diff --git a/examples/execd/src/layer.rs b/examples/execd/src/layer.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index fbf4a124..00000000
--- a/examples/execd/src/layer.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-use crate::ExecDBuildpack;
-use libcnb::build::BuildContext;
-use libcnb::data::layer_content_metadata::LayerTypes;
-use libcnb::generic::GenericMetadata;
-use libcnb::layer::{Layer, LayerResult, LayerResultBuilder};
-use libcnb::{additional_buildpack_binary_path, Buildpack};
-use std::path::Path;
-
-pub(crate) struct ExecDLayer;
-
-impl Layer for ExecDLayer {
-    type Buildpack = ExecDBuildpack;
-    type Metadata = GenericMetadata;
-
-    fn types(&self) -> LayerTypes {
-        LayerTypes {
-            launch: true,
-            build: false,
-            cache: false,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn create(
-        &mut self,
-        _context: &BuildContext<Self::Buildpack>,
-        _layer_path: &Path,
-    ) -> Result<LayerResult<Self::Metadata>, <Self::Buildpack as Buildpack>::Error> {
-        LayerResultBuilder::new(GenericMetadata::default())
-            .exec_d_program(
-                "dice_roller",
-                additional_buildpack_binary_path!("dice_roller"),
-            )
-            .build()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/examples/execd/src/main.rs b/examples/execd/src/main.rs
index 84c2fc42..791e7df3 100644
--- a/examples/execd/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/execd/src/main.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
-// This example uses the older trait Layer API. The example will be updated to the newer API
-// before the next libcnb.rs release.
-#![allow(deprecated)]
-
-mod layer;
-
-use crate::layer::ExecDLayer;
 use libcnb::build::{BuildContext, BuildResult, BuildResultBuilder};
 use libcnb::data::layer_name;
 use libcnb::detect::{DetectContext, DetectResult, DetectResultBuilder};
 use libcnb::generic::{GenericError, GenericMetadata, GenericPlatform};
-use libcnb::{buildpack_main, Buildpack};
+use libcnb::{additional_buildpack_binary_path, buildpack_main, Buildpack};
 
 // Suppress warnings due to the `unused_crate_dependencies` lint not handling integration tests well.
 use fastrand as _;
+use libcnb::layer::UncachedLayerDefinition;
 #[cfg(test)]
 use libcnb_test as _;
 
@@ -28,7 +22,19 @@ impl Buildpack for ExecDBuildpack {
     }
 
     fn build(&self, context: BuildContext<Self>) -> libcnb::Result<BuildResult, Self::Error> {
-        context.handle_layer(layer_name!("layer_name"), ExecDLayer)?;
+        let layer_ref = context.uncached_layer(
+            layer_name!("layer_name"),
+            UncachedLayerDefinition {
+                build: false,
+                launch: true,
+            },
+        )?;
+
+        layer_ref.replace_exec_d_programs([(
+            "dice_roller",
+            additional_buildpack_binary_path!("dice_roller"),
+        )])?;
+
         BuildResultBuilder::new().build()
     }
 }