diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 12d6e557c..cc004555d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -321,11 +321,6 @@ if(NOT TARGET nonstd::span-lite)
 
 endif()
 
-af_dep_check_and_populate(${assets_prefix}
-  URI https://github.com/arrayfire/assets.git
-  REF master
-)
-set(ASSETS_DIR ${${assets_prefix}_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 # when crosscompiling use the bin2cpp file from the native bin directory
 if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
@@ -473,18 +468,6 @@ install(FILES ${ArrayFire_BINARY_DIR}/include/af/version.h
         DESTINATION "${AF_INSTALL_INC_DIR}/af/"
         COMPONENT headers)
 
-# install the examples irrespective of the AF_BUILD_EXAMPLES value
-# only the examples source files are installed, so the installation of these
-# source files does not depend on AF_BUILD_EXAMPLES
-# when AF_BUILD_EXAMPLES is OFF, the examples source is installed without
-# building the example executables
-install(DIRECTORY examples/ #NOTE The slash at the end is important
-    DESTINATION ${AF_INSTALL_EXAMPLE_DIR}
-    COMPONENT examples)
-
-install(DIRECTORY ${ASSETS_DIR}/examples/ #NOTE The slash at the end is important
-    DESTINATION ${AF_INSTALL_EXAMPLE_DIR}
-    COMPONENT examples)
 
 install(DIRECTORY "${ArrayFire_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSES/"
     DESTINATION LICENSES