diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/awscli-v2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/awscli-v2/package.py
index 821321e6227776..dfa354430aa70c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/awscli-v2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/awscli-v2/package.py
@@ -29,3 +29,11 @@ class AwscliV2(PythonPackage):
     depends_on("py-python-dateutil@2.1:2", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-jmespath@0.7.1:1.0", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-urllib3@1.25.4:1.26", type=("build", "run"))
+
+    variant("examples", default=True, description="Install code examples")
+
+    @run_after("install")
+    @when("~examples")
+    def post_install(self):
+        examples_dir = join_path(python_purelib, "awscli", "examples")
+        remove_directory_contents(examples_dir)