diff --git a/mapstructure_examples_test.go b/mapstructure_examples_test.go
index f42f50e..f17c214 100644
--- a/mapstructure_examples_test.go
+++ b/mapstructure_examples_test.go
@@ -35,37 +35,6 @@
 	// mapstructure.Person{Name:"Mitchell", Age:91, Emails:[]string{"one", "two", "three"}, Extra:map[string]string{"twitter":"mitchellh"}}
 }
 
-func ExampleDecodeViaJSON() {
-	type Person struct {
-		Name   string
-		Age    int
-		Emails []string
-		Extra  map[string]string
-	}
-
-	// This input can come from anywhere, but typically comes from
-	// something like decoding JSON where we're not quite sure of the
-	// struct initially.
-	input := map[string]interface{}{
-		"name":   "Mitchell",
-		"age":    91,
-		"emails": []string{"one", "two", "three"},
-		"extra": map[string]string{
-			"twitter": "mitchellh",
-		},
-	}
-
-	var result Person
-	err := decodeViaJSON(input, &result)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	fmt.Printf("%#v", result)
-	// Output:
-	// mapstructure.Person{Name:"Mitchell", Age:91, Emails:[]string{"one", "two", "three"}, Extra:map[string]string{"twitter":"mitchellh"}}
-}
-
 func ExampleDecode_errors() {
 	type Person struct {
 		Name   string