diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index b92d173dd..f593e4f16 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Does Scrapy work with HTTP proxies?
 
 Yes. Support for HTTP proxies is provided (since Scrapy 0.8) through the HTTP
 Proxy downloader middleware. See
-:class:`~scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware`.
+:class:`~scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware`.
 
 How can I scrape an item with attributes in different pages?
 ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ See previous question.
 Can I use Basic HTTP Authentication in my spiders?
 --------------------------------------------------
 
-Yes, see :class:`~scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpauth.HttpAuthMiddleware`.
+Yes, see :class:`~scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth.HttpAuthMiddleware`.
 
 Why does Scrapy download pages in English instead of my native language?
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst b/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
index 3d24b29ad..be19bc44f 100644
--- a/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/downloader-middleware.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ as its value.  For example, if you want to disable the user-agent middleware::
 
     DOWNLOADER_MIDDLEWARES = {
         'myproject.middlewares.CustomDownloaderMiddleware': 543,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.useragent.UserAgentMiddleware': None,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.useragent.UserAgentMiddleware': None,
     }
 
 Finally, keep in mind that some middlewares may need to be enabled through a
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Writing your own downloader middleware
 Each middleware component is a Python class that defines one or
 more of the following methods:
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares
 
 .. class:: DownloaderMiddleware
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ For a list of the components enabled by default (and their orders) see the
 CookiesMiddleware
 -----------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.cookies
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.cookies
    :synopsis: Cookies Downloader Middleware
 
 .. class:: CookiesMiddleware
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Here's an example of a log with :setting:`COOKIES_DEBUG` enabled::
 DefaultHeadersMiddleware
 ------------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.defaultheaders
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.defaultheaders
    :synopsis: Default Headers Downloader Middleware
 
 .. class:: DefaultHeadersMiddleware
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ DefaultHeadersMiddleware
 DownloadTimeoutMiddleware
 -------------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.downloadtimeout
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.downloadtimeout
    :synopsis: Download timeout middleware
 
 .. class:: DownloadTimeoutMiddleware
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ DownloadTimeoutMiddleware
 HttpAuthMiddleware
 ------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpauth
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth
    :synopsis: HTTP Auth downloader middleware
 
 .. class:: HttpAuthMiddleware
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ HttpAuthMiddleware
 HttpCacheMiddleware
 -------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpcache
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcache
    :synopsis: HTTP Cache downloader middleware
 
 .. class:: HttpCacheMiddleware
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ This setting is specific to the Filesystem backend.
 HttpCompressionMiddleware
 -------------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpcompression
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcompression
    :synopsis: Http Compression Middleware
 
 .. class:: HttpCompressionMiddleware
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Whether the Compression middleware will be enabled.
 ChunkedTransferMiddleware
 -------------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.chunked
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.chunked
    :synopsis: Chunked Transfer Middleware
 
 .. class:: ChunkedTransferMiddleware
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ ChunkedTransferMiddleware
 HttpProxyMiddleware
 -------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpproxy
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpproxy
    :synopsis: Http Proxy Middleware
 
 .. versionadded:: 0.8
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ HttpProxyMiddleware
 RedirectMiddleware
 ------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.redirect
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.redirect
    :synopsis: Redirection Middleware
 
 .. class:: RedirectMiddleware
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ The maximum meta-refresh delay (in seconds) to follow the redirection.
 RetryMiddleware
 ---------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.retry
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.retry
    :synopsis: Retry Middleware
 
 .. class:: RetryMiddleware
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ connections lost, etc) are always retried.
 RobotsTxtMiddleware
 -------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.robotstxt
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.robotstxt
    :synopsis: robots.txt middleware
 
 .. class:: RobotsTxtMiddleware
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ the request will be ignored by this middleware even if
 DownloaderStats
 ---------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.stats
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.stats
    :synopsis: Downloader Stats Middleware
 
 .. class:: DownloaderStats
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ DownloaderStats
 UserAgentMiddleware
 -------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.useragent
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.useragent
    :synopsis: User Agent Middleware
 
 .. class:: UserAgentMiddleware
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ UserAgentMiddleware
 AjaxCrawlMiddleware
 -------------------
 
-.. module:: scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.ajaxcrawl
+.. module:: scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.ajaxcrawl
 
 .. class:: AjaxCrawlMiddleware
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.rst b/docs/topics/settings.rst
index 3936c04b8..3e68ad925 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.rst
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Default::
     }
 
 The default headers used for Scrapy HTTP Requests. They're populated in the
-:class:`~scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.defaultheaders.DefaultHeadersMiddleware`.
+:class:`~scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.defaultheaders.DefaultHeadersMiddleware`.
 
 .. setting:: DEPTH_LIMIT
 
@@ -335,20 +335,20 @@ DOWNLOADER_MIDDLEWARES_BASE
 Default::
 
     {
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.robotstxt.RobotsTxtMiddleware': 100,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpauth.HttpAuthMiddleware': 300,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.downloadtimeout.DownloadTimeoutMiddleware': 350,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.useragent.UserAgentMiddleware': 400,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.retry.RetryMiddleware': 500,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.defaultheaders.DefaultHeadersMiddleware': 550,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.redirect.MetaRefreshMiddleware': 580,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpcompression.HttpCompressionMiddleware': 590,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.redirect.RedirectMiddleware': 600,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.cookies.CookiesMiddleware': 700,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware': 750,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.chunked.ChunkedTransferMiddleware': 830,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.stats.DownloaderStats': 850,
-        'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpcache.HttpCacheMiddleware': 900,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.robotstxt.RobotsTxtMiddleware': 100,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth.HttpAuthMiddleware': 300,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.downloadtimeout.DownloadTimeoutMiddleware': 350,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.useragent.UserAgentMiddleware': 400,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.retry.RetryMiddleware': 500,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.defaultheaders.DefaultHeadersMiddleware': 550,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.redirect.MetaRefreshMiddleware': 580,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcompression.HttpCompressionMiddleware': 590,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.redirect.RedirectMiddleware': 600,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.cookies.CookiesMiddleware': 700,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware': 750,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.chunked.ChunkedTransferMiddleware': 830,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.stats.DownloaderStats': 850,
+        'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcache.HttpCacheMiddleware': 900,
     }
 
 A dict containing the downloader middlewares enabled by default in Scrapy. You
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ ROBOTSTXT_OBEY
 
 Default: ``False``
 
-Scope: ``scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.robotstxt``
+Scope: ``scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.robotstxt``
 
 If enabled, Scrapy will respect robots.txt policies. For more information see
 :ref:`topics-dlmw-robots`
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib_exp/downloadermiddleware/decompression.py b/scrapy/contrib_exp/downloadermiddleware/decompression.py
index 8b1d61b3d..1f8490587 100644
--- a/scrapy/contrib_exp/downloadermiddleware/decompression.py
+++ b/scrapy/contrib_exp/downloadermiddleware/decompression.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import warnings
 from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
 warnings.warn("Module `scrapy.contrib_exp.downloadermiddleware.decompression` is deprecated, "
-              "use `scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.decompression` instead",
+              "use `scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.decompression` instead",
     ScrapyDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.decompression import DecompressionMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.decompression import DecompressionMiddleware
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/__init__.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/__init__.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/__init__.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/ajaxcrawl.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/ajaxcrawl.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/ajaxcrawl.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/ajaxcrawl.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/chunked.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/chunked.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/chunked.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/chunked.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/cookies.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/cookies.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/cookies.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/cookies.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/decompression.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/decompression.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/decompression.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/decompression.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/defaultheaders.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/defaultheaders.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/defaultheaders.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/defaultheaders.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/downloadtimeout.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/downloadtimeout.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/downloadtimeout.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/downloadtimeout.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpauth.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpauth.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpauth.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpauth.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpcache.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcache.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpcache.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcache.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpcompression.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpcompression.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpcompression.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpproxy.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpproxy.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpproxy.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpproxy.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/redirect.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/redirect.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/redirect.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/retry.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/retry.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/retry.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/retry.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/robotstxt.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/robotstxt.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/robotstxt.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/robotstxt.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/stats.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/stats.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/stats.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/stats.py
diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/useragent.py b/scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/useragent.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/useragent.py
rename to scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/useragent.py
diff --git a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
index 0c3d7c5bd..3323386aa 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
@@ -80,21 +80,21 @@ DOWNLOADER_MIDDLEWARES = {}
 
 DOWNLOADER_MIDDLEWARES_BASE = {
     # Engine side
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.robotstxt.RobotsTxtMiddleware': 100,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpauth.HttpAuthMiddleware': 300,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.downloadtimeout.DownloadTimeoutMiddleware': 350,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.useragent.UserAgentMiddleware': 400,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.retry.RetryMiddleware': 500,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.defaultheaders.DefaultHeadersMiddleware': 550,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.ajaxcrawl.AjaxCrawlMiddleware': 560,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.redirect.MetaRefreshMiddleware': 580,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpcompression.HttpCompressionMiddleware': 590,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.redirect.RedirectMiddleware': 600,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.cookies.CookiesMiddleware': 700,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware': 750,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.chunked.ChunkedTransferMiddleware': 830,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.stats.DownloaderStats': 850,
-    'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpcache.HttpCacheMiddleware': 900,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.robotstxt.RobotsTxtMiddleware': 100,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth.HttpAuthMiddleware': 300,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.downloadtimeout.DownloadTimeoutMiddleware': 350,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.useragent.UserAgentMiddleware': 400,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.retry.RetryMiddleware': 500,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.defaultheaders.DefaultHeadersMiddleware': 550,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.ajaxcrawl.AjaxCrawlMiddleware': 560,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.redirect.MetaRefreshMiddleware': 580,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcompression.HttpCompressionMiddleware': 590,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.redirect.RedirectMiddleware': 600,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.cookies.CookiesMiddleware': 700,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware': 750,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.chunked.ChunkedTransferMiddleware': 830,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.stats.DownloaderStats': 850,
+    'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcache.HttpCacheMiddleware': 900,
     # Downloader side
 }
 
diff --git a/scrapy/utils/misc.py b/scrapy/utils/misc.py
index 3152db6c7..f1aa4fcdb 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/misc.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/misc.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def load_object(path):
     """Load an object given its absolute object path, and return it.
 
     object can be a class, function, variable o instance.
-    path ie: 'scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddelware.redirect.RedirectMiddleware'
+    path ie: 'scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.redirect.RedirectMiddleware'
     """
 
     try:
diff --git a/tests/py3-ignores.txt b/tests/py3-ignores.txt
index d27d5dd3c..cf814c15c 100644
--- a/tests/py3-ignores.txt
+++ b/tests/py3-ignores.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ scrapy/contrib/linkextractors/htmlparser.py
 scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/retry.py
 scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/httpproxy.py
 scrapy/contrib/downloadermiddleware/cookies.py
+scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/retry.py
+scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/httpproxy.py
+scrapy/downloadermiddlewares/cookies.py
 scrapy/contrib/statsmailer.py
 scrapy/contrib/memusage.py
 scrapy/commands/deploy.py
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_ajaxcrawlable.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_ajaxcrawlable.py
index e73e62538..11de6e22d 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_ajaxcrawlable.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_ajaxcrawlable.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import unittest
 
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.ajaxcrawl import AjaxCrawlMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.ajaxcrawl import AjaxCrawlMiddleware
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.http import Request, HtmlResponse, Response
 from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler
 
-__doctests__ = ['scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.ajaxcrawl']
+__doctests__ = ['scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.ajaxcrawl']
 
 class AjaxCrawlMiddlewareTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_cookies.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_cookies.py
index 3b1853c82..7f491f258 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_cookies.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_cookies.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import re
 
 from scrapy.http import Response, Request
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.cookies import CookiesMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.cookies import CookiesMiddleware
 
 
 class CookiesMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_decompression.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_decompression.py
index f3f862604..7aca415ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_decompression.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_decompression.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from unittest import TestCase, main
 from scrapy.http import Response, XmlResponse
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.decompression import DecompressionMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.decompression import DecompressionMiddleware
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from tests import get_testdata
 from scrapy.utils.test import assert_samelines
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def _test_data(formats):
 
 
 class DecompressionMiddlewareTest(TestCase):
-    
+
     test_formats = ['tar', 'xml.bz2', 'xml.gz', 'zip']
     uncompressed_body, test_responses = _test_data(test_formats)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_defaultheaders.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_defaultheaders.py
index 09973b367..26520a20a 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_defaultheaders.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_defaultheaders.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 import six
 
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.defaultheaders import DefaultHeadersMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.defaultheaders import DefaultHeadersMiddleware
 from scrapy.http import Request
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_downloadtimeout.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_downloadtimeout.py
index aba06686a..282d10829 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_downloadtimeout.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_downloadtimeout.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.downloadtimeout import DownloadTimeoutMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.downloadtimeout import DownloadTimeoutMiddleware
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.http import Request
 from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpauth.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpauth.py
index adfcd802d..cef65b336 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpauth.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpauth.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 from scrapy.http import Request
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpauth import HttpAuthMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth import HttpAuthMiddleware
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 
 class TestSpider(Spider):
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcache.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcache.py
index 663d67be0..9c1678488 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcache.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcache.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.settings import Settings
 from scrapy.exceptions import IgnoreRequest
 from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpcache import HttpCacheMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcache import HttpCacheMiddleware
 
 
 class _BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
index 1cc6f44c1..98df6d608 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcompression.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from gzip import GzipFile
 
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.http import Response, Request, HtmlResponse
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpcompression import HttpCompressionMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpcompression import HttpCompressionMiddleware
 from tests import tests_datadir
 from w3lib.encoding import resolve_encoding
 
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpproxy.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpproxy.py
index 58825c6cf..90609879c 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpproxy.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpproxy.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 from twisted.trial.unittest import TestCase, SkipTest
 
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.httpproxy import HttpProxyMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpproxy import HttpProxyMiddleware
 from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
 from scrapy.http import Response, Request
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_redirect.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_redirect.py
index fb70b13ae..3f299f258 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_redirect.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_redirect.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.redirect import RedirectMiddleware, MetaRefreshMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.redirect import RedirectMiddleware, MetaRefreshMiddleware
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.exceptions import IgnoreRequest
 from scrapy.http import Request, Response, HtmlResponse
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_retry.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_retry.py
index 669abea05..969452cfb 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_retry.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_retry.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from twisted.internet.error import TimeoutError, DNSLookupError, \
         ConnectionLost, TCPTimedOutError
 
 from scrapy import optional_features
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.retry import RetryMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.retry import RetryMiddleware
 from scrapy.xlib.tx import ResponseFailed
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.http import Request, Response
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_robotstxt.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_robotstxt.py
index 8b7ac7a6b..bc245dcec 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_robotstxt.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_robotstxt.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import re
 from twisted.internet import reactor
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
 from twisted.trial import unittest
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.robotstxt import RobotsTxtMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.robotstxt import RobotsTxtMiddleware
 from scrapy.exceptions import IgnoreRequest, NotConfigured
 from scrapy.http import Request, Response
 from scrapy.settings import Settings
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_stats.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_stats.py
index b790ff09a..64f2d0786 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_stats.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_stats.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.stats import DownloaderStats
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.stats import DownloaderStats
 from scrapy.http import Request, Response
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class TestDownloaderStats(TestCase):
         self.mw.process_request(self.req, self.spider)
         self.assertEqual(self.crawler.stats.get_value('downloader/request_count', \
             spider=self.spider), 1)
-        
+
     def test_process_response(self):
         self.mw.process_response(self.req, self.res, self.spider)
         self.assertEqual(self.crawler.stats.get_value('downloader/response_count', \
diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_useragent.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_useragent.py
index 909d03ba5..ddbb8f3ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_useragent.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_useragent.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from unittest import TestCase
 
 from scrapy.spider import Spider
 from scrapy.http import Request
-from scrapy.contrib.downloadermiddleware.useragent import UserAgentMiddleware
+from scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.useragent import UserAgentMiddleware
 from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler