diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 45a936f..1dfec39 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 endif()
+set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "")
+
+add_library(evmc-example-host STATIC example_host.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(evmc-example-host PRIVATE evmc)
 
-add_subdirectory(example_host)
 add_subdirectory(examplevm)
 
 add_executable(evmc-example example.c)
diff --git a/examples/example.c b/examples/example.c
index f676227..46fbe93 100644
--- a/examples/example.c
+++ b/examples/example.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file.
  */
 
-#include "example_host/example_host.h"
+#include "example_host.h"
 #include "examplevm/examplevm.h"
 
 #include <evmc/helpers.h>
diff --git a/examples/example_host/example_host.cpp b/examples/example_host.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/example_host/example_host.cpp
rename to examples/example_host.cpp
diff --git a/examples/example_host/example_host.h b/examples/example_host.h
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/example_host/example_host.h
rename to examples/example_host.h
diff --git a/examples/example_host/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/example_host/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 119c575..0000000
--- a/examples/example_host/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# EVMC: Ethereum Client-VM Connector API
-# Copyright 2018 The EVMC Authors.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file.
-
-add_library(evmc-example-host STATIC example_host.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(evmc-example-host PRIVATE evmc::evmc)
-set_target_properties(evmc-example-host PROPERTIES
-    DEBUG_POSTFIX ""
-    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ..
-    LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ..
-)
diff --git a/test/vmtester/tests.cpp b/test/vmtester/tests.cpp
index 3abd904..957d382 100644
--- a/test/vmtester/tests.cpp
+++ b/test/vmtester/tests.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018 The EVMC Authors.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file.
 
-#include "../../examples/example_host/example_host.h"
+#include "../../examples/example_host.h"
 #include "vmtester.hpp"
 
 #include <evmc/helpers.h>