diff --git a/faye-websocket.gemspec b/faye-websocket.gemspec
index d20345d..b0ace49 100644
--- a/faye-websocket.gemspec
+++ b/faye-websocket.gemspec
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rdoc_options     = %w[--main README.md --markup markdown]
   s.require_paths    = %w[lib]
 
-  s.files = %w[README.md CHANGELOG.md] +
-            Dir.glob('lib/**/*.rb') +
-            Dir.glob('examples/**/*')
+  s.files = %w[CHANGELOG.md LICENSE.md README.md] + Dir.glob('lib/**/*.rb')
 
   s.add_dependency 'eventmachine', '>= 0.12.0'
   s.add_dependency 'websocket-driver', '>= 0.5.1'