diff --git a/examples/speedb_is_awesome_example.cc b/examples/speedb_is_awesome_example.cc
index cc64d362d1..1501c6e011 100644
--- a/examples/speedb_is_awesome_example.cc
+++ b/examples/speedb_is_awesome_example.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "rocksdb/db.h"
 #include "rocksdb/options.h"
-#include "rocksdb/env.h"
+
 using ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::DB;
 using ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::Options;
 using ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::ReadOptions;
@@ -28,27 +28,16 @@ std::string kDBPath = "C:\\Windows\\TEMP\\speedb_is_awesome_example";
 #else
 std::string kDBPath = "/tmp/speedb_is_awesome_example";
 #endif
-void f(std::thread::native_handle_type thr) {
-  #include "pthread.h"
-  std::cout << thr << std::endl;
-      cpu_set_t cpuset;
-      CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
-      CPU_SET(10, &cpuset);
-
-      int rc = pthread_setaffinity_np(thr,
-                                      sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpuset);
 
-}
 int main() {
   // Open the storage
   DB* db = nullptr;
   Options options;
-  options.cb = std::make_shared<std::function<void(std::thread::native_handle_type)>>(f);
   // create the DB if it's not already present
   options.create_if_missing = true;
   Status s = DB::Open(options, kDBPath, &db);
   assert(s.ok());
-  while(true) {
+
   // append new entry
   std::string key = "key_1";
   std::string put_value = "Speedb is awesome!";
@@ -61,7 +50,7 @@ int main() {
   assert(s.ok());
   assert(get_value == put_value);
   std::cout << get_value << std::endl;
-  }
+
   // close DB
   s = db->Close();
   assert(s.ok());