diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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index 8befcfe..0000000
--- a/Rakefile
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@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-desc "Copy the vim/doc files into ~/.vim"
-task :deploy_local do
-  run "cp plugin/NERD_tree.vim ~/.vim/plugin"
-  run "cp doc/NERD_tree.txt ~/.vim/doc"
-end
-
-
-desc "Create a zip archive for release to vim.org"
-task :zip do
-  abort "NERD_tree.zip already exists, aborting" if File.exist?("NERD_tree.zip")
-  run "zip NERD_tree.zip plugin/NERD_tree.vim doc/NERD_tree.txt"
-end
-
-def run(cmd)
-  puts "Executing: #{cmd}"
-  system cmd
-end
-