diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index aeadccb25..1fde07e7e 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ omit =
   tests/*
   scrapy/xlib/*
   scrapy/conf.py
-  scrapy/stats.py
-  scrapy/project.py
   scrapy/log.py
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index c733db646..2d015f5e9 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ def _py_files(folder):
 collect_ignore = [
     # deprecated or moved modules
     "scrapy/conf.py",
-    "scrapy/stats.py",
-    "scrapy/project.py",
     "scrapy/log.py",
 
     # not a test, but looks like a test
diff --git a/scrapy/project.py b/scrapy/project.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d8973a6c7..000000000
--- a/scrapy/project.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-
-"""
-Obsolete module, kept for giving a meaningful error message when trying to
-import.
-"""
-
-raise ImportError("""scrapy.project usage has become obsolete.
-
-If you want to get the Scrapy crawler from your extension, middleware or
-pipeline implement the `from_crawler` class method (or look up for extending
-components that have already done it, such as spiders).
-
-For example:
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_crawler(cls, crawler):
-        return cls(crawler)""")
diff --git a/scrapy/stats.py b/scrapy/stats.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 710601430..000000000
--- a/scrapy/stats.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-"""
-Obsolete module, kept for giving a meaningful error message when trying to
-import.
-"""
-
-raise ImportError("scrapy.stats usage has become obsolete, use "
-                  "`crawler.stats` attribute instead")