diff --git a/examples/old/utility.c b/examples/old/utility.c
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index 321a3ab691a09ad6adca26d3ea50a873ebd26208..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/old/utility.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-void check(const char* phase, int code) {
-	if (code < 0) {
-		printf("ERR %d in phase `%s`. Err was `%s`\nEXITING!\n",
-			code, phase, connector_error_peek());
-		exit(1);
-	}
-}
-
-// allocates a buffer!
-char * buffer_pdl(char * filename) {
-	FILE *f = fopen(filename, "rb");
-	if (f == NULL) {
-		printf("Opening pdl file returned errno %d!\n", errno);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
-	long fsize = ftell(f);
-	fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	char *pdl = malloc(fsize + 1);
-	fread(pdl, 1, fsize, f);
-	fclose(f);
-	pdl[fsize] = 0;
-	return pdl;
-}
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