diff --git a/plugins/sample/trace/doc.go b/plugins/sample/trace/doc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 844aff30d..000000000
--- a/plugins/sample/trace/doc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020, OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// Package sample contains a sample plugin for OpenTelemetry distributed tracing.
-package trace // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/plugins/sample/trace"
diff --git a/plugins/sample/trace/example_test.go b/plugins/sample/trace/example_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bbd58d281..000000000
--- a/plugins/sample/trace/example_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020, OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package trace_test
-
-import (
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/plugins/sample/trace"
-)
-
-func ExampleRegister() {
-	// Register with Sample plugin
-	_ = trace.Register()
-
-	// Output:
-}
diff --git a/plugins/sample/trace/go.mod b/plugins/sample/trace/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index a0f605376..000000000
--- a/plugins/sample/trace/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/plugins/sample/trace
-
-go 1.13
-
-require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
diff --git a/plugins/sample/trace/go.sum b/plugins/sample/trace/go.sum
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index 331fa6982..000000000
--- a/plugins/sample/trace/go.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/plugins/sample/trace/sample.go b/plugins/sample/trace/sample.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d795b0b84..000000000
--- a/plugins/sample/trace/sample.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020, OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package trace
-
-// Register enables instrumenting an imaginary Sample application using Sample plugin.
-func Register() error {
-	// Do something so to enable tracing in the application.
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/plugins/sample/trace/sample_test.go b/plugins/sample/trace/sample_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 030a8c07b..000000000
--- a/plugins/sample/trace/sample_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020, OpenTelemetry Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package trace_test
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/plugins/sample/trace"
-)
-
-// Register registers sample plugin to instrument a Sample appliction.
-func TestRegister(t *testing.T) {
-	err := trace.Register()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-}