diff --git a/docs/topics/webservice.rst b/docs/topics/webservice.rst
index 5f4222e7c..0d824be89 100644
--- a/docs/topics/webservice.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/webservice.rst
@@ -72,26 +72,14 @@ Stats Collector JSON-RPC resource
 Spider Manager JSON-RPC resource
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.webservice.spiders
-   :synopsis: Spider Manager JSON-RPC resource
-
-.. class:: SpidersResource
-
-    Provides access to the Spider Manager used by the crawler.
-
-    Available by default at: http://localhost:6080/spiders
+You can access the spider manager JSON-RPC resource through the Execution
+Manager resource at: http://localhost:6080/manager/spiders
 
 Extension Manager JSON-RPC resource
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.webservice.extensions
-   :synopsis: Extension Manager JSON-RPC resource
-
-.. class:: ExtensionsResource
-
-    Provides access to the Extension Manager used by the crawler.
-
-    Available by default at: http://localhost:6080/extensions
+You can access the extension manager JSON-RPC resource through the Execution
+Manager resource at: http://localhost:6080/manager/extensions
 
 Available JSON resources
 ------------------------
@@ -162,8 +150,6 @@ Default::
     {
         'scrapy.contrib.webservice.manager.ManagerResource': 1,
         'scrapy.contrib.webservice.enginestatus.EngineStatusResource': 1,
-        'scrapy.contrib.webservice.extensions.ExtensionsResource': 1,
-        'scrapy.contrib.webservice.spiders.SpidersResource': 1,
         'scrapy.contrib.webservice.stats.StatsResource': 1,
     }
 
diff --git a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
index ba3db6014..d24447447 100644
--- a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
@@ -259,7 +259,5 @@ WEBSERVICE_RESOURCES = {}
 WEBSERVICE_RESOURCES_BASE = {
     'scrapy.contrib.webservice.manager.ManagerResource': 1,
     'scrapy.contrib.webservice.enginestatus.EngineStatusResource': 1,
-    'scrapy.contrib.webservice.extensions.ExtensionsResource': 1,
-    'scrapy.contrib.webservice.spiders.SpidersResource': 1,
     'scrapy.contrib.webservice.stats.StatsResource': 1,
 }
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/webservice/extensions.py b/scrapy/contrib/webservice/extensions.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 352fca7ac..000000000
--- a/scrapy/contrib/webservice/extensions.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from scrapy.webservice import JsonRpcResource
-from scrapy.project import crawler
-
-class ExtensionsResource(JsonRpcResource):
-
-    ws_name = 'extensions'
-
-    def __init__(self, _extensions=None):
-        if _extensions is None:
-            _extensions = crawler.extensions
-        JsonRpcResource.__init__(self)
-        self._target = _extensions
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/webservice/spiders.py b/scrapy/contrib/webservice/spiders.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 35997ee6a..000000000
--- a/scrapy/contrib/webservice/spiders.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from scrapy.webservice import JsonRpcResource
-from scrapy.project import crawler
-
-class SpidersResource(JsonRpcResource):
-
-    ws_name = 'spiders'
-
-    def __init__(self, _spiders=None):
-        if _spiders is None:
-            _spiders = crawler.spiders
-        JsonRpcResource.__init__(self)
-        self._target = _spiders