diff --git a/samples/showcase/src/main/java/com/facebook/fresco/samples/showcase/ExampleDatabase.kt b/samples/showcase/src/main/java/com/facebook/fresco/samples/showcase/ExampleDatabase.kt
index b4a1ced2ac..c6ecf55324 100644
--- a/samples/showcase/src/main/java/com/facebook/fresco/samples/showcase/ExampleDatabase.kt
+++ b/samples/showcase/src/main/java/com/facebook/fresco/samples/showcase/ExampleDatabase.kt
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ object ExampleDatabase {
 
   val examples =
       listOf(
-          ExampleCategory(
-              "Drawee",
-              listOf(
-                  ExampleItem("Simple DraweeSpan") { DraweeSpanSimpleTextFragment() },
-              )),
           ExampleCategory(
               "Image Pipeline",
               listOf(
diff --git a/samples/showcase/src/main/java/com/facebook/fresco/samples/showcase/drawee/DraweeSpanSimpleTextFragment.java b/samples/showcase/src/main/java/com/facebook/fresco/samples/showcase/drawee/DraweeSpanSimpleTextFragment.java
deleted file mode 100644
index acbba0058c..0000000000
--- a/samples/showcase/src/main/java/com/facebook/fresco/samples/showcase/drawee/DraweeSpanSimpleTextFragment.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.fresco.samples.showcase.drawee;
-
-import android.graphics.Color;
-import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
-import android.net.Uri;
-import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.view.LayoutInflater;
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.ViewGroup;
-import android.widget.AdapterView;
-import android.widget.Spinner;
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import com.facebook.drawee.backends.pipeline.Fresco;
-import com.facebook.drawee.drawable.ScalingUtils;
-import com.facebook.drawee.generic.GenericDraweeHierarchyBuilder;
-import com.facebook.drawee.interfaces.DraweeController;
-import com.facebook.drawee.interfaces.DraweeHierarchy;
-import com.facebook.drawee.span.DraweeSpan;
-import com.facebook.drawee.span.DraweeSpanStringBuilder;
-import com.facebook.drawee.span.SimpleDraweeSpanTextView;
-import com.facebook.fresco.samples.showcase.BaseShowcaseFragment;
-import com.facebook.fresco.samples.showcase.R;
-import com.facebook.fresco.samples.showcase.common.SimpleScaleTypeAdapter;
-import com.facebook.fresco.samples.showcase.misc.ImageUriProvider;
-
-/** Simple fragment that displays text with inline images using {@link DraweeSpan}. */
-public class DraweeSpanSimpleTextFragment extends BaseShowcaseFragment {
-
-  private SimpleDraweeSpanTextView mDraweeSpanTextView;
-  private ScalingUtils.ScaleType mScaleType;
-  private Uri mInlineImageUri;
-  private Uri mInlineAnimatedImageUri;
-
-  @Nullable
-  @Override
-  public View onCreateView(
-      LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_drawee_span_simple, container, false);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-    mInlineImageUri = sampleUris().createSampleUri(ImageUriProvider.ImageSize.M);
-    mInlineAnimatedImageUri = sampleUris().createGifUriWithPause(ImageUriProvider.ImageSize.M);
-
-    mDraweeSpanTextView = (SimpleDraweeSpanTextView) view.findViewById(R.id.drawee_text_view);
-    final Spinner scaleType = (Spinner) view.findViewById(R.id.scaleType);
-
-    final SimpleScaleTypeAdapter scaleTypeAdapter = SimpleScaleTypeAdapter.createForAllScaleTypes();
-    scaleType.setAdapter(scaleTypeAdapter);
-    scaleType.setOnItemSelectedListener(
-        new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
-          @Override
-          public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
-            final SimpleScaleTypeAdapter.Entry spinnerEntry =
-                (SimpleScaleTypeAdapter.Entry) scaleTypeAdapter.getItem(position);
-            mScaleType = spinnerEntry.scaleType;
-            updateText();
-          }
-
-          @Override
-          public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {}
-        });
-
-    updateText();
-  }
-
-  private void updateText() {
-    // The # will be replaced with the image.
-    String text = getString(R.string.drawee_span_simple_text);
-    int imagePosition = text.indexOf('#');
-
-    DraweeSpanStringBuilder draweeSpanStringBuilder = new DraweeSpanStringBuilder(text);
-
-    DraweeHierarchy draweeHierarchy =
-        GenericDraweeHierarchyBuilder.newInstance(getResources())
-            .setPlaceholderImage(new ColorDrawable(Color.RED))
-            .setActualImageScaleType(mScaleType)
-            .build();
-    DraweeController controller =
-        Fresco.newDraweeControllerBuilder().setUri(mInlineImageUri).build();
-
-    draweeSpanStringBuilder.setImageSpan(
-        getContext(), /* Context */
-        draweeHierarchy, /* hierarchy to be used */
-        controller, /* controller to be used to update the hierarchy */
-        imagePosition, /* image index within the text */
-        200, /* image width */
-        200, /* image height */
-        false, /* auto resize */
-        DraweeSpan.ALIGN_CENTER); /* alignment */
-
-    int imagePosition2 = text.indexOf('@');
-
-    DraweeHierarchy draweeAnimatedHierarchy =
-        GenericDraweeHierarchyBuilder.newInstance(getResources())
-            .setPlaceholderImage(new ColorDrawable(Color.RED))
-            .setActualImageScaleType(mScaleType)
-            .build();
-    DraweeController animatedController =
-        Fresco.newDraweeControllerBuilder()
-            .setUri(mInlineAnimatedImageUri)
-            .setAutoPlayAnimations(true)
-            .build();
-
-    draweeSpanStringBuilder.setImageSpan(
-        getContext(), /* Context */
-        draweeAnimatedHierarchy, /* hierarchy to be used */
-        animatedController, /* controller to be used to update the hierarchy */
-        imagePosition2, /* image index within the text */
-        200, /* image width */
-        200, /* image height */
-        false, /* auto resize */
-        DraweeSpan.ALIGN_CENTER); /* alignment */
-
-    mDraweeSpanTextView.setDraweeSpanStringBuilder(draweeSpanStringBuilder);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/samples/showcase/src/main/res/layout/fragment_drawee_span_simple.xml b/samples/showcase/src/main/res/layout/fragment_drawee_span_simple.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c22a4bdf7..0000000000
--- a/samples/showcase/src/main/res/layout/fragment_drawee_span_simple.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<LinearLayout
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="match_parent"
-    android:orientation="vertical"
-    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
-    >
-  <TextView
-      android:id="@+id/text_view"
-      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-      android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
-      android:text="@string/drawee_span_simple_help"
-      />
-  <Spinner
-      android:id="@+id/scaleType"
-      android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/margin_large"
-      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-      />
-  <com.facebook.drawee.span.SimpleDraweeSpanTextView
-      android:id="@+id/drawee_text_view"
-      android:layout_width="match_parent"
-      android:layout_height="match_parent"
-      />
-</LinearLayout>
diff --git a/samples/showcase/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/samples/showcase/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index d2c522cd92..4acb4207eb 100644
--- a/samples/showcase/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/samples/showcase/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 
   <string name="vito_scale_type_help">Select either the landscape or portrait picture. Then select a scale type to apply for the large image.</string>
 
-  <string name="drawee_span_simple_text">Text with an # inline image using a DraweeSpan. Also works with @ animated images!</string>
-  <string name="drawee_span_simple_help">This example shows how to render text with an inline image. Change the scale type using the drop-down menu.</string>
-
   <string name="drawee_rotation_help">Change the used RotationOptions using the drop-down menu on top.</string>
 
   <string name="vito_transition_help">Tap the image to start the activity transition.</string>