diff --git a/doc/development/architecture.md b/doc/development/architecture.md
index 55d42860138..e72d46fb545 100644
--- a/doc/development/architecture.md
+++ b/doc/development/architecture.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ To summarize here's the [directory structure of the `git` user home directory](.
 
     ps aux | grep '^git'
 
-GitLab has several components to operate. As a system user (i.e. any user that is not the `git` user) it requires a persistent database (MySQL/PostreSQL) and redis database. It also uses Apache httpd or nginx to proxypass Unicorn. As the `git` user it starts Sidekiq and Unicorn (a simple ruby HTTP server running on port `8080` by default). Under the gitlab user there are normally 6 processes: `unicorn_rails master` (1 process), `unicorn_rails worker` (2 processes), `python pygments` (2 processes), `sidekiq` (1 process).  Pygments is used by GitLab for syntax highlighting in the web interface.
+GitLab has several components to operate. As a system user (i.e. any user that is not the `git` user) it requires a persistent database (MySQL/PostreSQL) and redis database. It also uses Apache httpd or nginx to proxypass Unicorn. As the `git` user it starts Sidekiq and Unicorn (a simple ruby HTTP server running on port `8080` by default). Under the gitlab user there are normally 4 processes: `unicorn_rails master` (1 process), `unicorn_rails worker` (2 processes), `sidekiq` (1 process).
 
 ## Repository access
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index 7391773860e..c91dedf74c7 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -312,52 +312,6 @@ namespace :gitlab do
         fix_and_rerun
       end
     end
-
-    def check_python2_exists
-      print "Has python2? ... "
-
-      # Python prints its version to STDERR
-      # so we can't just use run("python2 --version")
-      if run_and_match("which python2", /python2$/)
-        puts "yes".green
-      else
-        puts "no".red
-        try_fixing_it(
-          "Make sure you have Python 2.5+ installed",
-          "Link it to python2"
-        )
-        for_more_information(
-          see_installation_guide_section "Packages / Dependencies"
-        )
-        fix_and_rerun
-      end
-    end
-
-    def check_python2_version
-      print "python2 is supported version? ... "
-
-      # Python prints its version to STDERR
-      # so we can't just use run("python2 --version")
-
-      unless run_and_match("which python2", /python2$/)
-        puts "can't check because of previous errors".magenta
-        return
-      end
-
-      if `python2 --version 2>&1` =~ /2\.[567]\.\d/
-        puts "yes".green
-      else
-        puts "no".red
-        try_fixing_it(
-          "Make sure you have Python 2.5+ installed",
-          "Link it to python2"
-        )
-        for_more_information(
-          see_installation_guide_section "Packages / Dependencies"
-        )
-        fix_and_rerun
-      end
-    end
   end