diff --git a/examples/with-cerebral/pages/index.js b/examples/with-cerebral/pages/index.js
index 1d5aa51ea188d..953fe798a9652 100644
--- a/examples/with-cerebral/pages/index.js
+++ b/examples/with-cerebral/pages/index.js
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { Controller, UniversalController } from 'cerebral'
+import { Controller } from 'cerebral'
 import Devtools from 'cerebral/devtools'
 import { Container } from '@cerebral/react'
 import Page from '../components/Page'
 import clock from '../modules/clock'
 
 export default class Counter extends React.Component {
-  static getInitialProps({ req }) {
-    const isServer = Boolean(req)
-
-    // On the server we prepare the state of the application. Since
-    // this is a synchronous state change we just use "setState", but
-    // you could do other async stuff here or even use "runSequence" to
-    // grab and set the initial state of the application using
-    if (isServer) {
-      const controller = UniversalController({ modules: { clock } })
-      controller.setState('clock.lastUpdate', Date.now())
-
-      return { stateChanges: controller.getChanges() }
-    }
-
-    return {}
-  }
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
     // The controller will be instantiated for every page change and we only
diff --git a/examples/with-cerebral/pages/other.js b/examples/with-cerebral/pages/other.js
index 8d705736fe82a..3b236c4716783 100644
--- a/examples/with-cerebral/pages/other.js
+++ b/examples/with-cerebral/pages/other.js
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { Controller, UniversalController } from 'cerebral'
+import { Controller } from 'cerebral'
 import Devtools from 'cerebral/devtools'
 import { Container } from '@cerebral/react'
 import Page from '../components/Page'
 import clock from '../modules/clock'
 
 export default class Counter extends React.Component {
-  static getInitialProps({ req }) {
-    const isServer = Boolean(req)
-
-    // On the server we prepare the state of the application. Since
-    // this is a synchronous state change we just use "setState", but
-    // you could do other async stuff here or even use "runSequence" to
-    // grab and set the initial state of the application using
-    if (isServer) {
-      const controller = UniversalController({ modules: { clock } })
-      controller.setState('clock.lastUpdate', Date.now())
-
-      return { stateChanges: controller.getChanges() }
-    }
-
-    return {}
-  }
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
     // The controller will be instantiated for every page change and we only