diff --git a/Library/Contributions/example-formula.rb b/Library/Contributions/example-formula.rb
index f2b85ce7e8..9a5823da38 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/example-formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/example-formula.rb
@@ -345,9 +345,6 @@ class ExampleFormula < Formula
     # Further possibilities with the pathnames:
     # http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.8.7/libdoc/pathname/rdoc/Pathname.html
 
-    # Sometime you will see that instead of `+` we build up a path with `/`
-    # because it looks nicer (but you can't nest more than two `/`):
-    (var/"foo").mkpath
     # Copy `./example_code/simple/ones` to share/demos
     (share/"demos").install "example_code/simple/ones"
     # Copy `./example_code/simple/ones` to share/demos/examples