diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5556675..f614389 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ Usage Example
     with adafruit_wave.open("sample.wav") as w:
         print(w.getsampwidth())
         print(w.getnchannels())
-        print(w.getcomptype())
         print(list(memoryview(w.readframes(100)).cast("h")))
 
 Documentation
diff --git a/examples/wave_simpletest.py b/examples/wave_simpletest.py
index 20c1fac..9aa9971 100644
--- a/examples/wave_simpletest.py
+++ b/examples/wave_simpletest.py
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ import adafruit_wave
 with adafruit_wave.open("sample.wav") as w:
     print(w.getsampwidth())
     print(w.getnchannels())
-    print(w.getcomptype())
     print(list(memoryview(w.readframes(100)).cast("h")))