diff --git a/lib/tasks/accounts.rake b/lib/tasks/accounts.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index fb79a27302b9a609377d4656cfaaefcde0b42b70..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/tasks/accounts.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-namespace :accounts do
-  desc "Run deletions"
-  task :run_deletions => :environment do
-    if ::AccountDeletion.uncompleted.count > 0
-      puts "Running account deletions.."
-      ::AccountDeletion.uncompleted.find_each do |account_delete|
-        account_delete.perform!
-      end
-      puts "OK."
-    else
-      puts "No acccount deletions to run."
-    end
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index d91a6123b5197ddbf54a9e85f2d276dd38a7fbbc..defd67ce70253b61aa1bb09ba80373f446c74875 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -3,92 +3,15 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 namespace :db do
-  desc "rebuild and prepare test db"
-  task :rebuild  do
-    Rake::Task['db:drop'].invoke
-    Rake::Task['db:drop_integration'].invoke
-    Rake::Task['db:create'].invoke
-    Rake::Task['db:migrate'].invoke
-    puts "seeding users, this will take awhile"
-    `rake db:seed` #ghetto hax as we have active record garbage in our models
-    puts "seeded!"
-    Rake::Task['db:test:prepare'].invoke
-  end
-
-  namespace :integration do
-    # desc 'Check for pending migrations and load the integration schema'
-    task :prepare => :environment do
-      abcs = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations
-      envs = abcs.keys.select{ |k| k.include?("integration") }
-      puts envs.inspect
-      envs.each_with_index do |env, i|
-        Rails.env = env
-        Rake::Task.tasks.each{ |task| task.reenable }
-
-        print "\n\n## preparing database for #{env}... "
-        puts (i == 0) ? "(go get yourself a coffee)" : "(time for another coffee)"
-
-        # do drop, schema:load_if_ruby, structure:load_if_sql, seed
-        Rake::Task['db:drop'].invoke
-        Rake::Task['db:setup'].invoke
-
-        puts "db #{ActiveRecord::Base.connection.current_database} done"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc 'Delete the collections in the current RAILS_ENV database'
+  desc "Reset the current RAILS_ENV database and delete the upload-folder"
   task :purge do
-    require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'config', 'environment')
+    require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "config", "environment")
 
     puts "Purging the database for #{Rails.env}..."
 
-    Rake::Task['db:rebuild'].invoke
-
-   puts 'Deleting tmp folder...'
-   `rm -rf #{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../public/uploads/*`
-  end
-
-  desc 'Purge and seed the current RAILS_ENV database using information from db/seeds.rb'
-  task :reset do
-    puts "Resetting the database for #{Rails.env}".upcase
-    Rake::Task['db:purge'].invoke
-    Rake::Task['db:seed'].invoke
-    puts "Success!"
-  end
-
-  task :drop_integration do
-    ActiveRecord::Base.configurations.keys.select{ |k|
-      k.include?("integration")
-    }.each{ |k|
-      drop_database ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[k] rescue Mysql2::Error
-    }
-  end
-
-  task :fix_diaspora_handle do
-    puts "fixing the people in this seed"
-    require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'config', 'environment')
-    Person.where(:url => 'example.org').all.each{|person|
-      if person.owner
-        person.url = AppConfig.pod_uri.to_s
-        person.diaspora_handle = person.owner.diaspora_handle
-        person.save
-      end
-    }
-    puts "everything should be peachy"
-  end
+    Rake::Task["db:reset"].invoke
 
-  task :move_private_key do
-    require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'config', 'environment')
-    User.all.each do |user|
-      if user.serialized_private_key.nil?
-        user.serialized_private_key = user.person.serialized_key
-        user.save
-        person = user.person
-        person.serialized_key = nil
-        person.serialized_public_key = user.encryption_key.public_key.to_s
-        person.save
-      end
-    end
+    puts "Deleting tmp folder..."
+    `rm -rf #{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../public/uploads/*`
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/maintenance.rake b/lib/tasks/maintenance.rake
index 746a773f5c4b25e739130061f067bbdea4c79ba3..042d78b58638ff8be79f9b232787d66a2a16444b 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/maintenance.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/maintenance.rake
@@ -3,40 +3,6 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 namespace :maintenance do
-  APP_ROOT = File.expand_path( File.join( File.dirname( __FILE__ ), '..', '..') )
-  desc "Clear CarrierWave temp uploads"
-  task :clear_carrierwave_temp_uploads do
-    filename = File.join( APP_ROOT, 'tmp', 'uploads', '*')
-    today_string = Time.now.strftime( '%Y%m%d' )
-    Dir.glob( filename ) do |file|
-      unless file.include?( today_string )
-        FileUtils.rm_rf( file )
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc "Rotate Diaspora logs"
-  task :install_logrotate_config do
-    logrotate_conf = <<-RUBY
-#{APP_ROOT}/logs/production.log {
-  daily
-  missingok
-  rotate 8
-  compress
-  delaycompress
-  notifempty
-  copytruncate
-}
-RUBY
-    begin
-      File.open('/etc/logrotate.d/diaspora') do |fin|
-        fin.write logrotate_conf
-      end
-    rescue
-      puts "Could not install logrotate configs. Perhaps you should try running this task as root and ensuring logrotate is installed:\n#{logrotate_conf}"
-    end
-  end
-  
   desc "Queue users for removal"
   task :queue_users_for_removal => :environment do
     # Queue users for removal due to inactivity
diff --git a/lib/tasks/migrations.rake b/lib/tasks/migrations.rake
index 0ad1291d402ddd467621389d31a109adec3b6e57..45703ed5694d14f077901d8ad047e29685775ee3 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/migrations.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/migrations.rake
@@ -3,50 +3,6 @@
 # the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 namespace :migrations do
-
-  desc 'copy all hidden share visibilities from share_visibilities to users. Can be run with the site still up.'
-  task :copy_hidden_share_visibilities_to_users => [:environment] do
-    require Rails.root.join('lib', 'share_visibility_converter')
-    ShareVisibilityConverter.copy_hidden_share_visibilities_to_users
-  end
-
-  desc 'puts out information about old invited users'
-  task :invitations => [:environment] do
-    puts "email, invitation_token, :invited_by_id, :invitation_identifier"
-    User.where('username is NULL').select([:id, :email, :invitation_token, :invited_by_id, :invitation_identifier]).find_in_batches do |users|
-      users.each{|x| puts "#{x.email}, #{x.invitation_token}, #{x.invited_by_id}, #{x.invitation_identifier}" }
-    end
-    puts "done"
-  end
-
-  desc 'absolutify all existing image references'
-  task :absolutify_image_references do
-    require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'config', 'environment')
-
-    Photo.all.each do |photo|
-      unless photo.remote_photo_path
-        # extract root
-        #
-        pod = URI::parse(photo.person.url)
-        pod_url = "#{pod.scheme}://#{pod.host}"
-
-        if photo.image.url
-          remote_path = "#{photo.image.url}"
-        else
-          puts pod_url
-          remote_path = "#{pod_url}#{photo.remote_photo_path}/#{photo.remote_photo_name}"
-        end
-
-        # get path/filename
-        name_start = remote_path.rindex '/'
-        photo.remote_photo_path = "#{remote_path.slice(0, name_start)}/"
-        photo.remote_photo_name = remote_path.slice(name_start + 1, remote_path.length)
-
-        photo.save!
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   task :upload_photos_to_s3 do
     require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'config', 'environment')
     puts AppConfig.environment.s3.key
@@ -72,60 +28,6 @@ namespace :migrations do
         end
       end
     }
-
-  end
-
-  # removes hashtags with uppercase letters and re-attaches
-  # the posts to the lowercase version
-  task :rewire_uppercase_hashtags => :environment do
-    evil_tags = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.where("lower(name) != name")
-    puts "found #{evil_tags.count} tags to convert..."
-
-    evil_tags.each_with_index do |tag, i|
-      good_tag = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.first_or_create_by(name: tag.name.mb_chars.downcase)
-      puts "++ '#{tag.name}' has #{tag.taggings.count} records attached"
-
-      taggings = tag.taggings
-      deleteme = []
-
-      taggings.each do |tagging|
-        if good_tag.taggings.where(:taggable_id => tagging.taggable_id).count > 0
-          # the same taggable is already tagged with the correct tag
-          # just delete the obsolete tagging it
-          deleteme << tagging
-          next
-        end
-
-        # the tagging exists only for the wrong tag, move it to the 'good tag'
-        good_tag.taggings << tagging
-      end
-
-      deleteme.each do |tagging|
-        tagging.destroy
-      end
-
-      rest = tag.taggings(true) # force reload
-      if rest.count > 0
-        puts "-- the tag #{tag.name} still has some taggings - aborting!"
-        break
-      end
-
-      # no more taggings left, delete the tag
-      tag.destroy
-
-      puts "-- converted '#{tag.name}' to '#{good_tag.name}'"
-      puts "\n## #{i+1} tags processed\n\n" if ((i+1) % 50 == 0)
-    end
-  end
-
-  task :remove_uppercase_hashtags => :environment do
-    evil_tags = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.where("lower(name) != name")
-    evil_tags.each do |tag|
-      next if tag.taggings.count > 0 # non-ascii tags
-
-      puts "removing '#{tag.name}'..."
-      tag.destroy
-    end
   end
 
   CURRENT_QUEUES = %w(urgent high medium low default).freeze