diff --git a/examples/hello/hdf5Writer/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/hello/hdf5Writer/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f4197c0b607f00547dca429b179a30c0bb4f2a5..2f7d7fc0cbc69fc167f32a60b4aa030b44174bd1 100644
--- a/examples/hello/hdf5Writer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/hello/hdf5Writer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 # accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
-add_executable(hello_hdf5Writer_nompi helloHDF5Writer_nompi.cpp)
+#add_executable(hello_hdf5Writer_nompi helloHDF5Writer_nompi.cpp)
 message("    HDF5:   ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 include_directories(${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(hello_hdf5Writer_nompi adios2_nompi)
+#target_link_libraries(hello_hdf5Writer_nompi adios2_nompi)
 
 if(ADIOS_BUILD_TESTING)
   #add_test(
diff --git a/examples/hello/hdf5Writer/helloHDF5Writer_nompi.cpp b/examples/hello/hdf5Writer/helloHDF5Writer_nompi.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 87211cb13abee83d8a6c3a00c26ac49e42390ddf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/hello/hdf5Writer/helloHDF5Writer_nompi.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * HDF5Writer.cpp
- *
- *  Created on: March 20, 2017
- *      Author: Junmin
- */
-
-#include <vector>
-#include <iostream>
-
-//#include <mpi.h>
-#include "ADIOS_MPI.h"
-
-#ifndef HAVE_MPI
-// mpidummy has namespace adios
-using namespace adios;
-#endif
-#include "ADIOS_CPP.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-    MPI_Init(&argc, &argv);
-    int rank, size;
-    MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank);
-    MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size);
-
-    const bool adiosDebug = true;
-    adios::ADIOS adios(MPI_COMM_WORLD, adios::Verbose::INFO, adiosDebug);
-
-    // Application variable
-    const std::size_t intDim1 = 4;
-    const std::size_t intDim2 = 3;
-    std::vector<int> myInts = {10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21};
-
-    std::vector<double> myDoubles = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};
-    const std::size_t Nx = myDoubles.size();
-
-    std::vector<std::complex<float>> myCFloats;
-    const std::size_t CFloatSize = 3;
-    myCFloats.reserve(CFloatSize);
-    myCFloats.emplace_back(1, 3);
-    myCFloats.emplace_back(2, 2);
-    myCFloats.emplace_back(3, 1);
-
-    std::vector<std::complex<double>> myCDoubles;
-    const std::size_t CDoubleSize = 3;
-    myCDoubles.reserve(CDoubleSize);
-    myCDoubles.emplace_back(1, 3);
-    myCDoubles.emplace_back(2, 2);
-    myCDoubles.emplace_back(3, 1);
-
-    std::size_t doubleVCount = Nx / size;
-    std::size_t floatCount = CFloatSize / size;
-    std::size_t intCountDim1 = intDim1 / size;
-
-    std::size_t doubleVOffset = rank * doubleVCount;
-    std::size_t floatOffset = rank * floatCount;
-    std::size_t intOffsetDim1 = rank * intCountDim1;
-    std::size_t intOffsetDim2 = 0;
-
-    if ((size > 1) && (rank == size - 1))
-    {
-        doubleVCount = Nx - rank * (Nx / size);
-        floatCount = CFloatSize - rank * (CFloatSize / size);
-        intCountDim1 = intDim1 - rank * (intDim1 / size);
-    }
-
-    try
-    {
-        // Define variable and local size
-        // auto& ioMyDoubles = adios.DefineVariable<double>( "myDoubles", {Nx},
-        // {Nx} );
-        // auto& ioMyCFloats = adios.DefineVariable<std::complex<float>>(
-        // "myCFloats", {3}, {3} );
-        // auto& ioMyInts = adios.DefineVariable<int>( "myInts", {4,3}, {4,3} );
-
-        auto &ioMyDoubles = adios.DefineVariable<double>(
-            "myDoubles", {doubleVCount}, {Nx}, {doubleVOffset});
-        auto &ioMyCFloats = adios.DefineVariable<std::complex<float>>(
-            "myCFloats", {floatCount}, {3}, {floatOffset});
-        auto &ioMyCDoubles = adios.DefineVariable<std::complex<double>>(
-            "myCDoubles", {floatCount}, {3}, {floatOffset});
-        auto &ioMyInts =
-            adios.DefineVariable<int>("myInts", {intCountDim1, intDim2}, {4, 3},
-                                      {intOffsetDim1, intOffsetDim2});
-
-        // Define method for engine creation, it is basically straight-forward
-        // parameters
-        adios::Method &HDF5Settings =
-            adios.DeclareMethod("HDF5Writer"); // default method type is Writer
-        HDF5Settings.SetParameters("chunck=yes", "collectiveIO=yes");
-        // HDF5Settings.AddTransport( "Mdtm", "localIP=128.0.0.0.1",
-        // "remoteIP=128.0.0.0.2", "tolerances=1,2,3" );
-
-        // Create engine smart pointer to HDF5 Engine due to polymorphism,
-        // Open returns a smart pointer to Engine containing the Derived class
-        // HDF5
-        auto HDF5Writer = adios.Open("test.bp", "w", HDF5Settings);
-
-        if (HDF5Writer == nullptr)
-            throw std::ios_base::failure(
-                "ERROR: failed to create HDF5 I/O engine at Open\n");
-
-        HDF5Writer->Write(ioMyDoubles, myDoubles.data() +
-                                           doubleVOffset); // Base class Engine
-                                                           // own the Write<T>
-                                                           // that will call
-                                                           // overloaded Write
-                                                           // from Derived
-        HDF5Writer->Write(ioMyInts,
-                          myInts.data() + (intOffsetDim1 * intDim2 * rank));
-        HDF5Writer->Write(ioMyCFloats, myCFloats.data());
-        HDF5Writer->Write(ioMyCDoubles, myCDoubles.data());
-        HDF5Writer->Close();
-    }
-    catch (std::invalid_argument &e)
-    {
-        if (rank == 0)
-        {
-            std::cout << "Invalid argument exception, STOPPING PROGRAM\n";
-            std::cout << e.what() << "\n";
-        }
-    }
-    catch (std::ios_base::failure &e)
-    {
-        if (rank == 0)
-        {
-            std::cout << "System exception, STOPPING PROGRAM\n";
-            std::cout << e.what() << "\n";
-        }
-    }
-    catch (std::exception &e)
-    {
-        if (rank == 0)
-        {
-            std::cout << "Exception, STOPPING PROGRAM\n";
-            std::cout << e.what() << "\n";
-        }
-    }
-
-    MPI_Finalize();
-
-    return 0;
-}