diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 56a42bf97..8531a93ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [features]
-default = ["brotli", "flate2-zlib", "client", "fail"]
+default = ["brotli", "flate2-zlib", "client", "fail", "depracated"]
 
 # http client
 client = ["awc"]
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ ssl = ["openssl", "actix-server/ssl", "awc/ssl"]
 # rustls
 rust-tls = ["rustls", "actix-server/rust-tls"]
 
+# deprecated middlewares
+depracated = ["actix-cors", "actix-identity"]
+
 [dependencies]
 actix-codec = "0.1.2"
 actix-service = "0.4.0"
@@ -81,13 +84,15 @@ actix-server-config = "0.1.1"
 actix-threadpool = "0.1.1"
 awc = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
 
-# actix-cors = "0.1."{ path="./actix-cors" }
+# deprecated middlewares
+actix-cors = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
+actix-identity = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true  }
 
 bytes = "0.4"
 derive_more = "0.14"
 encoding = "0.2"
 futures = "0.1.25"
-hashbrown = "0.3.0"
+hashbrown = "0.3.1"
 log = "0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
 net2 = "0.2.33"
@@ -104,10 +109,9 @@ openssl = { version="0.10", optional = true }
 rustls = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+actix = { version = "0.8.3" }
 actix-http = { version = "0.2.3", features=["ssl", "brotli", "flate2-zlib"] }
 actix-http-test = { version = "0.2.0", features=["ssl"] }
-actix-files = "0.1.1"
-actix = { version = "0.8.3" }
 rand = "0.6"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ opt-level = 3
 codegen-units = 1
 
 [patch.crates-io]
-actix-web = { path = "." }
+# actix-web = { path = "." }
 actix-http = { path = "actix-http" }
 actix-http-test = { path = "test-server" }
 actix-web-codegen = { path = "actix-web-codegen" }
diff --git a/actix-cors/Cargo.toml b/actix-cors/Cargo.toml
index a62cc664d..98ed67a2a 100644
--- a/actix-cors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-cors/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) for Actix applications."
 readme = "README.md"
-keywords = ["http", "web", "framework", "async", "futures"]
+keywords = ["web", "framework"]
 homepage = "https://actix.rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/actix/actix-web.git"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/actix-cors/"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2018"
-workspace = ".."
+#workspace = ".."
 
 [lib]
 name = "actix_cors"
@@ -21,8 +21,3 @@ actix-web = "1.0.0"
 actix-service = "0.4.0"
 derive_more = "0.14.1"
 futures = "0.1.25"
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-actix-rt = "0.2.2"
-#actix-http = "0.2.3"
-#bytes = "0.4"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 4f8b283e1..897b36459 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ where
     /// It is also possible to use static files as default service.
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use actix_files::Files;
     /// use actix_web::{web, App, HttpResponse};
     ///
     /// fn main() {
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ where
     ///         .service(
     ///             web::resource("/index.html").to(|| HttpResponse::Ok()))
     ///         .default_service(
-    ///             Files::new("", "./static")
+    ///             web::to(|| HttpResponse::NotFound())
     ///         );
     /// }
     /// ```
diff --git a/src/middleware/mod.rs b/src/middleware/mod.rs
index f0b90e773..c2001e00f 100644
--- a/src/middleware/mod.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/mod.rs
@@ -11,5 +11,16 @@ pub use self::defaultheaders::DefaultHeaders;
 pub use self::logger::Logger;
 pub use self::normalize::NormalizePath;
 
-//
-// use actix_cors as cors;
+#[cfg(feature = "deprecated")]
+#[deprecated(
+    since = "1.0.1",
+    note = "please use `actix_cors` instead. support will be removed in actix-web 1.0.2"
+)]
+pub use actix_cors as cors;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "deprecated")]
+#[deprecated(
+    since = "1.0.1",
+    note = "please use `actix_identity` instead. support will be removed in actix-web 1.0.2"
+)]
+pub use actix_identity as identity;