diff --git a/examples/examples.mk b/examples/examples.mk
index 69d1797a901c34b5e8e745815ee57459c036f0c6..194ea46e7fc9007c805219773cdc24f830a42da4 100644
--- a/examples/examples.mk
+++ b/examples/examples.mk
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ ifeq ($(SSL_LIB),mbedtls)
 CFLAGS += -DMG_ENABLE_SSL -DMG_SSL_IF=MG_SSL_IF_MBEDTLS -DMG_SSL_MBED_DUMMY_RANDOM -lmbedcrypto -lmbedtls -lmbedx509
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(JS), yes)
-	V7_PATH = ../../deps/v7
-	CFLAGS_EXTRA += -DMG_ENABLE_JAVASCRIPT -I $(V7_PATH) $(V7_PATH)/v7.c
-endif
-
 $(PROG): $(SOURCES)
 	$(CC) $(SOURCES) -o $@ $(CFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/examples/restful_server/restful_server.c b/examples/restful_server/restful_server.c
index 264989e4ba138dfc72168bad17e40a04c1b4f452..df7a55c3639e685964ded6fbe0f70ba3ba167995 100644
--- a/examples/restful_server/restful_server.c
+++ b/examples/restful_server/restful_server.c
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       s_http_port = argv[++i];
     } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-a") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
       s_http_server_opts.auth_domain = argv[++i];
-#if MG_ENABLE_JAVASCRIPT
-    } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-j") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
-      const char *init_file = argv[++i];
-      mg_enable_javascript(&mgr, v7_create(), init_file);
-#endif
     } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-P") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {
       s_http_server_opts.global_auth_file = argv[++i];
     } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-A") == 0 && i + 1 < argc) {