diff --git a/examples/legacy/echobot.py b/examples/echobot.py
similarity index 78%
rename from examples/legacy/echobot.py
rename to examples/echobot.py
index c914c9dc0..caf44d774 100644
--- a/examples/legacy/echobot.py
+++ b/examples/echobot.py
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Simple Bot to reply to Telegram messages
+# Simple Bot to reply to Telegram messages. This is built on the API wrapper, see
+# echobot2.py to see the same example built on the telegram.ext bot framework.
 # This program is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 license.
-
 import logging
 import telegram
 from telegram.error import NetworkError, Unauthorized
 from time import sleep
 
 
+update_id = None
+
 def main():
+    global update_id
     # Telegram Bot Authorization Token
     bot = telegram.Bot('TOKEN')
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ def main():
 
     while True:
         try:
-            update_id = echo(bot, update_id)
+            echo(bot)
         except NetworkError:
             sleep(1)
         except Unauthorized:
@@ -33,21 +36,21 @@ def main():
             update_id += 1
 
 
-def echo(bot, update_id):
-
+def echo(bot):
+    global update_id
     # Request updates after the last update_id
     for update in bot.getUpdates(offset=update_id, timeout=10):
         # chat_id is required to reply to any message
         chat_id = update.message.chat_id
         update_id = update.update_id + 1
+        if not update.message:  # we ignore updates without messages
+            continue
         message = update.message.text
 
         if message:
             # Reply to the message
             bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chat_id, text=message)
 
-    return update_id
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/examples/legacy/roboed.py b/examples/legacy/roboed.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a04668b0..000000000
--- a/examples/legacy/roboed.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-#
-# Robô Ed Telegram Bot
-# This program is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 license.
-
-import logging
-import telegram
-import urllib
-
-
-def main():
-    logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
-    bot = telegram.Bot('TOKEN')  # Telegram Bot Authorization Token
-
-    LAST_UPDATE_ID = bot.getUpdates()[-1].update_id  # Get lastest update
-
-    while True:
-        for update in bot.getUpdates(offset=LAST_UPDATE_ID, timeout=10):
-            text = update.message.text
-            chat_id = update.message.chat.id
-            update_id = update.update_id
-
-            if text:
-                roboed = ed(text)  # Ask something to Robô Ed
-                bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chat_id, text=roboed)
-                LAST_UPDATE_ID = update_id + 1
-
-
-def ed(text):
-    url = 'http://www.ed.conpet.gov.br/mod_perl/bot_gateway.cgi?server=0.0.0.0%3A8085&charset_post=utf-8&charset=utf-8&pure=1&js=0&tst=1&msg=' + text
-    data = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
-
-    return data.strip()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()