diff --git a/Example/Sources/AppDelegate.swift b/Example/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
index 7959e015..3cb9f9d4 100644
--- a/Example/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Example/Sources/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ final internal class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
       ]
       : [masterViewController]
     splitViewController.preferredDisplayMode = .allVisible
+      masterViewController.navigationItem.largeTitleDisplayMode = .never
 
     window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
     window?.rootViewController = splitViewController
diff --git a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/ChatViewController.swift b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/ChatViewController.swift
index 53af2d06..aeb2171a 100644
--- a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/ChatViewController.swift	
+++ b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/ChatViewController.swift	
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class ChatViewController: MessagesViewController, MessagesDataSource {
 
   override func viewDidLoad() {
     super.viewDidLoad()
-    navigationItem.largeTitleDisplayMode = .never
     navigationItem.title = "MessageKit"
 
     configureMessageCollectionView()
diff --git a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/LaunchViewController.swift b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/LaunchViewController.swift
index cb25821d..90c42b89 100644
--- a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/LaunchViewController.swift	
+++ b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/LaunchViewController.swift	
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ final internal class LaunchViewController: UITableViewController {
     super.viewDidLoad()
     title = "MessageKit"
     navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true
     navigationController?.navigationBar.tintColor = .primaryColor
     tableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")
     tableView.tableFooterView = UIView()
diff --git a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/MessageContainerController.swift b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/MessageContainerController.swift
index 91ee8ff4..24689ea3 100644
--- a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/MessageContainerController.swift	
+++ b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/MessageContainerController.swift	
@@ -62,18 +62,6 @@ final class MessageContainerController: UIViewController {
     view.addSubview(bannerView)
   }
 
-  override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
-    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.isTranslucent = true
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = .clear
-  }
-
-  override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
-    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.isTranslucent = false
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = .primaryColor
-  }
-
   override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
     super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
     let headerHeight: CGFloat = 200
diff --git a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/MessageSubviewContainerViewController.swift b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/MessageSubviewContainerViewController.swift
index 808019a9..ed6e116c 100644
--- a/Example/Sources/View Controllers/MessageSubviewContainerViewController.swift	
+++ b/Example/Sources/View Controllers/MessageSubviewContainerViewController.swift	
@@ -39,16 +39,4 @@ final class MessageSubviewContainerViewController: UIViewController {
     view.addSubview(messageSubviewViewController.view)
     messageSubviewViewController.didMove(toParent: self)
   }
-
-  override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
-    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.isTranslucent = true
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = .clear
-  }
-
-  override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
-    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.isTranslucent = false
-    navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = .primaryColor
-  }
 }