diff --git a/collect_static_resources b/collect_static_resources
deleted file mode 100755
index 34a98715ab..0000000000
--- a/collect_static_resources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-cd $(dirname $0) && django-admin.py collectstatic --noinput --settings=envs.aws --pythonpath=.
diff --git a/rakefile b/rakefile
index a3d742cef1..061442cbba 100644
--- a/rakefile
+++ b/rakefile
@@ -115,15 +115,12 @@ task :package do
         set -x
 
         chown -R makeitso:makeitso #{INSTALL_DIR_PATH}
-        chmod +x #{INSTALL_DIR_PATH}/collect_static_resources
 
         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}
 
-        /opt/wwc/mitx/collect_static_resources
-
         # Delete mako temp files
         rm -rf /tmp/tmp*mako