diff --git a/rakefile b/rakefile
index c62c87701e..9eaa4534f2 100644
--- a/rakefile
+++ b/rakefile
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ PACKAGE_REPO = "packages@gp.mitx.mit.edu:/opt/pkgrepo.incoming"
 
 NORMALIZED_DEPLOY_NAME = DEPLOY_NAME.downcase().gsub(/[_\/]/, '-')
 INSTALL_DIR_PATH = File.join(DEPLOY_DIR, NORMALIZED_DEPLOY_NAME)
-PIP_REPO_REQUIREMENTS = "#{INSTALL_DIR_PATH}/repo-requirements.txt"
 # Set up the clean and clobber tasks
 CLOBBER.include(BUILD_DIR, REPORT_DIR, 'cover*', '.coverage', 'test_root/*_repo', 'test_root/staticfiles')
 CLEAN.include("#{BUILD_DIR}/*.deb", "#{BUILD_DIR}/util")
@@ -193,36 +192,7 @@ task :package do
         afterremove.close()
         FileUtils.chmod(0755, afterremove.path)
 
-        postinstall = Tempfile.new('postinstall')
-        postinstall.write <<-POSTINSTALL.gsub(/^\s*/, '')
-        #! /bin/sh
-        set -e
-        set -x
-
-
-        service gunicorn stop || echo "Unable to stop gunicorn. Continuing"
-        rm -f #{LINK_PATH}
-        ln -s #{INSTALL_DIR_PATH} #{LINK_PATH}
-        chown makeitso:makeitso #{LINK_PATH}
-
-        # install python modules that are in the package
-        if [ -r #{PIP_REPO_REQUIREMENTS} ]; then
-            cd #{INSTALL_DIR_PATH}
-            pip install -r #{PIP_REPO_REQUIREMENTS}
-        fi
-
-        chown -R makeitso:makeitso #{INSTALL_DIR_PATH}
-
-        # Delete mako temp files
-        rm -rf /tmp/tmp*mako
-
-        service gunicorn start || echo "Unable to start gunicorn. Continuing"
-        POSTINSTALL
-        postinstall.close()
-        FileUtils.chmod(0755, postinstall.path)
-
         args = ["fakeroot", "fpm", "-s", "dir", "-t", "deb",
-            "--after-install=#{postinstall.path}",
             "--after-remove=#{afterremove.path}",
             "--prefix=#{INSTALL_DIR_PATH}",
             "--exclude=**/build/**",