diff --git a/examples/xml/custom_source/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/xml/custom_source/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9498176944..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/custom_source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)
-project(openmc_sources CXX)
-add_library(source SHARED source_ring.cpp)
-find_package(OpenMC REQUIRED)
-if (OpenMC_FOUND)
-  message(STATUS "Found OpenMC: ${OpenMC_DIR}")
-endif()
-target_link_libraries(source OpenMC::libopenmc)
diff --git a/examples/xml/custom_source/geometry.xml b/examples/xml/custom_source/geometry.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b30884f8ca..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/custom_source/geometry.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<geometry>
-
-  <!-- Definition of Cells -->
-  <cell id="1" universe="0" fill="37" region="-2" />
-  <cell id="100" universe="37" material="40" region="-1" />
-  <cell id="101" universe="37" material="41" region="1" />
-  <cell id="2" universe="0" material="41" region="2 -3" />
-
-  <!-- Defition of Surfaces -->
-  <surface id="1" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0 0 7" />
-  <surface id="2" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0 0 9" />
-  <surface id="3" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0 0 11" boundary="vacuum" />
-
-</geometry>
diff --git a/examples/xml/custom_source/materials.xml b/examples/xml/custom_source/materials.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 606c676df8..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/custom_source/materials.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<materials>
-
-  <material id="40">
-    <density value="4.5" units="g/cc" />
-    <nuclide name="U235" ao="1.0" />
-  </material>
-
-  <material id="41">
-    <density value="1.0" units="g/cc" />
-    <nuclide name="H1" ao="2.0" />
-    <nuclide name="O16" ao="1.0" />
-    <sab name="c_H_in_H2O"/>
-  </material>
-
-</materials>
diff --git a/examples/xml/custom_source/settings.xml b/examples/xml/custom_source/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f935ed685e..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/custom_source/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<settings>
-
-  <run_mode>fixed source</run_mode>
-  <batches>10</batches>
-  <inactive>0</inactive>
-  <particles>100000</particles>
-
-  <!-- Starting source -->
-  <source>
-    <library>build/libsource.so</library>
-  </source>
-
-</settings>
diff --git a/examples/xml/custom_source/source_ring.cpp b/examples/xml/custom_source/source_ring.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d68122dd75..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/custom_source/source_ring.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#include <cmath> // for M_PI
-
-#include "openmc/random_lcg.h"
-#include "openmc/source.h"
-#include "openmc/particle.h"
-
-// you must have external C linkage here otherwise
-// dlopen will not find the file
-extern "C" openmc::Particle::Bank sample_source(uint64_t* seed)
-{
-  openmc::Particle::Bank particle;
-  // wgt
-  particle.particle = openmc::Particle::Type::neutron;
-  particle.wgt = 1.0;
-  // position
-  double angle = 2. * M_PI * openmc::prn(seed);
-  double radius = 3.0;
-  particle.r.x = radius * std::cos(angle);
-  particle.r.y = radius * std::sin(angle);
-  particle.r.z = 0.0;
-  // angle
-  particle.u = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
-  particle.E = 14.08e6;
-  particle.delayed_group = 0;
-  return particle;
-}
diff --git a/examples/xml/custom_source/tallies.xml b/examples/xml/custom_source/tallies.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f6f299261..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/custom_source/tallies.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<tallies>
-
-  <filter id="1" type="cell">
-    <bins>100</bins>
-  </filter>
-
-  <filter id="2" type="energy">
-    <bins>0 20.0e6</bins>
-  </filter>
-
-  <tally id="3">
-    <filters>1 2 </filters>
-    <scores>flux</scores>
-  </tally>
-
-</tallies>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/geometry.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/nested/geometry.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 324f71cb36..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/geometry.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<geometry>
-
-  <cell id="1"                fill="6" region="1 -2 3 -4" />
-  <cell id="2"   universe="5" fill="4" region="1 -2 3 -4" />
-  <cell id="101" universe="1" material="1" region="-5" />
-  <cell id="102" universe="1" material="2" region="5" />
-  <cell id="201" universe="2" material="1" region="-6" />
-  <cell id="202" universe="2" material="2" region="6" />
-  <cell id="301" universe="3" material="1" region="-7" />
-  <cell id="302" universe="3" material="2" region="7" />
-
-  <!-- 4 x 4 assembly -->
-  <lattice id="4">
-    <dimension>2 2</dimension>
-    <lower_left>-1.0 -1.0</lower_left>
-    <pitch>1.0 1.0</pitch>
-    <universes>
-      1 2
-      2 3
-    </universes>
-  </lattice>
-
-  <!-- 4 x 4 core -->
-  <lattice id="6">
-    <dimension>2 2</dimension>
-    <lower_left>-2.0 -2.0</lower_left>
-    <pitch>2.0 2.0</pitch>
-    <universes>
-      5 5
-      5 5
-    </universes>
-  </lattice>
-
-  <surface id="1" type="x-plane" coeffs="-2.0" boundary="vacuum" />
-  <surface id="2" type="x-plane" coeffs="2.0" boundary="vacuum" />
-  <surface id="3" type="y-plane" coeffs="-2.0" boundary="vacuum" />
-  <surface id="4" type="y-plane" coeffs="2.0" boundary="vacuum" />
-  <surface id="5" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0.0 0.0 0.4" />
-  <surface id="6" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0.0 0.0 0.3" />
-  <surface id="7" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0.0 0.0 0.2" />
-
-</geometry>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/materials.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/nested/materials.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2222721959..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/materials.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<materials>
-
-  <!-- Definition of materials -->
-  <material id="1">
-    <density value="4.5" units="g/cc" />
-    <nuclide name="U235" ao="1.0" />
-  </material>
-
-  <material id="2">
-    <density value="1.0" units="g/cc" />
-    <nuclide name="H1"  ao="2.0" />
-    <nuclide name="O16" ao="1.0" />
-    <sab name="c_H_in_H2O" />
-  </material>
-
-</materials>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/plots.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/nested/plots.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f92e06211..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/plots.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<plots>
-
-  <plot id="1" color_by="material">
-    <origin>0. 0. 0.</origin>
-    <width>4.0 4.0</width>
-    <pixels>400 400</pixels>
-  </plot>
-
-</plots>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/settings.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/nested/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 879173d1b3..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<settings>
-
-  <!-- Parameters for k-eigenvalue calculation -->
-  <run_mode>eigenvalue</run_mode>
-  <batches>20</batches>
-  <inactive>10</inactive>
-  <particles>10000</particles>
-
-  <!-- Starting source -->
-  <source>
-    <space type="box">
-      <parameters>-1 -1 -1  1  1  1</parameters>
-    </space>
-  </source>
-
-</settings>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/tallies.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/nested/tallies.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d342174a99..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/nested/tallies.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<tallies>
-
-  <mesh id="1">
-    <type>regular</type>
-    <dimension>4 4</dimension>
-    <lower_left>-2.0 -2.0</lower_left>
-    <width>1.0 1.0</width>
-  </mesh>
-
-  <filter id="1" type="mesh">
-    <bins>1</bins>
-  </filter>
-
-  <tally id="1">
-    <filters>1</filters>
-    <scores>total</scores>
-  </tally>
-
-</tallies>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/geometry.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/simple/geometry.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bda7246c79..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/geometry.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<geometry>
-
-  <cell id="1" fill="5" region="1 -2 3 -4" />
-  <cell id="101" universe="1" material="1" region="-5" />
-  <cell id="102" universe="1" material="2" region="5" />
-  <cell id="201" universe="2" material="1" region="-6" />
-  <cell id="202" universe="2" material="2" region="6" />
-  <cell id="301" universe="3" material="1" region="-7" />
-  <cell id="302" universe="3" material="2" region="7" />
-
-  <lattice id="5">
-    <dimension>4 4</dimension>
-    <lower_left>-2.0 -2.0</lower_left>
-    <pitch>1.0 1.0</pitch>
-    <universes>
-      1 2 1 2
-      2 3 2 3
-      1 2 1 2
-      2 3 2 3
-    </universes>
-  </lattice>
-
-  <surface id="1" type="x-plane" coeffs="-2.0" boundary="vacuum" />
-  <surface id="2" type="x-plane" coeffs="2.0" boundary="vacuum" />
-  <surface id="3" type="y-plane" coeffs="-2.0" boundary="vacuum" />
-  <surface id="4" type="y-plane" coeffs="2.0" boundary="vacuum" />
-  <surface id="5" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0.0 0.0 0.4" />
-  <surface id="6" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0.0 0.0 0.3" />
-  <surface id="7" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0.0 0.0 0.2" />
-
-</geometry>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/materials.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/simple/materials.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2222721959..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/materials.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<materials>
-
-  <!-- Definition of materials -->
-  <material id="1">
-    <density value="4.5" units="g/cc" />
-    <nuclide name="U235" ao="1.0" />
-  </material>
-
-  <material id="2">
-    <density value="1.0" units="g/cc" />
-    <nuclide name="H1"  ao="2.0" />
-    <nuclide name="O16" ao="1.0" />
-    <sab name="c_H_in_H2O" />
-  </material>
-
-</materials>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/plots.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/simple/plots.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f92e06211..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/plots.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<plots>
-
-  <plot id="1" color_by="material">
-    <origin>0. 0. 0.</origin>
-    <width>4.0 4.0</width>
-    <pixels>400 400</pixels>
-  </plot>
-
-</plots>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/settings.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/simple/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 879173d1b3..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<settings>
-
-  <!-- Parameters for k-eigenvalue calculation -->
-  <run_mode>eigenvalue</run_mode>
-  <batches>20</batches>
-  <inactive>10</inactive>
-  <particles>10000</particles>
-
-  <!-- Starting source -->
-  <source>
-    <space type="box">
-      <parameters>-1 -1 -1  1  1  1</parameters>
-    </space>
-  </source>
-
-</settings>
diff --git a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/tallies.xml b/examples/xml/lattice/simple/tallies.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d342174a99..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/lattice/simple/tallies.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<tallies>
-
-  <mesh id="1">
-    <type>regular</type>
-    <dimension>4 4</dimension>
-    <lower_left>-2.0 -2.0</lower_left>
-    <width>1.0 1.0</width>
-  </mesh>
-
-  <filter id="1" type="mesh">
-    <bins>1</bins>
-  </filter>
-
-  <tally id="1">
-    <filters>1</filters>
-    <scores>total</scores>
-  </tally>
-
-</tallies>
diff --git a/examples/xml/pincell/geometry.xml b/examples/xml/pincell/geometry.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f67f9e74c2..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/pincell/geometry.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<geometry>
-
-  <!--
-      This is a simple pin cell model based on dimensions from the MIT BEAVRS
-      (Benchmarking for Evaluation and Validation of Reactor Simulations)
-      benchmark.
-  -->
-
-  <!-- Surfaces for fuel, gap, cladding. Dimensions from Figure 2 in BEAVRS -->
-  <surface id="1" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0. 0. 0.39218" /> <!-- Fuel OR -->
-  <surface id="2" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0. 0. 0.40005" /> <!-- Clad IR -->
-  <surface id="3" type="z-cylinder" coeffs="0. 0. 0.45720" /> <!-- Clad OR -->
-
-  <!-- Reflective surfaces on outside of pin-cell. The lattice pitch is 1.25984
-       cm (taken from Table 2 in BEAVRS). -->
-  <surface id="4" type="x-plane" coeffs="-0.62992" boundary="reflective" />
-  <surface id="5" type="x-plane" coeffs=" 0.62992" boundary="reflective" />
-  <surface id="6" type="y-plane" coeffs="-0.62992" boundary="reflective" />
-  <surface id="7" type="y-plane" coeffs=" 0.62992" boundary="reflective" />
-
-  <cell id="1" material="1" region="  -1" />        <!-- UO2 Fuel -->
-  <cell id="2" material="2" region="1 -2" />        <!-- Helium gap -->
-  <cell id="3" material="3" region="2 -3" />        <!-- Zircaloy cladding -->
-  <cell id="4" material="4" region="3 4 -5 6 -7" /> <!-- Borated water -->
-
-</geometry>
diff --git a/examples/xml/pincell/materials.xml b/examples/xml/pincell/materials.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f9afa3843..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/pincell/materials.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<materials>
-
-  <!--
-      Since O-18 is not present in ENDF/B-VII, it was necessary to combine the
-      atom densities for O-17 and O-18 in any materials containing Oxygen.
-  -->
-
-  <!-- UO2 fuel at 2.4 wt% enrichment -->
-  <material id="1">
-    <density value="10.29769" units="g/cm3" />
-    <nuclide name="U234"  ao="4.4843e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="U235"  ao="5.5815e-04" />
-    <nuclide name="U238"  ao="2.2408e-02" />
-    <nuclide name="O16"   ao="4.5829e-02" />
-    <nuclide name="O17"   ao="1.1164e-04" />
-  </material>
-
-  <!-- Helium for gap -->
-  <material id="2">
-    <density value="0.001598" units="g/cm3" />
-    <nuclide name="He4"   ao="2.4044e-04" />
-  </material>
-
-  <!-- Zircaloy 4 -->
-  <material id="3">
-    <density value="6.55" units="g/cm3" />
-    <nuclide name="O16"   ao="3.0743e-04" />
-    <nuclide name="O17"   ao="7.4887e-07" />
-    <nuclide name="Cr50"  ao="3.2962e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="Cr52"  ao="6.3564e-05" />
-    <nuclide name="Cr53"  ao="7.2076e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="Cr54"  ao="1.7941e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="Fe54"  ao="8.6699e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="Fe56"  ao="1.3610e-04" />
-    <nuclide name="Fe57"  ao="3.1431e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="Fe58"  ao="4.1829e-07" />
-    <nuclide name="Zr90"  ao="2.1827e-02" />
-    <nuclide name="Zr91"  ao="4.7600e-03" />
-    <nuclide name="Zr92"  ao="7.2758e-03" />
-    <nuclide name="Zr94"  ao="7.3734e-03" />
-    <nuclide name="Zr96"  ao="1.1879e-03" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn112" ao="4.6735e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn114" ao="3.1799e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn115" ao="1.6381e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn116" ao="7.0055e-05" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn117" ao="3.7003e-05" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn118" ao="1.1669e-04" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn119" ao="4.1387e-05" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn120" ao="1.5697e-04" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn122" ao="2.2308e-05" />
-    <nuclide name="Sn124" ao="2.7897e-05" />
-  </material>
-
-  <!-- Borated water at 975 ppm -->
-  <material id="4">
-    <density value="0.740582" units="g/cm3" />
-    <nuclide name="B10"  ao="8.0042e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="B11"  ao="3.2218e-05" />
-    <nuclide name="H1"   ao="4.9457e-02" />
-    <nuclide name="H2"   ao="7.4196e-06" />
-    <nuclide name="O16"  ao="2.4672e-02" />
-    <nuclide name="O17"  ao="6.0099e-05" />
-    <sab name="c_H_in_H2O" />
-  </material>
-
-</materials>
diff --git a/examples/xml/pincell/settings.xml b/examples/xml/pincell/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5845898c8d..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/pincell/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<settings>
-
-  <!-- Define how many particles to run and for how many batches -->
-  <run_mode>eigenvalue</run_mode>
-  <batches>100</batches>
-  <inactive>10</inactive>
-  <particles>1000</particles>
-
-  <!-- The starting source is a uniform distribution over the entire pin
-       cell. Note that since this is effectively a 2D model, the z coordinates
-       are inconsequential -->
-  <source>
-    <space type="box">
-      <parameters>
-        -0.62992 -0.62992 -1.
-         0.62992  0.62992  1.
-      </parameters>
-    </space>
-  </source>
-
-  <!-- To assess convergence of the source distribution, we need to define the
-       bounds for a mesh over which the Shannon entropy should be
-       calculated. The extent in the z direction is made arbitrarily large. -->
-  <mesh id="1">
-    <lower_left>-0.39218 -0.39218 -1.e50</lower_left>
-    <upper_right>0.39218  0.39218  1.e50</upper_right>
-    <dimension>10 10 1</dimension>
-  </mesh>
-  <entropy_mesh>1</entropy_mesh>
-
-</settings>
diff --git a/examples/xml/pincell/tallies.xml b/examples/xml/pincell/tallies.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e1e0dafe4..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/pincell/tallies.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<tallies>
-
-  <mesh id="2" type="regular">
-    <dimension>100 100 1</dimension>
-    <lower_left>-0.62992 -0.62992 -1.e50</lower_left>
-    <upper_right>0.62992  0.62992  1.e50</upper_right>
-  </mesh>
-
-  <filter id="1" type="mesh">
-    <bins>2</bins>
-  </filter>
-
-  <filter id="2" type="energy">
-    <bins>0. 4. 20.0e6</bins>
-  </filter>
-
-  <tally id="1">
-    <filters>1 2</filters>
-    <scores>flux fission nu-fission</scores>
-  </tally>
-
-</tallies>
diff --git a/examples/xml/pincell_multigroup/geometry.xml b/examples/xml/pincell_multigroup/geometry.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a1df07a9ec..0000000000
--- a/examples/xml/pincell_multigroup/geometry.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<geometry>
-    <cell id="1" material="1" name="cell 1" region="-1" universe="0" />
-    <cell id="2" material="2" name="cell 2" region="1 4 -5 6 -7" universe="0" />
-    <surface coeffs="0 0 0.54" id="1" name="Fuel OR" type="z-cylinder" />
-    <surface boundary="reflective" coeffs="-0.63" id="4" name="left" type="x-plane" />
-    <surface boundary="reflective" coeffs="0.63" id="5" name="right" type="x-plane" />
-    <surface boundary="reflective" coeffs="-0.63" id="6" name="bottom" type="y-plane" />
-    <surface boundary="reflective" coeffs="0.63" id="7" name="top" type="y-plane" />
-</geometry>
diff --git a/examples/xml/pincell_multigroup/materials.xml b/examples/xml/pincell_multigroup/materials.xml
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-<plot>
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