diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 51fa6582..67e846c1 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -5,16 +5,3 @@ require 'puppet-lint/tasks/puppet-lint'
 PuppetLint.configuration.fail_on_warnings = true
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_80chars')
 PuppetLint.configuration.ignore_paths = ["spec/**/*.pp", "pkg/**/*.pp"]
-
-desc "Validate manifests, templates, and ruby files"
-task :validate do
-  Dir['manifests/**/*.pp'].each do |manifest|
-    sh "puppet parser validate --noop #{manifest}"
-  end
-  Dir['spec/**/*.rb','lib/**/*.rb'].each do |ruby_file|
-    sh "ruby -c #{ruby_file}" unless ruby_file =~ /spec\/fixtures/
-  end
-  Dir['templates/**/*.erb'].each do |template|
-    sh "erb -P -x -T '-' #{template} | ruby -c"
-  end
-end