diff --git a/config/deploy/staging.rb b/config/deploy/staging.rb
index 5925388ee..ce4f8979f 100644
--- a/config/deploy/staging.rb
+++ b/config/deploy/staging.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 set :stage, :staging
 set :branch, "devise_fix"
 
-server 'new-web.pp-staging.linode.protectedplanet.net', user: 'wcmc', roles: %w{app db web}
-
+server 'new-web.pp-staging.linode.protectedplanet.net', roles: %w{web app db}
 
 set :application, "protectedplanet"
 set :server_name, "protectedplanet"
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/tasks/deploy.rake b/lib/capistrano/tasks/deploy.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 1590f9501..000000000
--- a/lib/capistrano/tasks/deploy.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-namespace :deploy do
-  desc 'Restart sidekiq'
-  task :restart do
-    on roles(:util) do
-      execute 'sudo service sidekiq stop'
-      execute 'sudo service sidekiq start'
-    end
-  end
-  after :publishing, :restart
-
-  after :restart, :clear_cache do
-    on roles(:web), in: :groups, limit: 3, wait: 10 do
-      within release_path do
-        with :rails_env => fetch(:stage) do
-          execute :rake, 'cache:clear'
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-namespace :maintenance do
-  desc 'Turn on maintenance mode'
-  task :on do
-    on roles(:web), in: :sequence, wait: 5 do
-      within current_path do
-        with :rails_env => fetch(:stage) do
-          execute :rake, 'maintenance:start allowed_paths="/admin/maintenance"'
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc 'Turn off maintenance mode'
-  task :off do
-    on roles(:web), in: :sequence, wait: 5 do
-      within current_path do
-        with :rails_env => fetch(:stage) do
-          execute :rake, 'maintenance:end'
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-namespace :git do
-  desc 'Copy repo to releases'
-  task create_release: :'git:update' do
-    on roles([:web, :util]) do
-      with fetch(:git_environmental_variables) do
-        within repo_path do
-          execute :git, :clone, '-b', fetch(:branch), '--recursive', '.', release_path
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end