diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6d925c5d5b..99a1178bee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
   Makefile
   examples/Makefile
   examples/gst/Makefile
-  examples/gstplay/Makefile
   gst/Makefile
   pkgconfig/Makefile
   pkgconfig/gst-python.pc
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index e228a745dd..04bf7323ef 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 SUBDIRS = \
-	gst \
-	gstplay
+	gst
diff --git a/examples/gst/bps.py b/examples/gst/bps.py
index 0f23e6a027..82976f3714 100755
--- a/examples/gst/bps.py
+++ b/examples/gst/bps.py
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ class BPS(object):
         print '%s:' % (method,),
         self.method = method
         
+	print self.pipeline.get_state()
         self.pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)
+	print self.pipeline.get_state()
 
         if method == 'py':
             self.start = time.time()