diff --git a/examples/echoserver/echoserver.cpp b/examples/echoserver/echoserver.cpp
index b802f95019c2e6b9f0cbd6268fdc0c4afd7f0315..f436273766cbf627690956d8911e9fc0339c4451 100644
--- a/examples/echoserver/echoserver.cpp
+++ b/examples/echoserver/echoserver.cpp
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ void EchoServer::processTextMessage(QString message)
 {
     QWebSocket *pClient = qobject_cast<QWebSocket *>(sender());
     if (pClient) {
-        qint64 bytesWritten = pClient->sendTextMessage(message);
-        Q_UNUSED(bytesWritten);
+        pClient->sendTextMessage(message);
     }
     m_pWebSocketServer->close();
 }
@@ -97,8 +96,7 @@ void EchoServer::processBinaryMessage(QByteArray message)
 {
     QWebSocket *pClient = qobject_cast<QWebSocket *>(sender());
     if (pClient) {
-        qint64 bytesWritten = pClient->sendBinaryMessage(message);
-        Q_UNUSED(bytesWritten);
+        pClient->sendBinaryMessage(message);
     }
 }
 //! [processBinaryMessage]
diff --git a/examples/simplechat/chatserver.cpp b/examples/simplechat/chatserver.cpp
index e341a76b7e074f6a605385865ed3299b9216c6e6..cc00532ff6794e80cbe589bea3b8e41355025781 100644
--- a/examples/simplechat/chatserver.cpp
+++ b/examples/simplechat/chatserver.cpp
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ void ChatServer::processMessage(QString message)
     {
         if (pClient != pSender) //don't echo message back to sender
         {
-            qint64 bytesWritten = pClient->sendTextMessage(message);
-            Q_UNUSED(bytesWritten);
+            pClient->sendTextMessage(message);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/sslechoserver/sslechoserver.cpp b/examples/sslechoserver/sslechoserver.cpp
index 9614c5ba18e74d05989e13bccc452361e91ea237..d56f876bc452b7a98286e1bd39e3ae09528dc7a3 100644
--- a/examples/sslechoserver/sslechoserver.cpp
+++ b/examples/sslechoserver/sslechoserver.cpp
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ void SslEchoServer::processTextMessage(QString message)
     QWebSocket *pClient = qobject_cast<QWebSocket *>(sender());
     if (pClient)
     {
-        qint64 bytesWritten = pClient->sendTextMessage(message);
-        Q_UNUSED(bytesWritten);
+        pClient->sendTextMessage(message);
     }
 }
 //! [processTextMessage]
@@ -123,8 +122,7 @@ void SslEchoServer::processBinaryMessage(QByteArray message)
     QWebSocket *pClient = qobject_cast<QWebSocket *>(sender());
     if (pClient)
     {
-        qint64 bytesWritten = pClient->sendBinaryMessage(message);
-        Q_UNUSED(bytesWritten);
+        pClient->sendBinaryMessage(message);
     }
 }
 //! [processBinaryMessage]