diff --git a/railties/Rakefile b/railties/Rakefile
index f80426835376b397331357901a922ac6de90dc9e..4aa932faa2c54f5e786b74b129bd08e555484de7 100644
--- a/railties/Rakefile
+++ b/railties/Rakefile
@@ -154,13 +154,6 @@ task :copy_configs do
   cp "configs/database.yml", "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/config/database.yml"
   cp "configs/routes.rb", "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/config/routes.rb"
 
-  require 'erb'
-  File.open("#{PKG_DESTINATION}/config/deploy.rb", "w") do |file|
-    template = File.read("configs/deploy.rb")
-    destination_root = PKG_DESTINATION
-    file.write ERB.new(template).result(binding)
-  end
-
   cp "configs/apache.conf", "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/public/.htaccess"
 
   cp "environments/environment.rb", "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/config/environment.rb"