diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 50643863639ba0da5216dd2f74c904c649a4a2d5..10998f33248a3acc54b778010b30195652d5b1be 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 
-begin
-  require 'jeweler'
-  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
-    gem.name        = "rails-geocoder"
-    gem.summary     = %Q{Add geocoding functionality to Rails models.}
-    gem.description = %Q{Geocoder adds object geocoding and database-agnostic distance calculations to Ruby on Rails. It does not rely on proprietary database functions so finding geocoded objects in a given area is easily done using out-of-the-box MySQL or even SQLite.}
-    gem.email       = "alex@alexreisner.com"
-    gem.homepage    = "http://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder"
-    gem.authors     = ["Alex Reisner"]
-    # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for additional settings
-  end
-  Jeweler::GemcutterTasks.new
-rescue LoadError
-  puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: sudo gem install jeweler"
-end
-
 require 'rake/testtask'
 Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
   test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'