diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 0039a6f0..cb8ec8e2 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Expose a `Model` to remote clients.
 // create a testing data source
 var memory = loopback.memory();
 var Color = memory.createModel('color', {name: String});
-Color.attachTo(memory);
 
 app.model(Color);
 app.use(loopback.rest());
diff --git a/example/todos/app.js b/example/todos/app.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a2dd304..00000000
--- a/example/todos/app.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-var loopback = require('../../');
-var app = loopback();
-
-app.use(loopback.configure());
-app.use(loopback.bodyParser());
-app.use(loopback.routes());
-
-app.listen(3000);
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diff --git a/example/todos/db/config.json b/example/todos/db/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a0c0ca91..00000000
--- a/example/todos/db/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "module": "data-source"
-}
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diff --git a/example/todos/todos/config.json b/example/todos/todos/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index dd5d6bf0..00000000
--- a/example/todos/todos/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "module": "model",
-  "main": "./todos.js",
-  "options": {
-    "properties": [
-      {
-        "name": "title",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "done",
-        "type": "boolean"
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "order",
-        "type": "number"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "data-source": "db"
-  }
-}
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diff --git a/example/todos/todos/todos.js b/example/todos/todos/todos.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bce4761..00000000
--- a/example/todos/todos/todos.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-var Todo = require('.');
-
-Todo.beforeRemote('*', function (ctx) {
-  // only allow logged in users to access the todo model
-  ctx.cancelUnless(ctx.me);
-});
-
-Todo.beforeRemote('save', function (todo, ctx) {
-  if(!todo.title) {
-    // throw an error to cancel an operation
-    throw new Error('title is required');
-  }
-
-  if(todo.title.length > 144) {
-    // or use the ctx api
-    ctx.error('title must be shorter than 144 characters');
-  }
-});
-
-Todo.beforeRemote('save', function (todo, ctx, done) {
-  // the ctx api has various validation helpers
-  ctx.errorUnless(ctx.isEmail(todos.creator), 'creator must be a valid email');
-
-  if(todo.isNew()) {
-    Todo.count({owner: todo.owner}, function (err) {
-      if(err) {
-        done(err);
-      } else {
-        ctx.errorIf(count > 100, 'each user can only have 100 todos');
-      
-        done();
-      }
-    });
-  } else {
-    done();
-  }
-});
-
-Todo.beforeRemote('all', function (query, ctx) {
-  // only allow remote queries when filtering by user 
-  ctx.cancelUnless(query.creator);
-  
-  query.limit = query.limit || 16;
-  ctx.errorIf(query.limit > 16, 'you may only request 16 todos at a time');
-});
-
-Todo.beforeRemote('save', function (todo, ctx) {
-  ctx.cancelUnless(ctx.isMe(todo.creator));
-});
-
-// define a custom method to be exposed to SDKs
-Todo.totalRemaining = function (fn) {
-  Todo.count({where: {done: {ne: true}}}, fn);
-}
-Todo.totalRemaining.remotable = true;
-Todo.totalRemaining.returns = [
-  {arg: 'total', type: 'Number'}
-];