diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 778391f32..0157e089e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit.git
 $ cd hawkbit
 $ mvn clean install
 ```
+Build hawkBit examples. The examples are not included in the maven-reactor build.
+```
+$ cd hawkbit/examples
+$ mvn clean install
+```
 #### Start hawkBit example app
 [Example Application](examples/hawkbit-example-app)
 ```
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2084b92f6..7106332f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
       <module>hawkbit-autoconfigure</module>
       <module>hawkbit-cache-redis</module>
       <module>hawkbit-test-report</module>
-      <module>examples</module>
    </modules>
 
    <scm>