diff --git a/Examples/GIFPlot/C/Makefile b/Examples/GIFPlot/C/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index f45d360cf..000000000
--- a/Examples/GIFPlot/C/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-TOP        = ../..
-SWIG       = $(TOP)/../preinst-swig
-SWIGOPT    = -I../Include
-SRCS       =
-TARGET     = gifplot
-INTERFACE  = gifplot.i
-LIBS       = -L.. -lgifplot
-INCLUDES   = -I../Include
-
-all::
-	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile SRCS='$(SRCS)' SWIG='$(SWIG)'  LIBS='$(LIBS)' \
-	SWIGOPT='$(SWIGOPT)' TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' c
-
-clean:
-	rm -f *.o *.out *.so *.a *.dll  *.dylib *.exe *_wrap* *_proxy* *~ runme
-
-check: all
diff --git a/Examples/GIFPlot/C/gifplot.i b/Examples/GIFPlot/C/gifplot.i
deleted file mode 100644
index 356edd7f1..000000000
--- a/Examples/GIFPlot/C/gifplot.i
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/* Oh what the heck, let's just grab the whole darn header file
-   and see what happens. */
-
-%module gifplot
-%{
-
-/* Note: You still need this part because the %include directive
-   merely causes SWIG to interpret the contents of a file.  It doesn't
-   include the right include headers for the resulting C code */
-
-#include "../Include/gifplot.h"
-
-%}
-
-%include gifplot.h