diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 927dac87..face6c5a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -680,13 +680,6 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hello_world"
-version = "0.0.0"
-dependencies = [
- "soroban-sdk",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6912b131..d3d4be2c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ members = [
   "contracts/revenue_split",
   "contracts/cross_asset_payment",
   "contracts/vesting_escrow",
-  "contracts/hello_world",
 ]
 # Test-only upgrade target for vesting_escrow. It is built by hand into a
 # committed .wasm fixture and must not be picked up by scaffold builds or the
diff --git a/contracts/hello_world/Cargo.toml b/contracts/hello_world/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e7370f7..00000000
--- a/contracts/hello_world/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "hello_world"
-version = "0.0.0"
-edition = "2021"
-publish = false
-
-[lib]
-crate-type = ["cdylib"]
-
-[dependencies]
-soroban-sdk = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/contracts/hello_world/src/lib.rs b/contracts/hello_world/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fb8ca06..00000000
--- a/contracts/hello_world/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#![no_std]
-use soroban_sdk::{contract, contractimpl, symbol_short, vec, Env, Symbol, Vec};
-
-#[contract]
-pub struct HelloContract;
-
-#[contractimpl]
-impl HelloContract {
-    pub fn hello(env: Env, to: Symbol) -> Vec<Symbol> {
-        vec![&env, symbol_short!("Hello"), to]
-    }
-}