diff --git a/example/example_server.dart b/example/example_server.dart
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--- a/example/example_server.dart
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-library shelf_static.example;
-
-import 'dart:convert';
-
-import 'package:shelf/shelf.dart';
-import 'package:shelf/shelf_io.dart' as io;
-import 'package:shelf_proxy/shelf_proxy.dart';
-
-const _pubPort = 7777;
-final _encoder = const JsonEncoder.withIndent('  ');
-
-void main() {
-  //
-  // The api handler responds to requests to '/api' with a JSON document
-  // containing an incrementing 'count' value.
-  //
-  var apiCount = 0;
-  var apiHandler = (Request request) {
-    if (request.url.path == '/api') {
-      apiCount++;
-      var json = _encoder.convert({'count': apiCount});
-      var headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'};
-      return Response.ok(json, headers: headers);
-    }
-
-    return Response.notFound('');
-  };
-
-  //
-  // Cascade sends requests to `apiHandler` first. If that handler returns a
-  // 404, the request is next sent to the proxy handler pointing at pub
-  //
-  var cascade = Cascade()
-      .add(apiHandler)
-      .add(proxyHandler(Uri.parse('http://localhost:$_pubPort')));
-
-  //
-  // Creates a pipeline handler which first logs requests and then sends them
-  // to the cascade.
-  //
-  var handler =
-      const Pipeline().addMiddleware(logRequests()).addHandler(cascade.handler);
-
-  //
-  // Serve the combined handler on localhost at port 8080.
-  //
-  io.serve(handler, 'localhost', 8080).then((server) {
-    print('Serving at http://${server.address.host}:${server.port}');
-    print('`pub serve` should be running at port $_pubPort '
-        'on the example dir.');
-    print('  command: pub serve --port $_pubPort example/');
-  });
-}
diff --git a/example/index.dart b/example/index.dart
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-import 'dart:convert';
-import 'dart:html';
-
-void main() {
-  var span = querySelector('#count') as SpanElement;
-
-  HttpRequest.getString('/api').then((value) {
-    return json.decode(value);
-  }).then((obj) {
-    var count = obj['count'];
-    span.text = count.toString();
-  });
-}
diff --git a/example/index.html b/example/index.html
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-<!DOCTYPE html>
-
-<html>
-  <head>
-  	<meta charset="utf-8">
-  	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-    <title>shelf_proxy example</title>
-  </head>
-
-  <body>
-    <p id="text">API access count: <span id='count'>??</span></p>
-    <script type="application/dart" src="index.dart"></script>
-    <!-- for this next line to work, your pubspec.yaml file must have a dependency on 'browser' -->
-    <script src="packages/browser/dart.js"></script>
-  </body>
-</html>