diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 68854cf..76e3539 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -33,18 +33,3 @@ desc "Run RSpec code examples"
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |t|
   t.pattern   = "./spec/**/*_spec.rb"
 end
-
-namespace :gem do
-  desc "Release to rubygems"
-  task :release do
-    require File.expand_path('lib/truncate_html/version', File.dirname(__FILE__))
-    version = TruncateHtml::VERSION
-    message = "Bump to version #{version}"
-    system "git tag -a -m '#{message}' v#{version}"
-    system "git push origin master"
-    system "git push origin $(git tag | tail -1)"
-    system "gem build truncate_html.gemspec"
-    system "gem push truncate_html-#{version}.gem"
-    system "rm truncate_html-#{version}.gem"
-  end
-end