diff --git a/scripts/sync-whisper-am.sh b/scripts/sync-whisper-am.sh
index a83914e137..7b476ca601 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-whisper-am.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync-whisper-am.sh
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ while read c; do
         ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/* \
         ggml/include/ggml*.h \
         ggml/include/gguf*.h \
-        examples/common.h \
-        examples/common.cpp \
         examples/common-ggml.h \
         examples/common-ggml.cpp \
         LICENSE \
diff --git a/scripts/sync-whisper.sh b/scripts/sync-whisper.sh
index 2f63dfc88c..3bbf226dc0 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-whisper.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync-whisper.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ cp -rpv ../whisper.cpp/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/*    src/ggml-vulkan/
 cp -rpv ../whisper.cpp/ggml/include/ggml*.h include/
 cp -rpv ../whisper.cpp/ggml/include/gguf*.h include/
 
-cp -rpv ../whisper.cpp/examples/common.h        examples/common.h
-cp -rpv ../whisper.cpp/examples/common.cpp      examples/common.cpp
 cp -rpv ../whisper.cpp/examples/common-ggml.h   examples/common-ggml.h
 cp -rpv ../whisper.cpp/examples/common-ggml.cpp examples/common-ggml.cpp