diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/accented_text.py b/examples/pylab_examples/accented_text.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 16733a8060a4..000000000000
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/accented_text.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-r"""
-matplotlib supports accented characters via TeX mathtext
-
-The following accents are provided: \hat, \breve, \grave, \bar,
-\acute, \tilde, \vec, \dot, \ddot.  All of them have the same syntax,
-e.g., to make an overbar you do \bar{o} or to make an o umlaut you do
-\ddot{o}.  The shortcuts are also provided, e.g.,: \"o \'e \`e \~n \.x
-\^y
-
-"""
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-
-plt.axes([0.1, 0.15, 0.8, 0.75])
-plt.plot(range(10))
-
-plt.title(r'$\ddot{o}\acute{e}\grave{e}\hat{O}\breve{i}\bar{A}\tilde{n}\vec{q}$', fontsize=20)
-# shorthand is also supported and curly's are optional
-plt.xlabel(r"""$\"o\ddot o \'e\`e\~n\.x\^y$""", fontsize=20)
-
-
-plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/tests/backend_driver.py b/examples/tests/backend_driver.py
index c8877fba2259..c83077654146 100755
--- a/examples/tests/backend_driver.py
+++ b/examples/tests/backend_driver.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 
 files['text_labels_and_annotations'] = [
     'text_demo_fontdict.py',
-    'unicode_demo.py',
     ]
 
 files['ticks_and_spines'] = [
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@
     ]
 
 files['pylab'] = [
-    'accented_text.py',
     'alignment_test.py',
     'annotation_demo.py',
     'annotation_demo.py',
diff --git a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_demo.py b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_demo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fc39bea0f4c..000000000000
--- a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_demo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Demo of unicode support in text and labels.
-"""
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-
-
-plt.title('Développés et fabriqués')
-plt.xlabel("réactivité nous permettent d'être sélectionnés et adoptés")
-plt.ylabel('André was here!')
-plt.text(0.2, 0.8, 'Institut für Festkörperphysik', rotation=45)
-plt.text(0.4, 0.2, 'AVA (check kerning)')
-
-plt.show()