diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 948b471e9..67eb134b0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ ENV NODE_PATH /usr/local/lib/node_modules
 
 COPY src ./src
 COPY spec ./spec
-COPY examples ./examples
 COPY index.* package.json babel.config.js tsconfig.json ./
 
 RUN npm install --unsafe-perm true # Needed to run prepublish as root.
diff --git a/advanced-examples/express-webhook-example.md b/advanced-examples/express-webhook-example.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7de1990fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/advanced-examples/express-webhook-example.md
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Express Webhook Example
+
+This example demonstrates how to use Twilio webhooks with Express.js.
+
+## Setup
+
+First, install Express as a dependency in your project:
+
+```bash
+npm install express
+```
+
+You may also need body-parser for parsing request bodies:
+
+```bash
+npm install body-parser
+```
+
+## Code
+
+Here's the complete example:
+
+```javascript
+const twilio = require("twilio");
+const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
+const MessagingResponse = require("twilio").twiml.MessagingResponse;
+
+const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
+
+const express = require("express");
+const app = express();
+const port = 3000;
+
+app.use(
+  bodyParser.json({
+    verify: (req, res, buf) => {
+      req.rawBody = buf;
+    },
+  })
+);
+
+app.get("/", (req, res) => {
+  res.send("Hello World!");
+});
+
+app.post("/message", twilio.webhook(authToken), (req, res) => {
+  // Twilio Messaging URL - receives incoming messages from Twilio
+  const response = new MessagingResponse();
+
+  response.message(`Your text to me was ${req.body.Body}.
+                    Webhooks are neat :)`);
+
+  res.set("Content-Type", "text/xml");
+  res.send(response.toString());
+});
+
+app.listen(port, () => {
+  console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`);
+});
+```
+
+## Alternative: Without Express
+
+If you prefer not to use Express, you can validate Twilio requests manually:
+
+```javascript
+const twilio = require("twilio");
+const http = require("http");
+const url = require("url");
+const querystring = require("querystring");
+
+const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
+
+const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  if (req.method === 'POST' && req.url === '/message') {
+    let body = '';
+    req.on('data', chunk => {
+      body += chunk.toString();
+    });
+    
+    req.on('end', () => {
+      const signature = req.headers['x-twilio-signature'];
+      const requestUrl = `https://${req.headers.host}${req.url}`;
+      const params = querystring.parse(body);
+      
+      const isValidRequest = twilio.validateRequest(authToken, signature, requestUrl, params);
+      
+      if (isValidRequest) {
+        const response = new twilio.twiml.MessagingResponse();
+        response.message(`Your text to me was ${params.Body}. Webhooks are neat :)`);
+        
+        res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'});
+        res.end(response.toString());
+      } else {
+        res.writeHead(403);
+        res.end('Forbidden');
+      }
+    });
+  } else {
+    res.writeHead(404);
+    res.end('Not Found');
+  }
+});
+
+server.listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log('Server listening on port 3000');
+});
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+The Express example was moved to the advanced-examples directory to reduce the package size. Express is not required for using the Twilio SDK - it's just one way to handle webhook requests.
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diff --git a/examples/express.js b/examples/express.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 68d02475f..000000000
--- a/examples/express.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-const twilio = require("twilio");
-const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
-const MessagingResponse = require("twilio").twiml.MessagingResponse;
-
-const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
-
-const express = require("express");
-const app = express();
-const port = 3000;
-
-app.use(
-  bodyParser.json({
-    verify: (req, res, buf) => {
-      req.rawBody = buf;
-    },
-  })
-);
-
-app.get("/", (req, res) => {
-  res.send("Hello World!");
-});
-
-app.post("/message", twilio.webhook(authToken), (req, res) => {
-  // Twilio Messaging URL - receives incoming messages from Twilio
-  const response = new MessagingResponse();
-
-  response.message(`Your text to me was ${req.body.Body}.
-                    Webhooks are neat :)`);
-
-  res.set("Content-Type", "text/xml");
-  res.send(response.toString());
-});
-
-app.listen(port, () => {
-  console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`);
-});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 68f06bddf..23d6fea00 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     "@types/qs": "^6.9.7",
     "babel-plugin-replace-ts-export-assignment": "^0.0.2",
     "eslint": "^8.31.0",
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "jest": "^29.5.5",
     "jshint": "^2.11.0",
     "mock-fs": "^5.2.0",
@@ -45,8 +44,8 @@
     "node-mocks-http": "^1.8.1",
     "prettier": "^2.7.1",
     "ts-jest": "^29.1.1",
-    "typescript": "5.0.4",
-    "typedoc": "^0.23.21"
+    "typedoc": "^0.23.21",
+    "typescript": "5.0.4"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "npm run test:javascript && npm run test:typescript",