diff --git a/src/examples.jl b/src/examples.jl
index 65737326..7050b1e3 100644
--- a/src/examples.jl
+++ b/src/examples.jl
@@ -435,24 +435,6 @@ each line segment or marker in the plot.
     end)]
 ),
 
-PlotExample("Portfolio Composition maps",
-"""
-see: http://stackoverflow.com/a/37732384/5075246
-""",
-    [:(begin
-    using Random
-    Random.seed!(111)
-    tickers = ["IBM", "Google", "Apple", "Intel"]
-    N = 10
-    D = length(tickers)
-    weights = rand(N,D)
-    weights ./= sum(weights, dims = 2)
-    returns = sort!((1:N) + D*randn(N))
-
-    portfoliocomposition(weights, returns, labels = permutedims(tickers))
-    end)]
-),
-
 ]
 
 # Some constants for PlotDocs and PlotReferenceImages
@@ -464,8 +446,6 @@ _backend_skips = Dict(
     :pgfplots => [2, 5, 6, 10, 16, 20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 30],
 )
 
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # make and display one plot
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 5ae3cebf..6ac0d11d 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -1131,25 +1131,3 @@ end
     title := string(grad.args[1])
     z
 end
-
-
-# Moved in from PlotRecipes - see: http://stackoverflow.com/a/37732384/5075246
-@userplot PortfolioComposition
-
-# this shows the shifting composition of a basket of something over a variable
-# - "returns" are the dependent variable
-# - "weights" are a matrix where the ith column is the composition for returns[i]
-# - since each polygon is its own series, you can assign labels easily
-@recipe function f(pc::PortfolioComposition)
-    weights, returns = pc.args
-    n = length(returns)
-    weights = cumsum(weights, dims = 2)
-    seriestype := :shape
-
-	# create a filled polygon for each item
-    for c=1:size(weights,2)
-        sx = vcat(weights[:,c], c==1 ? zeros(n) : reverse(weights[:,c-1]))
-        sy = vcat(returns, reverse(returns))
-        @series Plots.isvertical(plotattributes) ? (sx, sy) : (sy, sx)
-    end
-end