diff --git a/R/read_bed.r b/R/read_bed.r
index d219f112..746ef8ab 100644
--- a/R/read_bed.r
+++ b/R/read_bed.r
@@ -191,11 +191,9 @@ bed12_coltypes <- list(
 #'
 #' @examples
 #' \dontrun{
-#' if (.Platform$OS.type != "windows") {
 #'   bw <- read_bigwig(valr_example("hg19.dnase1.bw"))
 #'   head(bw)
 #' }
-#' }
 #' @export
 read_bigwig <- function(path, set_strand = "+") {
   lifecycle::deprecate_stop(
@@ -228,8 +226,10 @@ read_bigwig <- function(path, set_strand = "+") {
 #'
 #' @examples
 #'
+#' \dontrun{
 #' gtf <- read_gtf(valr_example("hg19.gencode.gtf.gz"))
 #' head(gtf)
+#' }
 #'
 #' @export
 read_gtf <- function(path, zero_based = TRUE) {
diff --git a/man/read_bigwig.Rd b/man/read_bigwig.Rd
index 7bd0761f..069fc782 100644
--- a/man/read_bigwig.Rd
+++ b/man/read_bigwig.Rd
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ for windows users (particularly for 32 bit window users).
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
-if (.Platform$OS.type != "windows") {
   bw <- read_bigwig(valr_example("hg19.dnase1.bw"))
   head(bw)
 }
 }
-}
diff --git a/man/read_gtf.Rd b/man/read_gtf.Rd
index 25aca91e..72786151 100644
--- a/man/read_gtf.Rd
+++ b/man/read_gtf.Rd
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ on content in GTF/GFF file.
 }
 \examples{
 
+\dontrun{
 gtf <- read_gtf(valr_example("hg19.gencode.gtf.gz"))
 head(gtf)
+}
 
 }