diff --git a/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst b/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e4cc01e23..000000000
--- a/Help/release/dev/0-sample-topic.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-0-sample-topic
---------------
-
-* This is a sample release note for the change in a topic.
-  Developers should add similar notes for each topic branch
-  making a noteworthy change.  Each document should be named
-  and titled to match the topic name to avoid merge conflicts.
diff --git a/Help/release/index.rst b/Help/release/index.rst
index 7ecf91081..6b7da3c7f 100644
--- a/Help/release/index.rst
+++ b/Help/release/index.rst
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ CMake Release Notes
   This file should include the adjacent "dev.txt" file
   in development versions but not in release versions.
 
-.. include:: dev.txt
-
 Releases
 ========