diff --git a/_examples/panic/go.mod b/_examples/panic/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index e44c113..0000000
--- a/_examples/panic/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-module github.com/vbauerster/mpb/_examples/panic
-
-go 1.17
-
-require github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.0.2
-
-require (
-	github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 // indirect
-	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220829200755-d48e67d00261 // indirect
-)
diff --git a/_examples/panic/main.go b/_examples/panic/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 00e8be6..0000000
--- a/_examples/panic/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8"
-	"github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8/decor"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	// passed wg will be accounted at p.Wait() call
-	p := mpb.New(
-		mpb.WithWaitGroup(&wg),
-		mpb.WithDebugOutput(os.Stderr),
-	)
-
-	wantPanic := strings.Repeat("Panic ", 64)
-	numBars := 3
-	wg.Add(numBars)
-
-	for i := 0; i < numBars; i++ {
-		name := fmt.Sprintf("b#%02d:", i)
-		bar := p.AddBar(100, mpb.BarID(i), mpb.PrependDecorators(panicDecorator(name, wantPanic)))
-
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
-				time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
-				bar.Increment()
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-	// wait for passed wg and for all bars to complete and flush
-	p.Wait()
-}
-
-func panicDecorator(name, panicMsg string) decor.Decorator {
-	return decor.Any(func(st decor.Statistics) string {
-		if st.ID == 1 && st.Current >= 42 {
-			panic(panicMsg)
-		}
-		return name
-	})
-}