diff --git a/examples/compiler/interner.rs b/examples/compiler/interner.rs
index 1ef492ae..3aca0897 100644
--- a/examples/compiler/interner.rs
+++ b/examples/compiler/interner.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::values::*;
 
 #[salsa::query_group(InternerDatabase)]
-pub trait Interner: salsa::Database {
+pub trait Interner {
     #[salsa::interned]
     fn intern_field(&self, field: FieldData) -> Field;
 
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/main.rs b/examples/hello_world/main.rs
index 394efabe..a3edfc5d 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world/main.rs
+++ b/examples/hello_world/main.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 // trait for that query group as a supertrait.
 // ANCHOR:trait
 #[salsa::query_group(HelloWorldStorage)]
-trait HelloWorld: salsa::Database {
+trait HelloWorld {
     // For each query, we give the name, some input keys (here, we
     // have one key, `()`) and the output type `Arc<String>`. We can
     // use attributes to give other configuration: