diff --git a/_examples/Makefile b/_examples/Makefile
index 6f56a017..5e3548e9 100644
--- a/_examples/Makefile
+++ b/_examples/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ key2ds \
 axfr \
 reflect \
 q \
-qperf \
 funkensturm \
 
 
diff --git a/_examples/qperf/Makefile b/_examples/qperf/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index f5159b3f..00000000
--- a/_examples/qperf/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-include $(GOROOT)/src/Make.inc
-TARG=qperf
-GOFILES=qperf.go
-DEPS=../../
-include $(GOROOT)/src/Make.cmd
diff --git a/_examples/qperf/qperf.go b/_examples/qperf/qperf.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f096e64..00000000
--- a/_examples/qperf/qperf.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"dns"
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"os/signal"
-	"runtime"
-	"runtime/pprof"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	queries := flag.Int("queries", 20, "number of concurrent queries to perform")
-	maxproc := flag.Int("maxproc", 4, "set GOMAXPROCS to this value")
-	looptime := flag.Int("time", 2, "number of seconds to query")
-	reflect := flag.Bool("reflect", false, "enable reflection")
-	tcp := flag.Bool("tcp", false, "use tcp")
-	nameserver := flag.String("ns", "127.0.0.1:53", "the nameserver to query")
-	cpuprofile := flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "write cpu profile to file")
-	qname := flag.String("qname", "miek.nl", "which qname to use")
-
-	flag.Usage = func() {
-		flag.PrintDefaults()
-	}
-	queries_send := int64(0)
-	qid := uint16(1)
-	qtype := dns.TypeMX
-	qclass := uint16(dns.ClassINET) // Default qclass
-	flag.Parse()
-	if *cpuprofile != "" {
-		f, err := os.Create(*cpuprofile)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		pprof.StartCPUProfile(f)
-		defer pprof.StopCPUProfile()
-	}
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(*maxproc)
-	start := time.Nanoseconds()
-	fmt.Printf("Starting %d query functions. GOMAXPROCS set to %d. *reflection set to %v* [tcp = %v]\n", *queries, *maxproc, *reflect, *tcp)
-	fmt.Printf("Querying %s\n", *nameserver)
-	for i := 0; i < *queries; i++ {
-		go func() {
-			pktbuf := make([]byte, dns.DefaultMsgSize)
-			m := new(dns.Msg)
-			m.Question = make([]dns.Question, 1)
-			m.Question[0] = dns.Question{*qname, qtype, qclass}
-			qbuf, _ := m.Pack()
-			c := dns.NewClient()
-			if *tcp {
-				c.Net = "tcp"
-			}
-
-			/*
-			   if !*tcp {
-			           // For UDP give each goroutine a socket.
-			           // With TCP we re-dial every time
-
-			           if err := c.Dial(*nameserver); err != nil {
-			                   return
-			           }
-			           defer c.Close()
-			   }
-			*/
-
-			r := new(dns.Msg)
-			for {
-				// set Id
-				dns.RawSetId(qbuf, 0, qid)
-				n, err := c.ExchangeBuffer(qbuf, *nameserver, pktbuf)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Print(err)
-					break // something went wrong
-				}
-				if *reflect {
-					r.Unpack(pktbuf[:n])
-					//                                        println(r.String())
-				}
-				queries_send++
-				qid++
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-
-	t := time.NewTicker(int64(*looptime) * 1e9)
-wait:
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-signal.Incoming:
-			log.Printf("Signal received, stopping")
-			break wait
-		case <-t.C:
-			break wait
-		}
-	}
-	delta := float32(time.Nanoseconds()-start) / 1e9
-	fmt.Printf("%d queries in %.4f s (%.4f qps)\n", queries_send, delta, float32(queries_send)/delta)
-}