diff --git a/examples/java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/examples/BatchElementsExample.java b/examples/java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/examples/BatchElementsExample.java
index 79130d7ac138..0103999d9256 100644
--- a/examples/java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/examples/BatchElementsExample.java
+++ b/examples/java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/examples/BatchElementsExample.java
@@ -29,19 +29,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-// beam-playground:
-//   name: BatchElements
-//   description: Demonstration of BatchElements transform usage.
-//   multifile: false
-//   default_example: false
-//   context_line: 47
-//   categories:
-//     - Core Transforms
-//   complexity: BASIC
-//   tags:
-//     - transforms
-//     - batch
-
 public class BatchElementsExample {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
     PipelineOptions options = PipelineOptionsFactory.create();