diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/qlpack-generator.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/qlpack-generator.ts
index b9b438508..6fbfbe8ca 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/qlpack-generator.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/qlpack-generator.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ export class QlPackGenerator {
 
 import ${this.queryLanguage}
 
-from BlockStmt b
-where b.getNumStmt() = 0
-select b, "This is an empty block."
+select "Hello, world!"
 `.trim();
 
     await writeFile(exampleQlFile, exampleQl, "utf8");