diff --git a/examples/wmts-capabilities.html b/examples/wmts-capabilities.html
index 638d335a3c..58aabd5f20 100644
--- a/examples/wmts-capabilities.html
+++ b/examples/wmts-capabilities.html
@@ -27,14 +27,8 @@ <h1 id="title">Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) Capabilities Parsing</h1>
             implementations.
         </p>
 
-        <p>KVP version.</p>
-
         <div id="map" class="smallmap"></div>
 
-        <p>REST version.</p>
-
-        <div id="map2" class="smallmap" style="height: 440px; "></div>
-
         <div id="docs">
             <p>
                 This example creates an OpenLayers.Layer.WMTS layer to based
diff --git a/examples/wmts-capabilities.js b/examples/wmts-capabilities.js
index d507d1bec0..0b2e011c99 100644
--- a/examples/wmts-capabilities.js
+++ b/examples/wmts-capabilities.js
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 OpenLayers.ProxyHost = "/proxy/?url=";
 
 var map, format;
-var map2, format2;
 
 function init() {
 
-    /*
-     * KVP version
-     */
-
     format = new OpenLayers.Format.WMTSCapabilities({
         /**
          * This particular service is not in compliance with the WMTS spec and
@@ -60,36 +55,4 @@ function init() {
     map.addLayer(osm);
     map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher());
     map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(-13677832, 5213272), 13);
-
-
-    /*
-     * REST version
-     */
-    format2 = new OpenLayers.Format.WMTSCapabilities();
-
-    OpenLayers.Request.GET({
-        url: "http://wmts.geo.admin.ch/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml",
-        success: function(request) {
-            var doc = request.responseXML;
-            if (!doc || !doc.documentElement) {
-                doc = request.responseText;
-            }
-            var capabilities = format2.read(doc);
-            var layer = format2.createLayer(capabilities, {
-                layer: "ch.are.gemeindetyp-1990-9klassen",
-                // not avalable in the WMTS Capabilities in native projection
-                maxExtent: [485869.5728, 76443.1884, 837076.5648, 299941.7864]
-            });
-            map2.addLayer(layer);
-            map2.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(540000, 160000), 17);
-        },
-        failure: function() {
-            alert("Trouble getting capabilities doc");
-            OpenLayers.Console.error.apply(OpenLayers.Console, arguments);
-        }
-    });
-
-    map2 = new OpenLayers.Map({
-        div: "map2"
-    });
 }