diff --git a/docs/examples/kernel/asynctask1.py b/docs/examples/kernel/asynctask1.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b0ca34..0000000
--- a/docs/examples/kernel/asynctask1.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-
-# This example shows how the AsynTaskClient can be used
-# This example is currently broken
-
-from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
-from IPython.kernel import asyncclient
-
-mec = asyncclient.AsyncMultiEngineClient(('localhost', 10105))
-tc = asyncclient.AsyncTaskClient(('localhost',10113))
-
-cmd1 = """\
-a = 5
-b = 10*d
-c = a*b*d
-"""
-
-t1 = asyncclient.Task(cmd1, clear_before=False, clear_after=True, pull=['a','b','c'])
-
-d = mec.push(dict(d=30))
-
-def raise_and_print(tr):
-    tr.raiseException()
-    print "a, b: ", tr.ns.a, tr.ns.b
-    return tr
-
-d.addCallback(lambda _: tc.run(t1))
-d.addCallback(lambda tid: tc.get_task_result(tid,block=True))
-d.addCallback(raise_and_print)
-d.addCallback(lambda _: reactor.stop())
-reactor.run()
diff --git a/docs/examples/kernel/mcpricer.py b/docs/examples/kernel/mcpricer.py
index 72206d0..2dac9f1 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kernel/mcpricer.py
+++ b/docs/examples/kernel/mcpricer.py
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
+
diff --git a/docs/examples/kernel/rmt.ipy b/docs/examples/kernel/rmt.ipy
index c4f4063..ab47c5e 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kernel/rmt.ipy
+++ b/docs/examples/kernel/rmt.ipy
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     %timeit -n1 -r1 parallelDiffs(rc, nmats, matsize)
 
     # Uncomment these to plot the histogram
-    import pylab
-    pylab.hist(parallelDiffs(rc,matsize,matsize))
+    # import pylab
+    # pylab.hist(parallelDiffs(rc,matsize,matsize))