diff --git a/examples/hello_isahc/Cargo.toml b/examples/hello_isahc/Cargo.toml
index f5e352cc..f4a4e3a8 100644
--- a/examples/hello_isahc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/hello_isahc/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 name = "hello_isahc"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 ruma = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../../crates/ruma", features = ["client-api-c", "client-ext-client-api", "client-isahc", "rand"] }
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/Cargo.toml b/examples/hello_world/Cargo.toml
index 6706c0c4..d9ccf129 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/hello_world/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 name = "hello_world"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 ruma = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../../crates/ruma", features = ["client-api-c", "client-ext-client-api", "client-hyper-native-tls", "rand"] }
diff --git a/examples/joke_bot/Cargo.toml b/examples/joke_bot/Cargo.toml
index 6853f851..57f1e017 100644
--- a/examples/joke_bot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/joke_bot/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 name = "joke_bot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 ruma = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../../crates/ruma", features = ["client-api-c", "client-ext-client-api", "client-hyper-native-tls", "rand"] }
diff --git a/examples/message_log/Cargo.toml b/examples/message_log/Cargo.toml
index b82f7bbc..66aaac73 100644
--- a/examples/message_log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/message_log/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 name = "message_log"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 ruma = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../../crates/ruma", features = ["client-api-c", "client-ext-client-api", "client-hyper-native-tls"] }