diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43bb90c..bdac066 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ endif()
 opae_add_subdirectory(opae-libs)
 opae_add_subdirectory(platforms)
 opae_add_subdirectory(tools)
-opae_add_subdirectory(samples)
+# opae_add_subdirectory(samples)
 opae_add_subdirectory(python)
 
 if(OPAE_BUILD_TESTS)
diff --git a/opae-libs/libopaecxx/CMakeLists.txt b/opae-libs/libopaecxx/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fa0423..0d83dff 100644
--- a/opae-libs/libopaecxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/opae-libs/libopaecxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ opae_add_shared_library(TARGET opae-cxx-core
     COMPONENT opaecxxcorelib
 )
 
-opae_add_executable(TARGET hello_cxxcore
-    SOURCE samples/hello_fpga-1.cpp
-    LIBS
-        opae-c
-        opae-cxx-core
-        ${libjson-c_LIBRARIES}
-    COMPONENT samples
-)
+#opae_add_executable(TARGET hello_cxxcore
+#    SOURCE samples/hello_fpga-1.cpp
+#    LIBS
+#        opae-c
+#        opae-cxx-core
+#        ${libjson-c_LIBRARIES}
+#    COMPONENT samples
+#)