diff --git a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/BlurbNode.m b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/BlurbNode.m
index fc4fed6224..7dbe86a8b8 100644
--- a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/BlurbNode.m
+++ b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/BlurbNode.m
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASInsetLayoutSpec.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASCenterLayoutSpec.h>
 
-static CGFloat kFixedHeight = 75.0f;
 static CGFloat kTextPadding = 10.0f;
 
 @interface BlurbNode () <ASTextNodeDelegate>
diff --git a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/Contents.json b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/Contents.json
index f0fce54771..c5fda8e395 100644
--- a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/Contents.json
+++ b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/Contents.json
@@ -1,36 +1,6 @@
 {
   "images" : [
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "filename" : "Default-568h@2x.png",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
-      "subtype" : "retina4",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "scale" : "1x",
-      "orientation" : "portrait"
-    },
-    {
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "scale" : "2x",
-      "orientation" : "portrait"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "filename" : "Default-568h@2x.png",
-      "subtype" : "retina4",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    },
-    {
-      "orientation" : "portrait",
-      "idiom" : "iphone",
-      "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
-      "scale" : "2x"
-    }
+
   ],
   "info" : {
     "version" : 1,
diff --git a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/Default-568h@2x.png b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/Default-568h@2x.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 1547a98454..0000000000
Binary files a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/Default-568h@2x.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/ItemNode.m b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/ItemNode.m
index 4ee001431d..79d8c2ff21 100644
--- a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/ItemNode.m
+++ b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/ItemNode.m
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ const CGFloat kSoldOutGBHeight = 50.0;
 
 - (void)displayWillStart {
   [super displayWillStart];
-  [self fetchData];
+  [self didEnterPreloadState];
 }
 
-- (void)fetchData {
-  [super fetchData];
+- (void)didEnterPreloadState {
+  [super didEnterPreloadState];
   if (self.viewModel) {
     [self loadImage];
   }
diff --git a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/LoadingNode.m b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/LoadingNode.m
index f37dc8cc80..4fa29d6e3d 100644
--- a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/LoadingNode.m
+++ b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/LoadingNode.m
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASInsetLayoutSpec.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASCenterLayoutSpec.h>
 
-static CGFloat kFixedHeight = 200.0f;
-
 @interface LoadingNode ()
 {
   ASDisplayNode *_loadingSpinner;
diff --git a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/ViewController.m b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/ViewController.m
index c411008954..6d693f690c 100644
--- a/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/ViewController.m
+++ b/examples/CatDealsCollectionView/Sample/ViewController.m
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ static const BOOL kSimulateWebResponse = YES;
 static const NSInteger kBatchSize = 20;
 
 static const CGFloat kHorizontalSectionPadding = 10.0f;
-static const CGFloat kVerticalSectionPadding = 20.0f;
 
 @interface ViewController () <ASCollectionDataSource, ASCollectionDelegate, ASCollectionDelegateFlowLayout>
 {