diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index d3908e0ff..596be45ed 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ ELSE()
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cgit2 git2 pthread)
 ENDIF()
 
-OPTION( BUILD_EXAMPLES_GENERAL 		"Build general example"		OFF )
-
 FILE(GLOB SRC_EXAMPLE_APPS RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *.c)
 FOREACH(src_app ${SRC_EXAMPLE_APPS})
 	STRING(REPLACE ".c" "" app_name ${src_app})
-	IF(${app_name} STREQUAL "general" AND BUILD_EXAMPLES_GENERAL OR
-		NOT ${app_name} STREQUAL "general" AND NOT ${app_name} STREQUAL "common"
-	)
+	IF(NOT ${app_name} STREQUAL "common")
 		ADD_EXECUTABLE(${app_name} ${src_app} "common.c")
 		TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${app_name} git2)
 	ENDIF()