diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 2fcda520bcd76276a590b6b9c32d110d0a55a469..02bce9ad6ae591feb58976f5b41edc242f768925 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -22,16 +22,12 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-import os.path
 import shutil
 
 from fabric.api import *
 from fabric.contrib.files import exists, upload_template
 
 
-execfile(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'rattail', '_version.py'))
-
-
 def get_overwrite(overwrite=None):
     """
     Obtain a canonical "overwrite" directive.
@@ -70,13 +66,6 @@ def release():
     shutil.rmtree('rattail.egg-info')
     local('python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar register upload')
 
-    filename = 'rattail-{0}.tar.gz'.format(__version__)
-
-    put(os.path.join('dist', filename), '/srv/pypi/{0}'.format(filename))
-    with cd('/srv/pypi'):
-        run('rm --recursive --force simple')
-        run('compoze index')
-
 
 @task
 def create_user(overwrite=None):