diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 4d9e80eb9da0dedebd367bdb4349cf2c58991199..4e56da5ab3fd023743c6d402476b6750e886dfef 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ desc "Publish API docs for Rails as a whole and for each component"
 task :pdoc => :rdoc do
   require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
   Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("rails@api.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/api", "doc/rdoc").upload
-  PROJECTS.each do |project|
-    system %(cd #{project} && #{$0} pdoc)
-  end
 end
 
 task :update_versions do
diff --git a/actionmailer/Rakefile b/actionmailer/Rakefile
index ce5f7a36d9f9558f395653f3f13450896bf19fe3..a47426bd0742a484fb1bebc0470977728f4922c1 100644
--- a/actionmailer/Rakefile
+++ b/actionmailer/Rakefile
@@ -50,9 +50,3 @@ task :release => :package do
   Rake::Gemcutter::Tasks.new(spec).define
   Rake::Task['gem:push'].invoke
 end
-
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("rails@api.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/am", "doc").upload
-end
diff --git a/activerecord/Rakefile b/activerecord/Rakefile
index 66ebb6344c892db4a43607d33d2a50b3a574ec0d..36cd7e3e6c85289ec5978aea5c4a0c20522fa585 100644
--- a/activerecord/Rakefile
+++ b/activerecord/Rakefile
@@ -224,9 +224,3 @@ task :release => :package do
   Rake::Gemcutter::Tasks.new(spec).define
   Rake::Task['gem:push'].invoke
 end
-
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("rails@api.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/ar", "doc").upload
-end
diff --git a/activeresource/Rakefile b/activeresource/Rakefile
index 63444be1d0892d964fb18c027a1d9f8eaaaeedc8..2145f1017ca3b85aafdb54004aa8491f1fd31ea6 100644
--- a/activeresource/Rakefile
+++ b/activeresource/Rakefile
@@ -80,9 +80,3 @@ task :release => :package do
   Rake::Gemcutter::Tasks.new(spec).define
   Rake::Task['gem:push'].invoke
 end
-
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("rails@api.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/ar", "doc").upload
-end
diff --git a/activesupport/Rakefile b/activesupport/Rakefile
index 28426f94ea20ef83e68e0400d94565e91b499afe..8e2683ef89ae4b61f2cd928806f7c119cecb8afa 100644
--- a/activesupport/Rakefile
+++ b/activesupport/Rakefile
@@ -45,9 +45,3 @@ task :release => :package do
   Rake::Gemcutter::Tasks.new(spec).define
   Rake::Task['gem:push'].invoke
 end
-
-desc "Publish the API documentation"
-task :pdoc => [:rdoc] do
-  require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
-  Rake::SshDirPublisher.new("rails@api.rubyonrails.org", "public_html/as", "doc").upload
-end