diff --git a/examples/basic/basic.go b/examples/basic/basic.go
index 241380a..0fbf98d 100644
--- a/examples/basic/basic.go
+++ b/examples/basic/basic.go
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
-import (
-	"database/sql"
-
-	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
-)
+import "database/sql"
 
 func recordStats(db *sql.DB, userID, productID int64) (err error) {
 	tx, err := db.Begin()
diff --git a/examples/blog/blog.go b/examples/blog/blog.go
index 6383f35..c4aec06 100644
--- a/examples/blog/blog.go
+++ b/examples/blog/blog.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
-
-	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 )
 
 type api struct {
diff --git a/examples/orders/orders.go b/examples/orders/orders.go
index 06d616d..fb7e47e 100644
--- a/examples/orders/orders.go
+++ b/examples/orders/orders.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/kisielk/sqlstruct"
-	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 )
 
 const ORDER_PENDING = 0