diff --git a/rust/examples/issue-1732.rs b/rust/examples/issue-1732.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b171827d..000000000
--- a/rust/examples/issue-1732.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-use libnotcurses_sys::*;
-
-fn main() -> NcResult<()> {
-    let mut nc = Notcurses::new()?;
-
-    let chan_blue = NcChannelPair::with_rgb(0x88aa00, 0x22287);
-    let chan_green = NcChannelPair::with_rgb(0x224411, 0x229922);
-
-    // FIXME: this doesn't show at all :/
-    let plane1 = NcPlane::new(&mut nc, 0, 0, 20, 40)?;
-    plane1.set_base("1", 0, chan_green)?;
-    let plane2 = NcPlane::new_bound(plane1, 0, 0, 2, 4)?;
-    plane2.set_base("2", 0, chan_blue)?;
-    plane1.render()?;
-    plane1.rasterize()?;
-    rsleep![&mut nc, 2];
-
-    // but the stdplane does show
-    nc.stdplane().set_base("s", 0, chan_blue)?;
-    let substdplane = NcPlane::new_bound(nc.stdplane(), 5, 10, 10, 20)?;
-    substdplane.set_base("u", 0, chan_green)?;
-    rsleep![&mut nc, 2];
-
-    nc.stop()?;
-    Ok(())
-}