diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 98743d1..0000000
--- a/Capfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-load 'deploy'
-# Uncomment if you are using Rails' asset pipeline
-    # load 'deploy/assets'
-Dir['vendor/gems/*/recipes/*.rb','vendor/plugins/*/recipes/*.rb'].each { |plugin| load(plugin) }
-load 'config/deploy' # remove this line to skip loading any of the default tasks
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 474d879..eeb4e9d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ group :assets do
   gem 'handlebars_assets'
 end
 
-group :development do
-  gem 'capistrano'
-  gem 'rvm-capistrano'
-end
-
 group :test, :development do
   gem 'mysql2'
   gem 'rspec-rails'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index eaadc0d..6e29732 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ GEM
     awesome_print (0.4.0)
     builder (3.0.0)
     cane (1.3.0)
-    capistrano (2.11.2)
-      highline
-      net-scp (>= 1.0.0)
-      net-sftp (>= 2.0.0)
-      net-ssh (>= 2.0.14)
-      net-ssh-gateway (>= 1.1.0)
     capybara (1.1.2)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
       nokogiri (>= 1.3.3)
@@ -108,7 +102,6 @@ GEM
       sprockets (>= 2.0.3)
       tilt
     hashie (1.2.0)
-    highline (1.6.11)
     hike (1.2.1)
     i18n (0.6.0)
     jasmine (1.1.2)
@@ -142,11 +135,7 @@ GEM
     mysql2 (0.3.11)
     net-scp (1.0.4)
       net-ssh (>= 1.99.1)
-    net-sftp (2.0.5)
-      net-ssh (>= 2.0.9)
     net-ssh (2.3.0)
-    net-ssh-gateway (1.1.0)
-      net-ssh (>= 1.99.1)
     nokogiri (1.5.0)
     nokogiri (1.5.0-java)
     oauth (0.4.5)
@@ -212,8 +201,6 @@ GEM
       rspec (~> 2.8.0)
     ruby-hmac (0.4.0)
     rubyzip (0.9.5)
-    rvm-capistrano (1.1.0)
-      capistrano (>= 2.0.0)
     sass (3.1.15)
     sass-rails (3.2.4)
       railties (~> 3.2.0)
@@ -262,7 +249,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   airbrake
   awesome_print
   cane
-  capistrano
   capybara
   carrierwave
   coffee-rails
@@ -289,7 +275,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rake
   redcarpet
   rspec-rails
-  rvm-capistrano
   sass-rails
   simple_form
   simplecov
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e1eca2f..0000000
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-require "rvm/capistrano"
-require 'bundler/capistrano'
-require 'capistrano_colors'
-
-ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true
-
-set :application, "ascii.io"
-
-set :scm, :git
-set :repository, "git://github.com/sickill/ascii.io.git"
-set :branch, ENV["REV"] || ENV["REF"] || ENV["BRANCH"] || ENV["TAG"] || "master"
-
-set :domain, "ascii.io"
-role :web, domain
-role :app, domain
-role :db,  domain, :primary => true
-
-set :rails_env, "production"
-
-set :user, "asciiio"
-set :use_sudo, false
-set :deploy_to, "~/app"
-set :keep_releases, 3
-
-set :rvm_type, :system
-
-namespace :deploy do
-  task :start do ; end
-  task :stop do ; end
-  task :restart, :roles => :app, :except => { :no_release => true } do
-    run "#{try_sudo} touch #{File.join(current_path, 'tmp', 'restart.txt')}"
-  end
-
-  desc "Symlink shared files/directories"
-  task :symlink_shared, :roles => :app do
-    cmd = "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml"
-    cmd << " && ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/local.yml #{release_path}/config/local.yml"
-    run cmd
-  end
-
-  desc "Precompile assets"
-  task :assets_precompile do
-    run "cd #{release_path}; RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} bundle exec rake assets:precompile"
-  end
-end
-
-after 'deploy:update_code', 'deploy:symlink_shared'
-after 'deploy:update_code', 'deploy:assets_precompile'