diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index 1d4f7fb90f2..80cff3b8461 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ repositories {
 def grpcVersion = '1.5.0-SNAPSHOT' // CURRENT_GRPC_VERSION
 
 dependencies {
+  compile "com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:0.1.9"
   compile "io.grpc:grpc-netty:${grpcVersion}"
   compile "io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:${grpcVersion}"
   compile "io.grpc:grpc-stub:${grpcVersion}"
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index f2c61b82750..47a77385bf6 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
       <version>${grpc.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1.9</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/src/main/proto/error_details.proto b/examples/src/main/proto/error_details.proto
deleted file mode 100644
index e6cc016b978..00000000000
--- a/examples/src/main/proto/error_details.proto
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016, gRPC Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-package google.rpc;
-
-import "google/protobuf/duration.proto";
-
-option java_multiple_files = true;
-option java_outer_classname = "ErrorDetailsProto";
-option java_package = "com.google.rpc";
-
-
-// Describes when the clients can retry a failed request. Clients could ignore
-// the recommendation here or retry when this information is missing from error
-// responses.
-//
-// It's always recommended that clients should use exponential backoff when
-// retrying.
-//
-// Clients should wait until `retry_delay` amount of time has passed since
-// receiving the error response before retrying.  If retrying requests also
-// fail, clients should use an exponential backoff scheme to gradually increase
-// the delay between retries based on `retry_delay`, until either a maximum
-// number of retires have been reached or a maximum retry delay cap has been
-// reached.
-message RetryInfo {
-    // Clients should wait at least this long between retrying the same request.
-    google.protobuf.Duration retry_delay = 1;
-}
-
-// Describes additional debugging info.
-message DebugInfo {
-    // The stack trace entries indicating where the error occurred.
-    repeated string stack_entries = 1;
-
-    // Additional debugging information provided by the server.
-    string detail = 2;
-}
-
-// Describes how a quota check failed.
-//
-// For example if a daily limit was exceeded for the calling project,
-// a service could respond with a QuotaFailure detail containing the project
-// id and the description of the quota limit that was exceeded.  If the
-// calling project hasn't enabled the service in the developer console, then
-// a service could respond with the project id and set `service_disabled`
-// to true.
-//
-// Also see RetryDetail and Help types for other details about handling a
-// quota failure.
-message QuotaFailure {
-    // A message type used to describe a single quota violation.  For example, a
-    // daily quota or a custom quota that was exceeded.
-    message Violation {
-        // The subject on which the quota check failed.
-        // For example, "clientip:<ip address of client>" or "project:<Google
-        // developer project id>".
-        string subject = 1;
-
-        // A description of how the quota check failed. Clients can use this
-        // description to find more about the quota configuration in the service's
-        // public documentation, or find the relevant quota limit to adjust through
-        // developer console.
-        //
-        // For example: "Service disabled" or "Daily Limit for read operations
-        // exceeded".
-        string description = 2;
-    }
-
-    // Describes all quota violations.
-    repeated Violation violations = 1;
-}
-
-// Describes violations in a client request. This error type focuses on the
-// syntactic aspects of the request.
-message BadRequest {
-    // A message type used to describe a single bad request field.
-    message FieldViolation {
-        // A path leading to a field in the request body. The value will be a
-        // sequence of dot-separated identifiers that identify a protocol buffer
-        // field. E.g., "violations.field" would identify this field.
-        string field = 1;
-
-        // A description of why the request element is bad.
-        string description = 2;
-    }
-
-    // Describes all violations in a client request.
-    repeated FieldViolation field_violations = 1;
-}
-
-// Contains metadata about the request that clients can attach when filing a bug
-// or providing other forms of feedback.
-message RequestInfo {
-    // An opaque string that should only be interpreted by the service generating
-    // it. For example, it can be used to identify requests in the service's logs.
-    string request_id = 1;
-
-    // Any data that was used to serve this request. For example, an encrypted
-    // stack trace that can be sent back to the service provider for debugging.
-    string serving_data = 2;
-}
-
-// Describes the resource that is being accessed.
-message ResourceInfo {
-    // A name for the type of resource being accessed, e.g. "sql table",
-    // "cloud storage bucket", "file", "Google calendar"; or the type URL
-    // of the resource: e.g. "type.googleapis.com/google.pubsub.v1.Topic".
-    string resource_type = 1;
-
-    // The name of the resource being accessed.  For example, a shared calendar
-    // name: "example.com_4fghdhgsrgh@group.calendar.google.com", if the current
-    // error is [google.rpc.Code.PERMISSION_DENIED][google.rpc.Code.PERMISSION_DENIED].
-    string resource_name = 2;
-
-    // The owner of the resource (optional).
-    // For example, "user:<owner email>" or "project:<Google developer project
-    // id>".
-    string owner = 3;
-
-    // Describes what error is encountered when accessing this resource.
-    // For example, updating a cloud project may require the `writer` permission
-    // on the developer console project.
-    string description = 4;
-}
-
-// Provides links to documentation or for performing an out of band action.
-//
-// For example, if a quota check failed with an error indicating the calling
-// project hasn't enabled the accessed service, this can contain a URL pointing
-// directly to the right place in the developer console to flip the bit.
-message Help {
-    // Describes a URL link.
-    message Link {
-        // Describes what the link offers.
-        string description = 1;
-
-        // The URL of the link.
-        string url = 2;
-    }
-
-    // URL(s) pointing to additional information on handling the current error.
-    repeated Link links = 1;
-}
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