diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 6b5c0b4457..1c7ee1a388 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The client implements all Patron clients for the components used by the service.
 First we need to start the dependencies of the example by running:
 
 ```bash
-docker-compose -f examples/docker-compose.yml up -d
+docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
 ```
 
 Next we run the service:
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose.yml b/examples/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cd6c437cb0..0000000000
--- a/examples/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-version: '2.1'
-
-services:
-  rabbitmq:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/rabbitmq:latest
-    ports:
-      - '4369:4369'
-      - '5551:5551'
-      - '5552:5552'
-      - '5672:5672'
-      - '25672:25672'
-      - '15672:15672'
-    environment:
-      - RABBITMQ_USERNAME=bitnami
-      - RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=bitnami
-      - RABBITMQ_SECURE_PASSWORD=yes
-      - RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_ALLOW_WEB_ACCESS=yes
-    volumes:
-      - 'rabbitmq_data:/bitnami/rabbitmq/mnesia'
-  zookeeper:
-    image: 'bitnami/zookeeper:latest'
-    ports:
-      - '2181:2181'
-    environment:
-      - ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LOGIN=yes
-  kafka:
-    image: 'bitnami/kafka:2'
-    ports:
-      - '9092:9092'
-      - '9093:9093'
-    environment:
-      - KAFKA_CFG_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181
-      - ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
-      - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP=CLIENT:PLAINTEXT,EXTERNAL:PLAINTEXT
-      - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS=CLIENT://:9092,EXTERNAL://:9093
-      - KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=CLIENT://kafka:9092,EXTERNAL://localhost:9093
-      - KAFKA_CFG_INTER_BROKER_LISTENER_NAME=CLIENT
-    depends_on:
-      - zookeeper
-  localstack:
-    image: localstack/localstack:latest
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:4566:4566"            # LocalStack Gateway
-      - "127.0.0.1:4510-4559:4510-4559"  # external services port range
-    environment:
-      - DEBUG=${DEBUG-}
-      - DOCKER_HOST=unix:///var/run/docker.sock
-      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=test
-      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=test
-      - AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=eu-west-1
-    volumes:
-      - "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/localstack:/var/lib/localstack"
-      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
-volumes:
-  rabbitmq_data:
-    driver: local
diff --git a/examples/examples.go b/examples/examples.go
index a09de3c163..7d7e215771 100644
--- a/examples/examples.go
+++ b/examples/examples.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 
 	KafkaTopic  = "patron-topic"
 	KafkaGroup  = "patron-group"
-	KafkaBroker = "localhost:9093"
+	KafkaBroker = "localhost:9092"
 )
 
 func CreateSQSAPI() (*sqs.Client, error) {