diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/Makefile.am b/tests/examples/gl/gtk/Makefile.am
index 3c1867926c..5728905239 100644
--- a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/examples/gl/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-SUBDIRS = . gtkvideooverlay filternovideooverlay filtervideooverlay fxtest switchvideooverlay 3dvideo
+SUBDIRS = . filternovideooverlay filtervideooverlay fxtest switchvideooverlay 3dvideo
noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libgstgtkhelper.la
diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/.gitignore b/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e4c3e3ffec..0000000000
--- a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-gtkvideooverlay
diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/Makefile.am b/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index d6da10dc54..0000000000
--- a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-noinst_PROGRAMS = gtkvideooverlay
-
-gtkvideooverlay_SOURCES = main.cpp
-
-gtkvideooverlay_CXXFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir)/gst-libs -I$(top_builddir)/gst-libs \
- $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CXXFLAGS) \
- $(GL_CFLAGS) $(GTK3_CFLAGS) $(X11_CFLAGS)
-gtkvideooverlay_LDADD=../libgstgtkhelper.la \
- $(GTK3_LIBS) $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_LIBS) \
- $(GL_LIBS) -lgstvideo-$(GST_API_VERSION) $(X11_LIBS)
-
diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/gtkvideooverlay.vcproj b/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/gtkvideooverlay.vcproj
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/gtkvideooverlay.vcproj
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/main.cpp b/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ca810831b..0000000000
--- a/tests/examples/gl/gtk/gtkvideooverlay/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,268 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * GStreamer
- * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Julien Isorce
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
- * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
- */
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "config.h"
-#endif
-
-#include
-#include
-#include
-
-#include "../gstgtk.h"
-
-#ifdef HAVE_X11
-#include
-#endif
-
-
-static GstBusSyncReply create_window (GstBus* bus, GstMessage* message, GtkWidget* widget)
-{
- /* ignore anything but 'prepare-window-handle' element messages */
- if (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message) != GST_MESSAGE_ELEMENT)
- return GST_BUS_PASS;
-
- if (!gst_is_video_overlay_prepare_window_handle_message (message))
- return GST_BUS_PASS;
-
- g_print ("setting window handle\n");
-
- /* do not call gdk_window_ensure_native for the first time here because
- * we are in a different thread than the main thread */
- gst_video_overlay_set_gtk_window (GST_VIDEO_OVERLAY (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message)), widget);
-
- gst_message_unref (message);
-
- return GST_BUS_DROP;
-}
-
-
-static void end_stream_cb(GstBus* bus, GstMessage* message, GstElement* pipeline)
-{
- switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message))
- {
- case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
- g_print ("End of stream\n");
-
- gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
- gst_object_unref(pipeline);
- gtk_main_quit ();
- break;
- case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
- {
- gchar *debug = NULL;
- GError *err = NULL;
-
- gst_message_parse_error (message, &err, &debug);
-
- g_print ("Error: %s\n", err->message);
- g_error_free (err);
-
- if (debug)
- {
- g_print ("Debug details: %s\n", debug);
- g_free (debug);
- }
-
- gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
- gst_object_unref(pipeline);
- gtk_main_quit ();
- break;
- }
- default:
- break;
- }
-}
-
-static gboolean draw_cb(GtkWidget* widget, cairo_t *cr, GstElement* videosink)
-{
- g_print ("draw_cb\n");
- gst_video_overlay_expose (GST_VIDEO_OVERLAY (videosink));
- return FALSE;
-}
-
-
-static void destroy_cb(GtkWidget* widget, GdkEvent* event, GstElement* pipeline)
-{
- g_print("Close\n");
-
- gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
- gst_object_unref(pipeline);
-
- gtk_main_quit();
-}
-
-
-static void button_state_null_cb(GtkWidget* widget, GstElement* pipeline)
-{
- gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
- g_print ("GST_STATE_NULL\n");
-}
-
-
-static void button_state_ready_cb(GtkWidget* widget, GstElement* pipeline)
-{
- gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_READY);
- g_print ("GST_STATE_READY\n");
-}
-
-
-static void button_state_paused_cb(GtkWidget* widget, GstElement* pipeline)
-{
- gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
- g_print ("GST_STATE_PAUSED\n");
-}
-
-
-static void button_state_playing_cb(GtkWidget* widget, GstElement* pipeline)
-{
- gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
- g_print ("GST_STATE_PLAYING\n");
-}
-
-
-static gchar* slider_fps_cb (GtkScale* scale, gdouble value, GstElement* pipeline)
-{
- //change the video frame rate dynamically
- return g_strdup_printf ("video framerate: %0.*g", gtk_scale_get_digits (scale), value);
-}
-
-
-
-gint main (gint argc, gchar *argv[])
-{
-#ifdef HAVE_X11
- XInitThreads ();
-#endif
-
- GtkWidget *area;
- gst_init (&argc, &argv);
- gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
-
- GstElement* pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("pipeline");
- GstElement* videosrc = gst_element_factory_make ("videotestsrc", "videotestsrc");
- GstElement* videosink = gst_element_factory_make ("glimagesink", "glimagesink");
-
- gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (pipeline), videosrc, videosink, NULL);
-
- gboolean link_ok = gst_element_link_many(videosrc, videosink, NULL) ;
- if(!link_ok)
- {
- g_warning("Failed to link an element!\n") ;
- return -1;
- }
-
- //set window id on this event
- GstBus* bus = gst_pipeline_get_bus (GST_PIPELINE (pipeline));
- gst_bus_add_signal_watch (bus);
- g_signal_connect(bus, "message::error", G_CALLBACK(end_stream_cb), pipeline);
- g_signal_connect(bus, "message::warning", G_CALLBACK(end_stream_cb), pipeline);
- g_signal_connect(bus, "message::eos", G_CALLBACK(end_stream_cb), pipeline);
-
- gst_element_set_state(pipeline, GST_STATE_READY);
-
- area = gtk_drawing_area_new();
- gst_bus_set_sync_handler (bus, (GstBusSyncHandler) create_window, area, NULL);
- gst_object_unref (bus);
-
- //window that contains an area where the video is drawn
- GtkWidget* window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
- gtk_widget_set_size_request (window, 640, 480);
- gtk_window_move (GTK_WINDOW (window), 300, 10);
- gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "glimagesink implement the gstvideooverlay interface");
- GdkGeometry geometry;
- geometry.min_width = 1;
- geometry.min_height = 1;
- geometry.max_width = -1;
- geometry.max_height = -1;
- gtk_window_set_geometry_hints (GTK_WINDOW (window), window, &geometry, GDK_HINT_MIN_SIZE);
-
- //window to control the states
- GtkWidget* window_control = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
- geometry.min_width = 1;
- geometry.min_height = 1;
- geometry.max_width = -1;
- geometry.max_height = -1;
- gtk_window_set_geometry_hints (GTK_WINDOW (window_control), window_control, &geometry, GDK_HINT_MIN_SIZE);
- gtk_window_set_resizable (GTK_WINDOW (window_control), FALSE);
- gtk_window_move (GTK_WINDOW (window_control), 10, 10);
- GtkWidget* table = gtk_grid_new ();
- gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window_control), table);
-
- //control state null
- GtkWidget* button_state_null = gtk_button_new_with_label ("GST_STATE_NULL");
- g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button_state_null), "clicked",
- G_CALLBACK (button_state_null_cb), pipeline);
- gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (table), button_state_null, 0, 0, 1, 1);
- gtk_widget_show (button_state_null);
-
- //control state ready
- GtkWidget* button_state_ready = gtk_button_new_with_label ("GST_STATE_READY");
- g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button_state_ready), "clicked",
- G_CALLBACK (button_state_ready_cb), pipeline);
- gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (table), button_state_ready, 0, 1, 1, 1);
- gtk_widget_show (button_state_ready);
-
- //control state paused
- GtkWidget* button_state_paused = gtk_button_new_with_label ("GST_STATE_PAUSED");
- g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button_state_paused), "clicked",
- G_CALLBACK (button_state_paused_cb), pipeline);
- gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (table), button_state_paused, 0, 2, 1, 1);
- gtk_widget_show (button_state_paused);
-
- //control state playing
- GtkWidget* button_state_playing = gtk_button_new_with_label ("GST_STATE_PLAYING");
- g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (button_state_playing), "clicked",
- G_CALLBACK (button_state_playing_cb), pipeline);
- gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (table), button_state_playing, 0, 3, 1, 1);
- gtk_widget_show (button_state_playing);
-
- //change framerate
- GtkWidget* slider_fps = gtk_scale_new_with_range (GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL,
- 1, 30, 2);
- g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (slider_fps), "format-value",
- G_CALLBACK (slider_fps_cb), pipeline);
- gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (table), slider_fps, 1, 0, 1, 4);
- gtk_widget_show (slider_fps);
-
- gtk_widget_show (table);
- gtk_widget_show (window_control);
-
- //configure the pipeline
- g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(window), "delete-event", G_CALLBACK(destroy_cb), pipeline);
-
- //area where the video is drawn
- gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), area);
-
- gtk_widget_realize(area);
-
- //needed when being in GST_STATE_READY, GST_STATE_PAUSED
- //or resizing/obscuring the window
- g_signal_connect(area, "draw", G_CALLBACK(draw_cb), videosink);
-
- gtk_widget_show_all (window);
-
- gst_element_set_state(pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
-
- gtk_main();
-
- return 0;
-}
-