diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 665609b..b43dbf2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ poster.deletePin("http:///www.example.com/bar");
 
 Your API authentication token is available on the [Pinboard settings page](https://pinboard.in/settings/password).
 
-## Usage with Maven, Gradle and Kobalt
+## Usage with Maven and Gradle
 
 ### Maven
 
@@ -57,17 +57,6 @@ dependencies {
 [View Example](https://github.com/ethauvin/pinboard-poster/blob/master/samples/java/build.gradle)  
 [View Kotlin DSL Example](https://github.com/ethauvin/pinboard-poster/blob/master/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts)
 
-### Kobalt
-
-To install and run from Kobalt, add the following to the Build.kt file:
-
-```gradle
-dependencies {
-    compile("net.thauvin.erik:pinboard-poster:1.0.1")
-}
-```
-[View Example](https://github.com/ethauvin/pinboard-poster/blob/master/samples/kotlin/kobalt/src/Build.kt)
-
 ## Adding
 
 The `addPin` function support all of the [Pinboard API parameters](https://pinboard.in/api/#posts_add):
diff --git a/preflightcheck.sh b/preflightcheck.sh
index 26b8aa8..ed82ca7 100644
--- a/preflightcheck.sh
+++ b/preflightcheck.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ checkDeps() {
         * ) for ex in "${!examples[@]}"
             do
                 runGradle $(echo "${examples[ex]}" | cut -d " " -f 1) dU
-                runKobalt $(echo "${examples[ex]}" | cut -d " " -f 1) checkVersions
+                # runKobalt $(echo "${examples[ex]}" | cut -d " " -f 1) checkVersions
                 runMaven $(echo "${examples[ex]}" | cut -d " " -f 1) versions:display-dependency-updates 
                 if [ "$ex" -eq "${#examples}" ]
                 then
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ runExamples() {
     for ex in "${!examples[@]}"
     do
         runGradle ${examples[ex]} clean $gradle_opts
-        runKobalt ${examples[ex]} clean
+        # runKobalt ${examples[ex]} clean
         runMaven $(echo "${examples[ex]}" | cut -d " " -f 1) clean $maven_args
     done
 }
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ examplesMenu() {
                     examplesMenu
                 else
                     runGradle ${examples[$(($choice - 1))]}
-                    runKobalt ${examples[$(($choice - 1))]}
+                    # runKobalt ${examples[$(($choice - 1))]}
                     runMaven $(echo "${examples[$(($choice - 1))]}" | cut -d " " -f 1) $maven_args
                     examplesMenu
                 fi ;;
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/kobalt/src/Build.kt b/samples/kotlin/kobalt/src/Build.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f0fc9e..0000000
--- a/samples/kotlin/kobalt/src/Build.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import com.beust.kobalt.*
-import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.application.*
-import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.packaging.assemble
-
-// ./kobaltw run
-
-val bs = buildScript {
-    repos(localMaven())
-}
-
-val p = project {
-    name = "KotlinExample"
-    version = "0.1"
-
-    dependencies {
-        compile("net.thauvin.erik:pinboard-poster:1.0.1")
-    }
-
-    assemble {
-        jar {
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    application {
-        ignoreErrorStream = true
-        mainClass = "net.thauvin.erik.pinboard.samples.KotlinExampleKt"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.jar b/samples/kotlin/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 0721eec..0000000
Binary files a/samples/kotlin/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties b/samples/kotlin/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index bdce6e3..0000000
--- a/samples/kotlin/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-kobalt.version=1.0.123
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/kobaltw b/samples/kotlin/kobaltw
deleted file mode 100755
index c5186d5..0000000
--- a/samples/kotlin/kobaltw
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-java -jar "`dirname "$0"`/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.jar" $*
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/kobaltw.bat b/samples/kotlin/kobaltw.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index d578071..0000000
--- a/samples/kotlin/kobaltw.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
-java -jar "%DIRNAME%/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.jar" %*