diff --git a/examples/plain-text/index.js b/examples/plain-text/index.js
index 9e56dcfdb..7aa8130a8 100644
--- a/examples/plain-text/index.js
+++ b/examples/plain-text/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 import { Editor, Plain } from '../..'
 import React from 'react'
-import initialState from './state.json'
 
 /**
  * The plain text example.
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ class PlainText extends React.Component {
    */
 
   state = {
-    state: Plain.deserialize(initialState)
+    state: Plain.deserialize('This is editable plain text, just like a <textarea>!')
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/examples/plain-text/state.json b/examples/plain-text/state.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 97fbccd6e..000000000
--- a/examples/plain-text/state.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-"This is editable plain text, just like a <textarea>!"