diff --git a/scrapy/utils/engine.py b/scrapy/utils/engine.py
index c7455d0c8..6f4daed73 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/engine.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/engine.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ def get_engine_status(engine=None):
     global_tests = [
         "time()-engine.start_time",
         "engine.has_capacity()",
-        "engine.scheduler.is_idle()",
-        "len(engine.scheduler.pending_requests)",
         "engine.downloader.is_idle()",
         "len(engine.downloader.slots)",
         "len(engine.downloader.active)",