diff --git a/examples/experimental/googledir/scrapy-ctl.py b/examples/experimental/googledir/scrapy-ctl.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 60ca701cb..000000000
--- a/examples/experimental/googledir/scrapy-ctl.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import os
-os.environ.setdefault('SCRAPY_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'googledir.settings')
-
-from scrapy.cmdline import execute
-execute()
diff --git a/examples/experimental/googledir/scrapy.cfg b/examples/experimental/googledir/scrapy.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d27f4ca95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/experimental/googledir/scrapy.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[default]
+settings = googledir.settings
diff --git a/examples/experimental/imdb/scrapy-ctl.py b/examples/experimental/imdb/scrapy-ctl.py
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index c1ff31537..000000000
--- a/examples/experimental/imdb/scrapy-ctl.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import os
-os.environ.setdefault('SCRAPY_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'imdb.settings')
-
-from scrapy.cmdline import execute
-execute()
diff --git a/examples/experimental/imdb/scrapy.cfg b/examples/experimental/imdb/scrapy.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0a4adba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/experimental/imdb/scrapy.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[default]
+settings = imdb.settings
diff --git a/examples/googledir/scrapy-ctl.py b/examples/googledir/scrapy-ctl.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 60ca701cb..000000000
--- a/examples/googledir/scrapy-ctl.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import os
-os.environ.setdefault('SCRAPY_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'googledir.settings')
-
-from scrapy.cmdline import execute
-execute()
diff --git a/examples/googledir/scrapy.cfg b/examples/googledir/scrapy.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d27f4ca95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/googledir/scrapy.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[default]
+settings = googledir.settings