diff --git a/example/simple-data-source/app-oracle.js b/example/simple-data-source/app-oracle.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f1beb66..00000000
--- a/example/simple-data-source/app-oracle.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-var asteroid = require('../../');
-var app = asteroid();
-
-app.use(asteroid.rest());
-
-
-var dataSource = app.dataSource('db',
-    {   adapter: require('asteroid-connector-oracle'),
-        host: '166.78.158.45',
-        database: 'XE',
-        username: 'strongloop',
-        password: 'str0ng100pjs',
-        debug: true
-    });
-
-
-var Color = dataSource.define('color', {
-    'name': String
-});
-dataSource.autoupdate(function (err, data) {
-    Color.create({name: 'red'});
-    Color.create({name: 'green'});
-    Color.create({name: 'blue'});
-
-    Color.all(function () {
-        console.log(arguments);
-    });
-});
-
-app.listen(3000);
-
-console.log('a list of colors is available at http://localhost:300/colors');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 812e60a0..b5fa5050 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,8 +17,5 @@
     "mocha": "latest",
     "sl-task-emitter": "0.0.x",
     "supertest": "latest"
-  },
-  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "asteroid-connector-oracle": "git+ssh://git@github.com:strongloop/asteroid-connector-oracle.git"
   }
 }