diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/README.adoc b/spring-boot-samples/README.adoc
index b14a8f712b7..7ab7709e5d7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/README.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/README.adoc
@@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ The following sample applications are provided:
| link:spring-boot-sample-tomcat-ssl[spring-boot-sample-tomcat-ssl]
| Web application that uses Tomcat configured with SSL
-| link:spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl[spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl]
-| Web application that uses Tomcat 8.0 configured with SSL
-
| link:spring-boot-sample-traditional[spring-boot-sample-traditional]
| Traditional WAR packaging (but also executable using `java -jar`)
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/pom.xml
index a6e3d53c1d9..7a263b09941 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
spring-boot-sample-tomcat-jsp
spring-boot-sample-tomcat-ssl
spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors
- spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl
spring-boot-sample-traditional
spring-boot-sample-undertow
spring-boot-sample-undertow-ssl
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a8e4c48a123..00000000000
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-
-
- 4.0.0
-
-
- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-samples
- 2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
-
- spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl
- Spring Boot Tomcat 8.0 SSL Sample
- Spring Boot Tomcat 8.0 SSL Sample
- http://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/
-
- Pivotal Software, Inc.
- http://www.spring.io
-
-
- ${basedir}/../..
- 8.0.33
-
-
-
-
- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-starter
-
-
- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-starter-tomcat
-
-
- org.springframework
- spring-webmvc
-
-
- org.apache.httpcomponents
- httpclient
-
-
- org.apache.tomcat
- tomcat-juli
- ${tomcat.version}
-
-
-
- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-starter-test
- test
-
-
-
-
-
- org.springframework.boot
- spring-boot-maven-plugin
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/SampleTomcatSslApplication.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/SampleTomcatSslApplication.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c801ea33d04..00000000000
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/SampleTomcatSslApplication.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package sample.tomcat.ssl;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-
-@SpringBootApplication
-public class SampleTomcatSslApplication {
-
- public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
- SpringApplication.run(SampleTomcatSslApplication.class, args);
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/web/SampleController.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/web/SampleController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ca0d5ed01c..00000000000
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/web/SampleController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package sample.tomcat.ssl.web;
-
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
-
-@Controller
-public class SampleController {
-
- @GetMapping("/")
- @ResponseBody
- public String helloWorld() {
- return "Hello, world";
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/resources/application.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 37199bfd256..00000000000
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-server.port = 8443
-server.ssl.key-store = classpath:sample.jks
-server.ssl.key-store-password = secret
-server.ssl.key-password = password
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/resources/sample.jks b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/resources/sample.jks
deleted file mode 100644
index 6aa9a28053a..00000000000
Binary files a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/main/resources/sample.jks and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/SampleTomcatSslApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/SampleTomcatSslApplicationTests.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 81856affbbc..00000000000
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat80-ssl/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/ssl/SampleTomcatSslApplicationTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package sample.tomcat.ssl;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
-@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
-@DirtiesContext
-public class SampleTomcatSslApplicationTests {
-
- @Autowired
- private TestRestTemplate restTemplate;
-
- @Test
- public void testHome() throws Exception {
- ResponseEntity entity = this.restTemplate.getForEntity("/", String.class);
- assertThat(entity.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
- assertThat(entity.getBody()).isEqualTo("Hello, world");
- }
-
-}