diff --git a/js/core/css/examples-webspecs.css b/js/core/css/examples-webspecs.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 74dfdc6299..0000000000
--- a/js/core/css/examples-webspecs.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/* --- EXAMPLES CONFLICTING WITH WEBSPECS --- */
-aside.example:before, div.example:before, div.illegal-example:before, pre.example:before {
-    content:    "" !important;
-    display:    none;
-}
-div.example-title {
-    color: #ef0000;
-}
diff --git a/js/core/examples.js b/js/core/examples.js
index 8ab35acbfa..b1d2a562b4 100644
--- a/js/core/examples.js
+++ b/js/core/examples.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 // be used by a containing shell to extract all examples.
 
 define(
-    ["text!core/css/examples.css", "text!core/css/examples-webspecs.css"],
-    function (css, cssKraken) {
+    ["text!core/css/examples.css"],
+    function (css) {
         var makeTitle = function (conf, $el, num, report) {
             var txt = (num > 0) ? " " + num : ""
             ,   $tit = $("<div class='example-title'><span>Example" + txt + "</span></div>");
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ define(
                 ,   num = 0
                 ;
                 if ($exes.length) {
-                    if (conf.specStatus === "webspec") css += cssKraken;
                     $(doc).find("head link").first().before($("<style/>").text(css));
                     $exes.each(function (i, ex) {
                         var $ex = $(ex)
diff --git a/js/w3c/headers.js b/js/w3c/headers.js
index 421d69f913..3d704643e6 100644
--- a/js/w3c/headers.js
+++ b/js/w3c/headers.js
@@ -86,11 +86,9 @@
 //      - "w3c", currently the default (restrictive) license
 //      - "cc-by", which is experimentally available in some groups (but likely to be phased out).
 //          Note that this is a dual licensing regime.
-//      - "cc0", an extremely permissive license. This only works with the webspecs specStatus,
-//          and it is only recommended if you are working on a document that is intended to be
-//          pushed to the WHATWG
-//      - "w3c-software", a permissive and attributions license (but GPL-compatible). This is only
-//          available with webspecs and is the recommended value. It is the default for webspecs.
+//      - "cc0", an extremely permissive license. It is only recommended if you are working on a document that is
+//          intended to be pushed to the WHATWG.
+//      - "w3c-software", a permissive and attributions license (but GPL-compatible).
 //      - "w3c-software-doc", the W3C Software and Document License
 //            http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2015/copyright-software-and-document
 
@@ -103,7 +101,6 @@ define(
     ,   "tmpl!w3c/templates/sotd.html"
     ,   "tmpl!w3c/templates/cgbg-headers.html"
     ,   "tmpl!w3c/templates/cgbg-sotd.html"
-    ,   "tmpl!w3c/templates/webspecs-headers.html"
     ],
     function (hb, utils, headersTmpl, sotdTmpl, cgbgHeadersTmpl, cgbgSotdTmpl, wsHeadersTmpl) {
         hb.registerHelper("showPeople", function (name, items) {
@@ -317,11 +314,9 @@ define(
                 conf.isCGBG = $.inArray(conf.specStatus, this.cgbg) >= 0;
                 conf.isCGFinal = conf.isCGBG && /G-FINAL$/.test(conf.specStatus);
                 conf.isBasic = (conf.specStatus === "base");
-                conf.isWebSpec = (conf.specStatus === "webspec");
-                conf.isRegular = (!conf.isCGBG && !conf.isBasic && !conf.isWebSpec);
+                conf.isRegular = (!conf.isCGBG && !conf.isBasic);
                 if (!conf.specStatus) msg.pub("error", "Missing required configuration: specStatus");
                 if (conf.isRegular && !conf.shortName) msg.pub("error", "Missing required configuration: shortName");
-                if (conf.isWebSpec && !conf.repository) msg.pub("error", "Missing required configuration: repository (as in 'darobin/respec')");
                 conf.title = doc.title || "No Title";
                 if (!conf.subtitle) conf.subtitle = "";
                 if (!conf.publishDate) {
@@ -370,7 +365,7 @@ define(
                     else if (conf.isCGBG) {
                         conf.prevVersion = conf.prevVersion || "";
                     }
-                    else if (conf.isBasic || conf.isWebSpec) {
+                    else if (conf.isBasic) {
                         conf.prevVersion = "";
                     }
                     else {
@@ -468,7 +463,6 @@ define(
                 // insert into document and mark with microformat
                 var bp;
                 if (conf.isCGBG) bp = cgbgHeadersTmpl(conf);
-                else if (conf.isWebSpec) bp = wsHeadersTmpl(conf);
                 else bp = headersTmpl(conf);
                 $("body", doc).prepend($(bp)).addClass("h-entry");
 
@@ -525,7 +519,6 @@ define(
                 if (conf.subjectPrefix !== "") conf.subjectPrefixEnc = encodeURIComponent(conf.subjectPrefix);
                 var sotd;
                 if (conf.isCGBG) sotd = cgbgSotdTmpl(conf);
-                else if (conf.isWebSpec) sotd = null;
                 else sotd = sotdTmpl(conf);
                 if (sotd) $(sotd).insertAfter($("#abstract"));
 
diff --git a/js/w3c/templates/webspecs-headers.html b/js/w3c/templates/webspecs-headers.html
deleted file mode 100644
index e6b4a52fc1..0000000000
--- a/js/w3c/templates/webspecs-headers.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<header>
-  <a href="http://specs.webplatform.org/" id="logo">
-    <img alt="Web Platform Specs logo" height="50" src="https://specs.webplatform.org/assets/img/logo.svg" width="50"><br>
-    Web Platform Specs
-  </a>
-  <h1>{{title}}</h1>
-  {{#if subtitle}}
-    <h2>{{subtitle}}</h2>
-  {{/if}}
-  <div id="meta">
-    <button class='contributors linkalike' data-repository="{{repository}}">contributors</button>•
-    <a href="https://github.com/{{repository}}/issues">bugs</a>
-    •
-    <a href="https://github.com/{{repository}}">fork me</a>
-    •
-    <a href="{{licenseInfo.url}}" title="{{licenseInfo.name}}" rel="license">{{licenseInfo.short}}</a>
-    •
-    <span class="date">{{shortISODate}} (<a href="https://github.com/{{repository}}/commits">commit log</a>)</span>
-  </div>
-</header>