diff --git a/examples/anchors.yaml b/examples/anchors.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a2dbd1..0000000
--- a/examples/anchors.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-# anchors.yaml demonstrates anchor substitution to reuse OTLP exporter configuration across signals.
-
-# The file format version.
-file_format: "0.3"
-exporters:
-  otlp: &otlp-exporter
-    protocol: http/protobuf
-    certificate: /app/cert.pem
-    client_key: /app/cert.pem
-    client_certificate: /app/cert.pem
-    headers:
-      - name: api-key
-        value: "1234"
-    compression: gzip
-    timeout: 10000
-
-# Configure logger provider.
-logger_provider:
-  # Configure log record processors.
-  processors:
-    - # Configure a batch log record processor.
-      batch:
-        # Configure exporter.
-        exporter:
-          # Configure exporter to be OTLP.
-          otlp:
-            <<: *otlp-exporter
-            # Configure endpoint.
-            endpoint: http://localhost:4318/v1/logs
-
-# Configure meter provider.
-meter_provider:
-  # Configure metric readers.
-  readers:
-    - # Configure a periodic metric reader.
-      periodic:
-        # Configure delay interval (in milliseconds) between start of two consecutive exports.
-        interval: 5000
-        # Configure maximum allowed time (in milliseconds) to export data.
-        timeout: 30000
-        # Configure exporter.
-        exporter:
-          # Configure exporter to be OTLP.
-          otlp:
-            <<: *otlp-exporter
-            # Configure endpoint.
-            endpoint: http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics
-            # Configure temporality preference.
-            temporality_preference: delta
-            # Configure default histogram aggregation.
-            default_histogram_aggregation: base2_exponential_bucket_histogram
-
-# Configure tracer provider.
-tracer_provider:
-  # Configure span processors.
-  processors:
-    - # Configure a batch span processor.
-      batch:
-        # Configure exporter.
-        exporter:
-          # Configure exporter to be OTLP.
-          otlp:
-            <<: *otlp-exporter
-            # Configure endpoint.
-            endpoint: http://localhost:4318/v1/traces
diff --git a/validator/shelltests/examples.test b/validator/shelltests/examples.test
index dbcb652..ff559af 100644
--- a/validator/shelltests/examples.test
+++ b/validator/shelltests/examples.test
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 make validator-validate-examples
 >>>
-Validating anchors.yaml
 Validating kitchen-sink.yaml
 Validating sdk-config.yaml
 Validating sdk-migration-config.yaml