diff --git a/examples/.python b/examples/.python
index 6e3e747a..b8a4329c 100755
--- a/examples/.python
+++ b/examples/.python
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
-if [[ ! -e $DIR/.lifx ]]; then
-    echo "Please run ./setup_venv first"
+if [[ ! -e $DIR/../.venv ]]; then
+    echo "Please run 'source ../dev activate' first"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ if [[ -z $LIFX_CONFIG ]]; then
     export LIFX_CONFIG=$DIR/lifx.yml
 fi
 
-exec $DIR/.lifx/bin/python "$@"
+exec "$DIR/../.venv/bin/python" "$@"
diff --git a/examples/README.rst b/examples/README.rst
index 2eed8207..4f746fe8 100644
--- a/examples/README.rst
+++ b/examples/README.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Examples
 ========
 
-To run these scripts first run ``./setup_venv``
+To run these scripts first run ``source ../dev activate``
 
 Then just run the scripts.
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ For example, to cycle a rainbow over your lights::
 
     $ ./cycle_rainbow.py
 
-Unless you're on windows, in which case ``./setup_venv`` won't work. On windows
+Unless you're on windows, in which case ``source ../dev activate`` won't work. On windows
 make you're own virtualenv and ``pip install photons-core`` in it, or
 ``pip install -e .`` from the ``photons-core`` directory and then run the scripts
 with ``python``. i.e. ``python find``.
diff --git a/examples/setup_venv b/examples/setup_venv
deleted file mode 100755
index f495ed4c..00000000
--- a/examples/setup_venv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import runpy
-from pathlib import Path
-
-tools_folder = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "tools"
-manager = runpy.run_path(str(tools_folder / "bootstrap_venvstarter.py"))["manager"]
-
-manager = manager("lifx")
-manager.add_local_dep(
-    "{here}",
-    "..",
-    "modules",
-    version_file=(
-        "photons_app",
-        "__init__.py",
-    ),
-    name="lifx-photons-core=={version}",
-)
-manager.min_python("3.7")
-manager.run()