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@@ -80,24 +80,6 @@ Windows
     <your-env>\Scripts\activate
     <your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-speech
 
-Example Usage
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. code:: py
-
-    from google.cloud import speech_v1
-    from google.cloud.speech_v1 import enums
-
-    client = speech_v1.SpeechClient()
-
-    encoding = enums.RecognitionConfig.AudioEncoding.FLAC
-    sample_rate_hertz = 44100
-    language_code = 'en-US'
-    config = {'encoding': encoding, 'sample_rate_hertz': sample_rate_hertz, 'language_code': language_code}
-    uri = 'gs://bucket_name/file_name.flac'
-    audio = {'uri': uri}
-
-    response = client.recognize(config, audio)
 
 Next Steps
 ~~~~~~~~~~