diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/pattern/JavaTemplate.java b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/pattern/JavaTemplate.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a2e6f2e402..0000000000
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/pattern/JavaTemplate.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Lightbend Inc. <http://www.lightbend.com>
- */
-
-package docs.pattern;
-
-// this part will not appear in the docs
-
-//#all-of-it
-class JavaTemplate {
-  public JavaTemplate() {
-    System.out.println("Hello, Template!");
-  }
-  //#uninteresting-stuff
-  // don’t show this plumbimg
-  //#uninteresting-stuff
-}
-//#all-of-it
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/howto.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/howto.rst
index 6173f20b6f..cee355bb9d 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/howto.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/howto.rst
@@ -85,19 +85,3 @@ Finally we are able to execute an actor and receive the results or exceptions.
 
 .. includecode:: code/docs/pattern/SupervisedAskSpec.java
 
-Template Pattern
-================
-
-*Contributed by: N. N.*
-
-This is an especially nice pattern, since it does even come with some empty example code:
-
-.. includecode:: code/docs/pattern/JavaTemplate.java
-   :include: all-of-it
-   :exclude: uninteresting-stuff
-
-.. note::
-
-   Spread the word: this is the easiest way to get famous!
-
-Please keep this pattern at the end of this file.
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/pattern/ScalaTemplate.scala b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/pattern/ScalaTemplate.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index e497daf861..0000000000
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/pattern/ScalaTemplate.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Lightbend Inc. <http://www.lightbend.com>
- */
-
-package docs.pattern
-
-// this part will not appear in the docs
-
-//#all-of-it
-class ScalaTemplate {
-  println("Hello, Template!")
-  //#uninteresting-stuff
-  // don’t show this plumbimg
-  //#uninteresting-stuff
-}
-//#all-of-it
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/howto.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/howto.rst
index 4e53762784..9628770593 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/howto.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/howto.rst
@@ -155,19 +155,3 @@ and schedule the initial message send again.
 
 .. includecode:: code/docs/pattern/SchedulerPatternSpec.scala#schedule-receive
 
-Template Pattern
-================
-
-*Contributed by: N. N.*
-
-This is an especially nice pattern, since it does even come with some empty example code:
-
-.. includecode:: code/docs/pattern/ScalaTemplate.scala
-   :include: all-of-it
-   :exclude: uninteresting-stuff
-
-.. note::
-
-   Spread the word: this is the easiest way to get famous!
-
-Please keep this pattern at the end of this file.