diff --git a/src/web/mod.rs b/src/web/mod.rs
index c094eba70..5b9fe199e 100644
--- a/src/web/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/mod.rs
@@ -170,21 +170,12 @@ impl CratesfyiHandler {
         router.get("/:crate/:version/",
                    rustdoc::rustdoc_redirector_handler,
                    "crate_version_");
-        router.get("/:crate/:version/search-index.js",
-                   rustdoc::rustdoc_html_server_handler,
-                   "crate_version_search_index_js");
         router.get("/:crate/:version/settings.html",
                    rustdoc::rustdoc_html_server_handler,
                    "crate_version_settings_html");
         router.get("/:crate/:version/all.html",
                    rustdoc::rustdoc_html_server_handler,
                    "crate_version_all_html");
-        router.get("/:crate/:version/aliases.js",
-                   rustdoc::rustdoc_html_server_handler,
-                   "crate_version_aliases_js");
-        router.get("/:crate/:version/source-files.js",
-                   rustdoc::rustdoc_html_server_handler,
-                   "crate_version_source_files_js");
         router.get("/:crate/:version/:target",
                    rustdoc::rustdoc_redirector_handler,
                    "crate_version_target");
diff --git a/src/web/rustdoc.rs b/src/web/rustdoc.rs
index d9a3f2d87..5bba8387e 100644
--- a/src/web/rustdoc.rs
+++ b/src/web/rustdoc.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ pub fn rustdoc_redirector_handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
         Ok(resp)
     }
 
+    // this unwrap is safe because iron urls are always able to use `path_segments`
+    // i'm using this instead of `req.url.path()` to avoid allocating the Vec, and also to avoid
+    // keeping the borrow alive into the return statement
+    if req.url.as_ref().path_segments().unwrap().last().map_or(false, |s| s.ends_with(".js")) {
+        // javascript files should be handled by the file server instead of erroneously
+        // redirecting to the crate root page
+        return rustdoc_html_server_handler(req);
+    }
+
     let router = extension!(req, Router);
     // this handler should never called without crate pattern
     let crate_name = cexpect!(router.find("crate"));