Checking expected use of %typemap(in) std::string {}
-      li_std_string.test_value("Fee");
-
-      // Checking expected result of %typemap(out) std::string {}
-      if (!li_std_string.test_value("Fi").equals("Fi"))
-          throw new RuntimeException("Test 1 failed");
-
-      // Verify type-checking for %typemap(in) std::string {}
-      try {
-          li_std_string.test_value(null);
-          throw new RuntimeException("Test 2 failed");
-      } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-      }
-
-      // Checking expected use of %typemap(in) const std::string & {}
-      li_std_string.test_const_reference("Fo");
-
-      // Checking expected result of %typemap(out) const std::string& {}
-      if (!li_std_string.test_const_reference("Fum").equals("Fum"))
-          throw new RuntimeException("Test 3 failed");
-
-      // Verify type-checking for %typemap(in) const std::string & {}
-      try {
-          li_std_string.test_const_reference(null);
-          throw new RuntimeException("Test 4 failed");
-      } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-      }
-
-      //
-      // Input and output typemaps for pointers and non-const references to
-      // std::string are *not* supported; the following tests confirm
-      // that none of these cases are slipping through.
-      //
-
-      SWIGTYPE_p_std__string stringPtr = null;
-
-      stringPtr = li_std_string.test_pointer_out();
-
-      li_std_string.test_pointer(stringPtr);
-
-      stringPtr = li_std_string.test_const_pointer_out();
-
-      li_std_string.test_const_pointer(stringPtr);
-
-      stringPtr = li_std_string.test_reference_out();
-
-      li_std_string.test_reference(stringPtr);
-
-      // Check throw exception specification
-      try {
-          li_std_string.test_throw();
-          throw new Throwable("Test 5 failed");
-      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-      }
-      try {
-          li_std_string.test_const_reference_throw();
-          throw new Throwable("Test 6 failed");
-      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-      }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/lib_typemaps_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/lib_typemaps_runme.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 327b188c2..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/lib_typemaps_runme.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-
-// Check a few of the INPUT, OUTPUT and INOUT typemaps.
-
-import li_typemaps.*;
-import java.math.*;
-
-public class li_typemaps_runme {
-
-  static {
-    try {
-	System.loadLibrary("li_typemaps");
-    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
-      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load. See the chapter on Dynamic Linking Problems in the SWIG Java documentation for help.\n" + e);
-      System.exit(1);
-    }
-  }
-
-  public static void main(String argv[]) {
-
-    // Check double INPUT typemaps
-    if (li_typemaps.in_double(22.22) != 22.22) exit_test("in_double");
-    if (li_typemaps.inr_double(22.22) != 22.22) exit_test("inr_double");
-
-    // Check double OUTPUT typemaps
-    {
-        double[] var = {44.44};
-        li_typemaps.out_double(22.22, var);
-        if (var[0] != 22.22) exit_test("out_double");
-    }
-    {
-        double[] var = {44.44};
-        li_typemaps.outr_double(22.22, var);
-        if (var[0] != 22.22) exit_test("outr_double");
-    }
-    try {
-        double[] var = null;
-        li_typemaps.out_double(22.22, var);
-        exit_test("null out_double");
-    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-    }
-
-    // Check double INOUT typemaps
-    {
-        double[] var = {44.44};
-        li_typemaps.inout_double(var);
-        if (var[0] != 44.44) exit_test("inout_double");
-    }
-    {
-        double[] var = {44.44};
-        li_typemaps.inoutr_double(var);
-        if (var[0] != 44.44) exit_test("inoutr_double");
-    }
-    try {
-        double[] var = null;
-        li_typemaps.inout_double(var);
-        exit_test("null inout_double");
-    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-    }
-
-    // Check unsigned long long INPUT typemaps
-    BigInteger forty = new BigInteger("40");
-    BigInteger twenty = new BigInteger("20");
-    if (!li_typemaps.in_ulonglong(twenty).equals(twenty)) exit_test("in_ulonglong");
-    if (!li_typemaps.inr_ulonglong(twenty).equals(twenty)) exit_test("inr_ulonglong");
-
-    try {
-        li_typemaps.in_ulonglong(null);
-        exit_test("null in_ulonglong");
-    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-    }
-
-    // Check unsigned long long OUTPUT typemaps
-    {
-        BigInteger[] var = {new BigInteger("40")};
-        li_typemaps.out_ulonglong(twenty, var);
-        if (!var[0].equals(twenty)) exit_test("out_ulonglong");
-    }
-    {
-        BigInteger[] var = {new BigInteger("40")};
-        li_typemaps.outr_ulonglong(twenty, var);
-        if (!var[0].equals(twenty)) exit_test("outr_ulonglong");
-    }
-    try {
-        BigInteger[] var = null;
-        li_typemaps.out_ulonglong(twenty, var);
-        exit_test("null out_ulonglong");
-    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-    }
-    {
-        BigInteger[] var = { null };
-        li_typemaps.out_ulonglong(twenty, var);
-        if (!var[0].equals(twenty)) exit_test("null element out_ulonglong");
-    }
-
-    // Check unsigned long long INOUT typemaps
-    {
-        BigInteger[] var = {new BigInteger("40")};
-        li_typemaps.inout_ulonglong(var);
-        if (!var[0].equals(forty)) exit_test("inout_ulonglong");
-    }
-    {
-        BigInteger[] var = {new BigInteger("40")};
-        li_typemaps.inoutr_ulonglong(var);
-        if (!var[0].equals(forty)) exit_test("inoutr_ulonglong");
-    }
-    try {
-        BigInteger[] var = null;
-        li_typemaps.inout_ulonglong(var);
-        exit_test("null inout_ulonglong");
-    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-    }
-    try {
-        BigInteger[] var = { null };
-        li_typemaps.inout_ulonglong(var);
-        exit_test("null element inout_ulonglong");
-    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  private static void exit_test(String funcName) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Test FAILED in function " + funcName);
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/perl5/lib_std_string_runme.pl b/Examples/test-suite/perl5/lib_std_string_runme.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 662182848..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/perl5/lib_std_string_runme.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-use li_std_string;
-
-
-# Checking expected use of %typemap(in) std::string {}
-li_std_string::test_value("Fee");
-
-# Checking expected result of %typemap(out) std::string {}
-if (li_std_string::test_value("Fi") != "Fi") {
-  die "Test 1 failed";
-}
-
-###### passing undef seems to work - surely it should fail ????
-# Verify type-checking for %typemap(in) std::string {}
-#eval { li_std_string::test_value(undef) };
-#if (!$@) {
-#  die "Test 2 failed";
-#}
-
-# Checking expected use of %typemap(in) const std::string & {}
-li_std_string::test_const_reference("Fo");
-
-# Checking expected result of %typemap(out) const std::string& {}
-if (li_std_string::test_const_reference("Fum") != "Fum") {
-  die "Test 3 failed";
-}
-
-###### passing undef seems to work - surely it should fail ????
-# Verify type-checking for %typemap(in) const std::string & {}
-#eval { li_std_string::test_const_reference(undef) };
-#if (!$@) {
-#  die "Test 4 failed";
-#}
-
-#
-# Input and output typemaps for pointers and non-const references to
-# std::string are *not* supported; the following tests confirm
-# that none of these cases are slipping through.
-#
-
-my $stringPtr = undef;
-
-$stringPtr = li_std_string::test_pointer_out();
-
-li_std_string::test_pointer($stringPtr);
-
-$stringPtr = li_std_string::test_const_pointer_out();
-
-li_std_string::test_const_pointer($stringPtr);
-
-$stringPtr = li_std_string::test_reference_out();
-
-li_std_string::test_reference($stringPtr);
-
-# Check throw exception specification
-eval { li_std_string::test_throw() };
-if (!$@) {
-  die "Test 5 failed";
-}
-eval { li_std_string::test_const_reference_throw() };
-if (!$@) {
-  die "Test 6 failed";
-}
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/php4/lib_carrays_runme.php4 b/Examples/test-suite/php4/lib_carrays_runme.php4
deleted file mode 100644
index 26fd06e88..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/php4/lib_carrays_runme.php4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-// Sample test file
-
-require "tests.php4";
-require "li_carrays.php";
-
-// No new functions
-check::functions(array(new_intarray,delete_intarray,intarray_getitem,intarray_setitem));
-// No new classes
-check::classes(array(doublearray));
-// now new vars
-check::globals(array());
-
-check::done();
-?>
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_map_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_map_runme.py
deleted file mode 100644
index be190f101..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_map_runme.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import li_std_map
-
-a1 = li_std_map.A(3)
-a2 = li_std_map.A(7)
-
-
-if 1:
-  p0 = li_std_map.pairii(1,2)
-  p1 = li_std_map.pairA(1,a1.this)
-  m = {}
-  m[1] = a1
-  m[2] = a2
-  
-  li_std_map.p_identa(p1)
-  li_std_map.m_identa(m)
-  
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_pair_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_pair_runme.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 27e291d08..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_pair_runme.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import li_std_pair
-
-p = (1,2)
-p1 = li_std_pair.p_inout(p)
-p2 = li_std_pair.p_inoutd(p1)
-
-d1 = li_std_pair.d_inout(2)
-
-i,d2 = li_std_pair.d_inout2(2)
-
-i,p = li_std_pair.p_inout2(p)
-p3,p4 = li_std_pair.p_inout3(p1,p1)
-
-psi = li_std_pair.SIPair("hello",1)
-pci = li_std_pair.CIPair(1,1)
-
-
-#psi.first = "hi"
-
-
-psi = li_std_pair.SIPair("hi",1)
-if psi != ("hi",1):
-  raise RuntimeError
-
-psii = li_std_pair.SIIPair(psi,1)
-
-a = li_std_pair.A()
-b = li_std_pair.B()
-
-pab = li_std_pair.ABPair(a,b);
-
-pab.first = a
-pab.first.val = 2
-
-if pab.first.val != 2:
-  raise RuntimeError
-  
-
-pci = li_std_pair.CIntPair(1,0)
-
-a = li_std_pair.A(5)
-p1 = li_std_pair.pairP1(1,a.this)
-p2 = li_std_pair.pairP2(a,1)
-p3 = li_std_pair.pairP3(a,a)
-
-
-if a.val != li_std_pair.p_identa(p1.this)[1].val:
-  raise RuntimeError
-  
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_string_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_string_runme.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1564da560..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_string_runme.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-import li_std_string
-
-x="hello"
-
-
-
-if li_std_string.test_ccvalue(x) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_string.test_cvalue(x) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_string.test_value(x) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_string.test_const_reference(x) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-
-s = li_std_string.string("he")
-#s += "ll"
-#s.append('o')
-s += "llo"
-
-if s != x:
-  print s, x
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if s[1:4] != x[1:4]:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_string.test_value(s) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_string.test_const_reference(s) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-a = li_std_string.A(s)
-
-if li_std_string.test_value(a) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_string.test_const_reference(a) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-b = li_std_string.string(" world")
-
-if a + b != "hello world":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-  
-if a + " world" != "hello world":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if "hello" + b != "hello world":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-c = "hello" + b
-if c.find_last_of("l") != 9:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-  
-s = "hello world"
-
-b = li_std_string.B("hi")
-
-b.name = li_std_string.string("hello")
-if b.name != "hello":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-
-b.a = li_std_string.A("hello")
-if b.a != "hello":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_vector_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_vector_runme.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 89e5f3968..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_vector_runme.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-from li_std_vector import *
-
-iv = IntVector(4)
-for i in range(0,4):
-    iv[i] = i
-
-x = average(iv)
-y = average([1,2,3,4])
-
-a = half([10,10.5,11,11.5])
-
-dv = DoubleVector(10)
-for i in range(0,10):
-    dv[i] = i/2.0
-
-halve_in_place(dv)
-
-
-bv = BoolVector(4)
-bv[0]= 1
-bv[1]= 0
-bv[2]= 4
-bv[3]= 0
-
-if bv[0] != bv[2]:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad std::vector<bool> mapping"
-
-b = B(5)
-va = VecA([b,None,b,b])
-
-if va[0].f(1) != 6:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad std::vector<A*> mapping"
-
-if vecAptr(va) != 6:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad std::vector<A*> mapping"
-
-b.val = 7
-if va[3].f(1) != 8:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad std::vector<A*> mapping"
-
-
-ip = PtrInt()
-ap = new_ArrInt(10)
-
-ArrInt_setitem(ip,0,123)
-ArrInt_setitem(ap,2,123)
-
-vi = IntPtrVector((ip,ap,None))
-if ArrInt_getitem(vi[0],0) != ArrInt_getitem(vi[1],2):
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad std::vector<int*> mapping"
-    
-
-
-a = halfs([10,8,4,3])
-
-v = IntVector()
-v[0:2] = [1,2]
-if v[0] != 1 or v[1] != 2:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad setslice"
-
-if v[0:-1][0] != 1:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad getslice"
-
-if v[0:-2].size() != 0:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad getslice"
-
-v[0:1] = [2]
-if v[0] != 2:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad setslice"
-
-v[1:] = [3]
-if v[1] != 3:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad setslice"
-
-v[2:] = [3]
-if v[2] != 3:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad setslice"
-
-if v[0:][0] != v[0]:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad getslice"
-
-
-del v[:]
-if v.size() != 0:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad getslice"    
-
-del v[:]
-if v.size() != 0:
-    raise RuntimeError,"bad getslice"    
-
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_wstring_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_wstring_runme.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e49033fd..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/lib_std_wstring_runme.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import li_std_wstring
-
-x=u"h"
-
-if li_std_wstring.test_wcvalue(x) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-x=u"hello"
-if li_std_wstring.test_ccvalue(x) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_wstring.test_cvalue(x) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_wstring.test_value(x) != x:
-  print x, li_std_wstring.test_value(x)
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_wstring.test_const_reference(x) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-
-s = li_std_wstring.wstring(u"he")
-s += u"llo"
-
-if s != x:
-  print s, x
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if s[1:4] != x[1:4]:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_wstring.test_value(s) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_wstring.test_const_reference(s) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-a = li_std_wstring.A(s)
-
-if li_std_wstring.test_value(a) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if li_std_wstring.test_const_reference(a) != x:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-b = li_std_wstring.wstring(" world")
-
-if a + b != "hello world":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-  
-if a + " world" != "hello world":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-if "hello" + b != "hello world":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-c = "hello" + b
-if c.find_last_of("l") != 9:
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-  
-s = "hello world"
-
-b = li_std_wstring.B("hi")
-
-b.name = li_std_wstring.wstring(u"hello")
-if b.name != "hello":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-
-b.a = li_std_wstring.A("hello")
-if b.a != u"hello":
-  raise RuntimeError, "bad string mapping"
-
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_carrays_runme.rb b/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_carrays_runme.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d133526f9..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_carrays_runme.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-require 'li_carrays'
-
-include Lib_carrays
-
-#
-# Testing for %array_functions(int,intArray)
-#
-ary = new_intArray(2)
-intArray_setitem(ary, 0, 0)
-intArray_setitem(ary, 1, 1)
-intArray_getitem(ary, 0)
-intArray_getitem(ary, 1)
-delete_intArray(ary)
-
-#
-# Testing for %array_class(double, doubleArray)
-#
-ary = DoubleArray.new(2)
-ary[0] = 0.0
-ary[1] = 1.0
-ary[0]
-ary[1]
-ptr = ary.cast
-ary2 = DoubleArray.frompointer(ptr)
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_deque_runme.rb b/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_deque_runme.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 24a84b78d..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_deque_runme.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-require 'li_std_deque'
-
-include Lib_std_deque
-
-# Test constructors for std::deque<int>
-intDeque  = IntDeque.new
-intDeque2 = IntDeque.new(3)
-intDeque3 = IntDeque.new(4, 42)
-intDeque4 = IntDeque.new(intDeque3)
-
-# Test constructors for std::deque<double>
-doubleDeque  = DoubleDeque.new
-doubleDeque2 = DoubleDeque.new(3)
-doubleDeque3 = DoubleDeque.new(4, 42.0)
-doubleDeque4 = DoubleDeque.new(doubleDeque3)
-
-# Test constructors for std::deque<Real>
-realDeque  = RealDeque.new
-realDeque2 = RealDeque.new(3)
-realDeque3 = RealDeque.new(4, 42.0)
-realDeque4 = RealDeque.new(realDeque3)
-
-# average() should return the average of all values in a std::deque<int>
-intDeque << 2
-intDeque << 4
-intDeque << 6
-avg = average(intDeque)
-raise RuntimeError if avg != 4.0
-
-#
-# half() should return a std::deque<float>, where each element is half
-# the value of the corresponding element in the input deque<float>.
-# The original deque's contents are unchanged.
-#
-realDeque.clear
-realDeque << 2.0
-halfDeque = half(realDeque)
-raise RuntimeError unless halfDeque[0] == 1.0
-
-#
-# halve_in_place() should...
-#
-halve_in_place(doubleDeque)
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_pair_runme.rb b/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_pair_runme.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index dbb36529e..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_pair_runme.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-require 'li_std_pair'
-
-include Lib_std_pair
-
-#
-# Because of template specializations for pair<int, int>, this should return
-# an Array of size 2, where both elements are Fixnums.
-#
-intPair = makeIntPair(7, 6)
-raise RuntimeError unless intPair.instance_of?(Array)
-raise RuntimeError unless intPair.size == 2
-raise RuntimeError unless (intPair[0] == 7 && intPair[1] == 6)
-
-#
-# Each of these should return a reference to a wrapped
-# std::pair<int, int> object (i.e. an IntPair instance).
-#
-intPairPtr = makeIntPairPtr(7, 6)
-raise RuntimeError unless intPairPtr.instance_of?(IntPair)
-raise RuntimeError unless (intPairPtr.first == 7 && intPairPtr.second == 6)
-
-intPairRef = makeIntPairRef(7, 6)
-raise RuntimeError unless intPairRef.instance_of?(IntPair)
-raise RuntimeError unless (intPairRef.first == 7 && intPairRef.second == 6)
-
-intPairConstRef = makeIntPairConstRef(7, 6)
-raise RuntimeError unless intPairConstRef.instance_of?(IntPair)
-raise RuntimeError unless (intPairConstRef.first == 7 && intPairConstRef.second == 6)
-
-#
-# Now test various input typemaps. Each of the wrapped C++ functions
-# (product1, product2 and product3) is expecting an argument of a
-# different type (see li_std_pair.i). Typemaps should be in place to
-# convert this Array into the expected argument type.
-#
-raise RuntimeError unless product1(intPair) == 42
-raise RuntimeError unless product2(intPair) == 42
-raise RuntimeError unless product3(intPair) == 42
-
-#
-# Similarly, each of the input typemaps should know what to do
-# with an IntPair instance.
-#
-raise RuntimeError unless product1(intPairPtr) == 42
-raise RuntimeError unless product2(intPairPtr) == 42
-raise RuntimeError unless product3(intPairPtr) == 42
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_string_runme.rb b/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_string_runme.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8836a05a0..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_string_runme.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-require 'li_std_string'
-
-include Lib_std_string
-
-# Checking expected use of %typemap(in) std::string {}
-test_value("Fee")
-
-# Checking expected result of %typemap(out) std::string {}
-raise RuntimeError unless test_value("Fi") == "Fi"
-
-# Verify type-checking for %typemap(in) std::string {}
-exceptionRaised = false
-begin
-  test_value(0)
-rescue TypeError
-  exceptionRaised = true
-ensure
-  raise RuntimeError unless exceptionRaised
-end
-
-# Checking expected use of %typemap(in) const std::string & {}
-test_const_reference("Fo")
-
-# Checking expected result of %typemap(out) const std::string& {}
-raise RuntimeError unless test_const_reference("Fum") == "Fum"
-
-# Verify type-checking for %typemap(in) const std::string & {}
-exceptionRaised = false
-begin
-  test_const_reference(0)
-rescue TypeError
-  exceptionRaised = true
-ensure
-  raise RuntimeError unless exceptionRaised
-end
-
-#
-# Input and output typemaps for pointers and non-const references to
-# std::string are *not* supported; the following tests confirm
-# that none of these cases are slipping through.
-#
-
-exceptionRaised = false
-begin
-  test_pointer("foo")
-rescue TypeError
-  exceptionRaised = true
-ensure
-  raise RuntimeError unless exceptionRaised
-end
-
-result = test_pointer_out()
-raise RuntimeError if result.is_a? String
-
-exceptionRaised = false
-begin
-  test_const_pointer("bar")
-rescue TypeError
-  exceptionRaised = true
-ensure
-  raise RuntimeError unless exceptionRaised
-end
-
-result = test_const_pointer_out()
-raise RuntimeError if result.is_a? String
-
-exceptionRaised = false
-begin
-  test_reference("foo")
-rescue TypeError
-  exceptionRaised = true
-ensure
-  raise RuntimeError unless exceptionRaised
-end
-
-result = test_reference_out()
-raise RuntimeError if result.is_a? String
-
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_vector_runme.rb b/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_vector_runme.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 4340377ea..000000000
--- a/Examples/test-suite/ruby/lib_std_vector_runme.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-require 'li_std_vector'
-
-include Lib_std_vector
-
-iv = IntVector.new(4)
-0.upto(3) { |i| iv[i] = i }
-
-x = average(iv)
-y = average([1, 2, 3, 4])
-
-a = half([10, 10.5, 11, 11.5])
-
-dv = DoubleVector.new(10)
-0.upto(9) { |i| dv[i] = i/2.0 }
-
-halve_in_place(dv)
-