diff --git a/examples/verify_key_format.rs b/examples/verify_key_format.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index fa40419..0000000
--- a/examples/verify_key_format.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-use ohttp_gateway::key_manager::{KeyManager, KeyManagerConfig};
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    // Create a key manager with default configuration
-    let config = KeyManagerConfig::default();
-    let manager = KeyManager::new(config).await?;
-
-    // Get the encoded configuration
-    let encoded_config = manager.get_encoded_config().await?;
-
-    println!("Key configuration format verification:");
-    println!("=====================================");
-
-    // Check that we have at least 2 bytes for the length prefix
-    if encoded_config.len() < 2 {
-        println!("❌ ERROR: Configuration too short (< 2 bytes)");
-        return Ok(());
-    }
-
-    // Extract the length prefix (first 2 bytes in network byte order)
-    let length_prefix = u16::from_be_bytes([encoded_config[0], encoded_config[1]]);
-    let actual_config_length = encoded_config.len() - 2; // Total length minus 2-byte prefix
-
-    println!(
-        "Total encoded config length: {} bytes",
-        encoded_config.len()
-    );
-    println!("Length prefix value: {} bytes", length_prefix);
-    println!("Actual config data length: {} bytes", actual_config_length);
-
-    // Verify the length prefix matches the actual config data length
-    if length_prefix as usize == actual_config_length {
-        println!("✅ SUCCESS: Length prefix matches actual config data length");
-        println!("✅ SUCCESS: Key configuration format is RFC 9458 compliant");
-    } else {
-        println!(
-            "❌ ERROR: Length prefix ({}) doesn't match actual config data length ({})",
-            length_prefix, actual_config_length
-        );
-        return Ok(());
-    }
-
-    // Display the first few bytes of the configuration for inspection
-    println!("\nFirst 16 bytes of encoded configuration (hex):");
-    let display_bytes = std::cmp::min(16, encoded_config.len());
-    for (i, byte) in encoded_config[..display_bytes].iter().enumerate() {
-        if i == 2 {
-            print!(" | "); // Separator between length prefix and config data
-        } else if i > 2 && (i - 2) % 4 == 0 {
-            print!(" ");
-        }
-        print!("{:02x}", byte);
-    }
-    println!();
-    println!("       ^^     ^^");
-    println!("   Length prefix");
-    println!("   (2 bytes, big-endian)");
-
-    println!("\nFormat verification complete!");
-
-    Ok(())
-}