diff --git a/examples/sam/java/NewRelicExampleJava/pom.xml b/examples/sam/java/NewRelicExampleJava/pom.xml
index afda3b1..ad9ca68 100644
--- a/examples/sam/java/NewRelicExampleJava/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/sam/java/NewRelicExampleJava/pom.xml
@@ -22,22 +22,16 @@
aws-lambda-java-events
3.1.0
-
-
- com.newrelic.opentracing
- newrelic-java-lambda
- 2.2.1
-
-
- com.newrelic.opentracing
- java-aws-lambda
- 2.1.0
-
io.opentracing
opentracing-util
0.33.0
+
+ com.google.code.gson
+ gson
+ 2.8.6
+
com.googlecode.json-simple
json-simple
diff --git a/examples/sam/java/NewRelicExampleJava/src/main/java/com.newrelic.lambda.example/App.java b/examples/sam/java/NewRelicExampleJava/src/main/java/com.newrelic.lambda.example/App.java
index de0a6f3..af409ec 100644
--- a/examples/sam/java/NewRelicExampleJava/src/main/java/com.newrelic.lambda.example/App.java
+++ b/examples/sam/java/NewRelicExampleJava/src/main/java/com.newrelic.lambda.example/App.java
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context;
import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestHandler;
-import com.newrelic.opentracing.LambdaTracer;
-import com.newrelic.opentracing.aws.LambdaTracing;
import io.opentracing.Scope;
import io.opentracing.Span;
import io.opentracing.Tracer;
@@ -11,20 +9,9 @@
import java.util.Map;
-/**
- * Handler for requests to Lambda function.
- */
public class App implements RequestHandler