diff --git a/examples/auth/Makefile b/examples/auth/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index d6dbc28f40e..00000000000
--- a/examples/auth/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for samba-pdb examples
-# Variables
-
-CC = gcc
-LIBTOOL = libtool
-
-SAMBA_SRC = ../../source
-SAMBA_INCL = ../../source/include
-UBIQX_SRC = ../../source/ubiqx
-SMBWR_SRC = ../../source/smbwrapper
-CFLAGS = -I$(SAMBA_SRC) -I$(SAMBA_INCL) -I$(UBIQX_SRC) -I$(SMBWR_SRC) -Wall -g
-AUTH_OBJS = auth_skel.la
-
-# Default target
-
-default: $(AUTH_OBJS)
-
-# Pattern rules
-
-%.la: %.lo
-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -module -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)
-
-%.lo: %.c
-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
-
-# Misc targets
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf .libs
-	rm -f core *~ *% *.bak \
-		$(AUTH_OBJS) $(AUTH_OBJS:.la=.o) $(AUTH_OBJS:.la=.lo) 
diff --git a/examples/auth/auth_skel.c b/examples/auth/auth_skel.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8734383aeeb..00000000000
--- a/examples/auth/auth_skel.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/* 
-   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
-   Password and authentication handling
-   Copyright (C) Andrew Bartlett              2001
-   Copyright (C) Jelmer Vernooij			  2003
-   
-   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
-   (at your option) any later version.
-   
-   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-   GNU General Public License for more details.
-   
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
-#include "includes.h"
-#include "auth.h"
-
-#undef DBGC_CLASS
-#define DBGC_CLASS DBGC_AUTH
-
-static NTSTATUS check_skel_security(const struct auth_context *auth_context,
-					 void *my_private_data, 
-					 TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
-					 const struct auth_usersupplied_info *user_info,
-					 struct auth_serversupplied_info **server_info)
-{
-	if (!user_info || !auth_context) {
-		return NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE;
-	}
-
-	/* Insert your authentication checking code here, 
-	 * and return NT_STATUS_OK if authentication succeeds */
-
-	/* For now, just refuse all connections */
-	return NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE;
-}
-
-/* module initialisation */
-static NTSTATUS auth_init_skel(
-	struct auth_context *auth_context,
-	const char *param,
-	struct auth_methods **auth_method)
-{
-	struct auth_methods *result;
-
-	result = talloc_zero(auth_context, struct auth_methods);
-	if (result == NULL) {
-		return NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
-	}
-	result->name = "skel";
-	result->auth = check_skel_security;
-
-	if (param && *param) {
-		/* we load the 'fallback' module - if skel isn't here, call this
-		   module */
-		struct auth_methods *priv;
-		if (!load_auth_module(auth_context, param, &priv)) {
-			return NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
-		}
-		result->private_data = (void *)priv;
-	}
-
-        *auth_method = result;
-	return NT_STATUS_OK;
-}
-
-NTSTATUS auth_skel_init(TALLOC_CTX *ctx);
-NTSTATUS auth_skel_init(TALLOC_CTX *ctx)
-{
-	return smb_register_auth(AUTH_INTERFACE_VERSION, "skel", auth_init_skel);
-}
diff --git a/examples/auth/wscript_build b/examples/auth/wscript_build
deleted file mode 100644
index 03221238e5f..00000000000
--- a/examples/auth/wscript_build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-bld.SAMBA3_MODULE('auth_skel',
-                 subsystem='auth',
-                 source='auth_skel.c',
-                 deps='samba-util',
-                 init_function='',
-                 internal_module=bld.SAMBA3_IS_STATIC_MODULE('auth_skel'),
-                 enabled=bld.SAMBA3_IS_ENABLED_MODULE('auth_skel'),
-                 install=False)
diff --git a/source3/wscript b/source3/wscript
index 60fd6001431..b58a9479590 100644
--- a/source3/wscript
+++ b/source3/wscript
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ main() {
         default_static_modules.extend(['charset_weird'])
         default_shared_modules.extend(['perfcount_test',
                                        'vfs_skel_opaque', 'vfs_skel_transparent', 'vfs_shadow_copy_test',
-                                       'auth_skel', 'pdb_test',
+                                       'pdb_test',
                                        'vfs_fake_dfq',
                                        'gpext_security', 'gpext_registry', 'gpext_scripts'])
 
diff --git a/source3/wscript_build b/source3/wscript_build
index b248050a5b7..a1e91d532b1 100644
--- a/source3/wscript_build
+++ b/source3/wscript_build
@@ -1410,7 +1410,6 @@ bld.RECURSE('passdb')
 bld.RECURSE('rpc_server')
 bld.RECURSE('script')
 bld.RECURSE('winbindd')
-bld.RECURSE('../examples/auth')
 bld.RECURSE('../examples/libsmbclient')
 bld.RECURSE('../examples/pdb')
 bld.RECURSE('../examples/VFS')
diff --git a/testsuite/unittests/test_lib_util_modules.c b/testsuite/unittests/test_lib_util_modules.c
index ca62857d86d..647fc1fb82d 100644
--- a/testsuite/unittests/test_lib_util_modules.c
+++ b/testsuite/unittests/test_lib_util_modules.c
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ static int teardown(void **state)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void test_samba_module_probe(void **state)
-{
-	NTSTATUS status;
-
-	status = smb_probe_module("auth", "skel");
-	assert_true(NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status));
-}
-
 static void test_samba_module_probe_dummy(void **state)
 {
 	const char *module_env;
@@ -63,8 +55,6 @@ static void test_samba_module_probe_slash(void **state)
 
 int main(void) {
 	const struct CMUnitTest tests[] = {
-		cmocka_unit_test_teardown(test_samba_module_probe,
-					  teardown),
 		cmocka_unit_test_teardown(test_samba_module_probe_dummy,
 					  teardown),
 		cmocka_unit_test_teardown(test_samba_module_probe_slash,