diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 6d0f87f..30aa8f7 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
 export(is_installed2)
-export(path_ex_file)
-export(path_extdata)
-export(path_package_this)
 export(transform_with_generated)
 export(use_ex_file)
diff --git a/R/examples.R b/R/examples.R
index 20faea3..46bff0a 100644
--- a/R/examples.R
+++ b/R/examples.R
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #' Source path_ex_files
 #'
+#' To use this in your package, re-declare `source_pef()` in your package
+#' with *your* package name.
+#'
 #' @section Warning:
 #' Can only be called if all objects used in sourced files are already loaded.
 #' This is not a collation issue, but similar.
@@ -9,12 +12,16 @@
 #' If it uses objects from other files,
 #' manual collation instructions via `#' @include foo.R` may be neeeded,
 #' but that will quickly make the package unwieldy.
+#' @inheritParams fs::path_package
 #' @keywords path helpers, example helpers
 #' @noRd
-source_pef <- function(...) {
-  source(path_ex_file(...), local = TRUE)$value
+source_pef <- function(package, ...) {
+  path <- fs::path_package(package = package, "examples", ..., ext = "R")
+  source(path, local = TRUE)$value
 }
 
+source_pef_elf <- purrr::partial(source_pef, package = "elf")
+
 #' Create or edit example files
 #'
 #' This function creates R files in the `inst/examples/` to be reused in
@@ -42,10 +49,3 @@ use_ex_file <- function(..., open = rlang::is_interactive()) {
 }
 
 example_path <- fs::path("inst", "examples")
-
-#' Create path to example files
-#' Used in example tag and tests
-#' @inheritParams path_package_this
-#' @keywords path helpers, example helpers
-#' @export
-path_ex_file <- function(...) path_package_this("examples", ..., ext = "R")
diff --git a/R/paths.R b/R/paths.R
deleted file mode 100644
index d1530dc..0000000
--- a/R/paths.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#' Path to *this* package
-#' @inheritParams fs::path_package
-#' @inheritDotParams fs::path_package
-#' @keywords path helpers
-#' @example inst/examples/paths/path_package_this/example.R
-#' @export
-path_package_this <- function(..., package = "elf") {
-  fs::path_package(package = package, ...)
-}
-
-#' Create path to external data
-#' @inherit path_package_this
-#' @keywords path helpers
-#' @export
-path_extdata <- function(...) path_package_this("extdata", ...)
diff --git a/inst/examples/paths/path_package_this/example.R b/inst/examples/paths/path_package_this/example.R
deleted file mode 100644
index cd9b8f9..0000000
--- a/inst/examples/paths/path_package_this/example.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# path to *this* package
-path_package_this()
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-dependencies.R b/tests/testthat/test-dependencies.R
index 697fbd2..855e9aa 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-dependencies.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-dependencies.R
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 test_that("missing package is identified", {
   withr::local_options(rlib_message_verbosity = "verbose")
-  expect_message(source_pef("dependencies", "is_installed2", "missing"))
-  expect_false(source_pef("dependencies", "is_installed2", "missing"))
+  expect_message(source_pef_elf("dependencies", "is_installed2", "missing"))
+  expect_false(source_pef_elf("dependencies", "is_installed2", "missing"))
 })
 
 test_that("present package is identified", {
   withr::local_options(rlib_message_verbosity = "verbose")
-  expect_silent(source_pef("dependencies", "is_installed2", "present"))
-  expect_true(source_pef("dependencies", "is_installed2", "present"))
+  expect_silent(source_pef_elf("dependencies", "is_installed2", "present"))
+  expect_true(source_pef_elf("dependencies", "is_installed2", "present"))
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-example.R b/tests/testthat/test-example.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 8849056..0000000
--- a/tests/testthat/test-example.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-test_that("multiplication works", {
-  expect_equal(2 * 2, 4)
-})