diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index c369091b..267ae501 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,44 +2,6 @@ require 'erb'
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 
-desc "Run all tests"
-task :test do
-  $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('test'))
-  require 'redgreen' if Gem.available?('redgreen')
-  require 'test/unit'
-  Dir['test/*/**/test_*.rb'].each {|test| require test }
-end
-
-namespace :build do
-
-  desc "Recompile the Racc parser (pass -v and -g for verbose debugging)"
-  task :parser, :racc_args do |t, args|
-    sh "racc #{args[:racc_args]} -o lib/coffee_script/parser.rb lib/coffee_script/grammar.y"
-  end
-
-  desc "Compile the Narwhal interface"
-  task :narwhal do
-    sh "bin/coffee src/narwhal/*.coffee -o lib/coffee_script/narwhal"
-  end
-
-  desc "Continually compile the CoffeeScript/Node.js components with --watch"
-  task :node do
-    sh "bin/coffee -w src/*.coffee -o lib/coffee_script/"
-  end
-
-  desc "Compile and install the Ultraviolet syntax highlighter"
-  task :ultraviolet do
-    sh "plist2syntax extras/CoffeeScript.tmbundle/Syntaxes/CoffeeScript.tmLanguage"
-    sh "sudo mv coffeescript.yaml /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ultraviolet-0.10.2/syntax/coffeescript.syntax"
-  end
-
-  desc "Rebuild the Underscore.coffee documentation page"
-  task :underscore do
-    sh "uv -s coffeescript -t idle -h examples/underscore.coffee > documentation/underscore.html"
-  end
-
-end
-
 desc "Build the documentation page"
 task :doc do
   source = 'documentation/index.html.erb'
@@ -56,22 +18,3 @@ task :doc do
     sleep 1
   end
 end
-
-namespace :gem do
-
-  desc 'Build and install the coffee-script gem'
-  task :install do
-    verbose = "lib/coffee_script/parser.output"
-    FileUtils.rm(verbose) if File.exists?(verbose)
-    sh "gem build coffee-script.gemspec"
-    sh "sudo gem install #{Dir['*.gem'].join(' ')} --local --no-ri --no-rdoc"
-  end
-
-  desc 'Uninstall the coffee-script gem'
-  task :uninstall do
-    sh "sudo gem uninstall -x coffee-script"
-  end
-
-end
-
-task :default => :test
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