diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 875a5c1757..b99a22b64e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
-gem 'rake', '~> 10.0.3'
 gem 'sass', '3.3.5'
 gem 'bourbon', '~> 4.0.2'
 gem 'neat', '~> 1.6.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e106520ea6..2d8e77cb9f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ GEM
     neat (1.6.0)
       bourbon (>= 3.1)
       sass (>= 3.3)
-    rake (10.0.4)
     rb-fsevent (0.9.3)
     rb-inotify (0.9.2)
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   dalli (~> 2.6.4)
   launchy (~> 2.1.2)
   neat (~> 1.6.0)
-  rake (~> 10.0.3)
   rb-fsevent (~> 0.9.3)
   rb-inotify (~> 0.9)
   sass (= 3.3.5)
diff --git a/cms/envs/acceptance.py b/cms/envs/acceptance.py
index e1b19d626d..7264394877 100644
--- a/cms/envs/acceptance.py
+++ b/cms/envs/acceptance.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ CONTENTSTORE = {
     }
 }
 
-# Set this up so that rake lms[acceptance] and running the
+# Set this up so that 'paver cms --settings=acceptance' and running the
 # harvest command both use the same (test) database
 # which they can flush without messing up your dev db
 DATABASES = {
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/__init__.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/__init__.py
index 824652fcf1..4cf6043282 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ unittests for xmodule
 
 Run like this:
 
-    rake test_common/lib/xmodule
+    paver test_lib -l common/lib/xmodule
 
 """
 
diff --git a/docs/en_us/developers/source/public_sandboxes.rst b/docs/en_us/developers/source/public_sandboxes.rst
index 40e87154eb..95b8a16668 100644
--- a/docs/en_us/developers/source/public_sandboxes.rst
+++ b/docs/en_us/developers/source/public_sandboxes.rst
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Caveats and Warnings
 
    Next, run the commands::
 
-     rake i18n:generate
+     paver i18n_generate
      python i18n/verify.py
 
    This will generate reports of broken translations in your language. This will not, however,
diff --git a/docs/en_us/developers/source/testing/code-coverage.rst b/docs/en_us/developers/source/testing/code-coverage.rst
index 7f3f88e7a7..a0e3c8d295 100644
--- a/docs/en_us/developers/source/testing/code-coverage.rst
+++ b/docs/en_us/developers/source/testing/code-coverage.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ we can ensure that pull requests have a very high percentage of test coverage
 To check the coverage of your pull request, just go to the top level of the
 edx-platform codebase and run::
 
-    $ rake coverage
+    $ paver coverage
 
 This will print a coverage report for your branch. We aim for
 a coverage report score of 95% or higher. We also encourage you to write
diff --git a/docs/en_us/developers/source/testing/code-quality.rst b/docs/en_us/developers/source/testing/code-quality.rst
index d1b4a044ab..b8ccc0f943 100644
--- a/docs/en_us/developers/source/testing/code-quality.rst
+++ b/docs/en_us/developers/source/testing/code-quality.rst
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ edx-platform codebase and run::
 
     $ paver run_quality
 
-Note: The rake commands ``rake quality``, ``rake pep8``, and ``rake pylint`` are now deprecated
-to ``paver run_quality``, ``paver run_pep8``, and ``paver run_pylint`` respectively.
+You can also use the `paver run_pep8`` and ``paver run_pylint`` commands to run just pep8 or
+pylint.
 
 This will print a report of the quality violations that your branch has made.
 
diff --git a/docs/en_us/install_operations/source/devstack/run_devstack.rst b/docs/en_us/install_operations/source/devstack/run_devstack.rst
index cacbc31ade..af54cada6a 100644
--- a/docs/en_us/install_operations/source/devstack/run_devstack.rst
+++ b/docs/en_us/install_operations/source/devstack/run_devstack.rst
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ Connect to the Devstack Virtual Machine
     sudo su edxapp
 
    This command loads the edxapp environment from the file
-   ``/edx/app/edxapp/edxapp_env``. This puts ``venv python``, ``rbenv ruby`` and
-   ``rake`` are in your search path.
+   ``/edx/app/edxapp/edxapp_env``. This puts ``venv python`` and ``rbenv ruby``
+   in your search path.
 
    This command also sets the current working directory to the edx-platform
    repository (``/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform``).
diff --git a/docs/en_us/internal/development.md b/docs/en_us/internal/development.md
index def1e31c17..600f4e1a59 100644
--- a/docs/en_us/internal/development.md
+++ b/docs/en_us/internal/development.md
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Ruby
 
-To install all of the libraries needed for our rake commands, run `bundle install`.
+To install all of the required ruby libraries, run `bundle install`.
 This will read the `Gemfile` and install all of the gems specified there.
-Note: Rake has been deprecated to the Python Paver. This is only needed until rake is fully deprecated
 
 ### Python
 
diff --git a/docs/en_us/internal/testing.md b/docs/en_us/internal/testing.md
index 1ae91bdccd..6d2de35303 100644
--- a/docs/en_us/internal/testing.md
+++ b/docs/en_us/internal/testing.md
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ To run JavaScript tests in your default browser:
     paver test_js_dev -s common
 
 
-These rake commands call through to a custom test runner.  For more info, see [js-test-tool](https://github.com/edx/js-test-tool).
+These paver commands call through to a custom test runner.  For more info, see [js-test-tool](https://github.com/edx/js-test-tool).
 
 
 ### Running Bok Choy Acceptance Tests
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ installed to run the tests in Chrome.  The tests are confirmed to run
 with Chrome (not Chromium) version 34.0.1847.116 with ChromeDriver version 2.6.232917.
 
 To run all the acceptance tests:
-    rake test:acceptance
+    paver test_acceptance
 
 To run only for lms or cms:
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ To start the debugger on failure, add the `--pdb` option to extra_args:
 To run tests faster by not collecting static files, you can use
 `paver test_acceptance -s lms --fasttest` and `paver test_acceptance -s cms --fasttest`.
 
-Acceptance tests will run on a randomized port and can be run in the background of rake cms and lms or unit tests.
+Acceptance tests will run on a randomized port and can be run in the background of paver cms and lms or unit tests.
 To specify the port, change the LETTUCE_SERVER_PORT constant in cms/envs/acceptance.py and lms/envs/acceptance.py
 as well as the port listed in cms/djangoapps/contentstore/feature/upload.py
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/acceptance.py b/lms/envs/acceptance.py
index 7e96d5b2df..7494861fb9 100644
--- a/lms/envs/acceptance.py
+++ b/lms/envs/acceptance.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ CONTENTSTORE = {
     }
 }
 
-# Set this up so that rake lms[acceptance] and running the
+# Set this up so that 'paver lms --settings=acceptance' and running the
 # harvest command both use the same (test) database
 # which they can flush without messing up your dev db
 DATABASES = {
diff --git a/rakefile b/rakefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cf442bca9..0000000000
--- a/rakefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-begin
-    require 'json'
-    require 'rake/clean'
-    require './rakelib/helpers.rb'
-rescue LoadError => error
-    puts "Import failed (#{error})"
-    puts "Please run `bundle install` to bootstrap ruby dependencies"
-    exit 1
-end
-
-# Build Constants
-REPO_ROOT = File.dirname(__FILE__)
-ENV_ROOT = File.dirname(REPO_ROOT)
-REPORT_DIR = File.join(REPO_ROOT, "reports")
-
-# Environment constants
-SERVICE_VARIANT = ENV['SERVICE_VARIANT']
-CONFIG_PREFIX = SERVICE_VARIANT ? SERVICE_VARIANT + "." : ""
-ENV_FILE = File.join(ENV_ROOT, CONFIG_PREFIX + "env.json")
-ENV_TOKENS = File.exists?(ENV_FILE) ? JSON.parse(File.read(ENV_FILE)) : {}
-
-task :default => [:test, :pep8, :pylint]
diff --git a/rakelib/acceptance_test_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/acceptance_test_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b4251fb45..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/acceptance_test_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# acceptance test tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by,  *args)
-
-    task deprecated, [:harvest_args] do |t,args|
-
-        # Need to install paver dependencies for the commands to work!
-        sh("pip install -r requirements/edx/paver.txt")
-
-        args.with_defaults(:harvest_args => nil)
-        new_cmd = deprecated_by
-
-        if !args.harvest_args.nil?
-            new_cmd = "#{new_cmd} --extra_args='#{args.harvest_args}'"
-        end
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Use #{new_cmd} instead.".red)
-        sh(new_cmd)
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated("test:acceptance", "paver test_acceptance")
-deprecated("test:acceptance:cms", "paver test_acceptance -s cms")
-deprecated("test:acceptance:cms:fast", "paver test_acceptance -s cms --fasttest")
-deprecated("test:acceptance:lms", "paver test_acceptance -s lms")
-deprecated("test:acceptance:lms:fast", "paver test_acceptance -s lms --fasttest")
diff --git a/rakelib/assets_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/assets_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index f7bb955eee..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/assets_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# assets tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by,  *args)
-
-    task deprecated, [:system, :env] do |t,args|
-
-        # Need to install paver dependencies for the commands to work!
-        sh("pip install -r requirements/edx/paver.txt")
-
-        args.with_defaults(:system => "lms", :env => "dev")
-
-        if deprecated_by.nil?
-            puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated.".red)
-
-        else
-            if deprecated.include? "gather_assets"
-                new_cmd = deprecated_by
-            else
-                new_cmd = deprecated_by + " #{args.system} --settings=#{args.env}"
-            end
-
-            puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Use #{new_cmd} instead.".red)
-            sh(new_cmd)
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated("assets:coffee", "paver update_assets --skip-collect")
-deprecated("assets:coffee:clobber", nil)
-deprecated("assets:coffee:debug", "paver update_assets --debug")
-deprecated("assets:coffee:watch", "paver update_assets")
-
-deprecated("assets:sass", "paver update_assets")
-deprecated("assets:sass:debug", "paver update_assets --debug")
-deprecated("assets:sass:watch", "paver update_assets")
-
-deprecated("assets:xmodule", "paver update_assets")
-deprecated("assets:xmodule:debug", "paver update_assets --debug")
-deprecated("assets:xmodule:watch", "paver update_assets")
-
-deprecated("assets:debug", "paver update_assets --debug")
-deprecated("assets:watch", "paver update_assets")
-
-deprecated("assets", "paver update_assets")
-
-[:lms, :cms].each do |system|
-
-    deprecated("#{system}:gather_assets", "paver update_assets #{system}")
-    environments(system).each do |env|
-      deprecated("#{system}:gather_assets:#{env}", "paver update_assets #{system} --settings=#{env}")
-    end
-end
-
diff --git a/rakelib/bok_choy_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/bok_choy_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index b0fbb25c62..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/bok_choy_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# test tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by, *args)
-
-    task deprecated, [:test_spec] do |t,args|
-
-        args.with_defaults(:test_spec => nil)
-
-        new_cmd = "#{deprecated_by}"
-
-        if !args.test_spec.nil?
-            new_cmd = "#{new_cmd} -t #{args.test_spec}"
-        end
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Using #{new_cmd} instead.".red)
-        sh(new_cmd)
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated('test:bok_choy', 'paver test_bokchoy')
-deprecated('test:bok_choy:coverage', 'paver bokchoy_coverage')
-deprecated('test:bok_choy:fast', 'paver test_bokchoy --fasttest')
-deprecated('test:bok_choy:setup', 'paver test_bokchoy')
diff --git a/rakelib/deprecated.rake b/rakelib/deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index fc7d67e43c..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by, *args)
-    task deprecated do
-        if args.length > 0 then
-            args_str = args.join(',')
-            new_cmd = "#{deprecated_by}[#{args_str}]"
-        else
-            new_cmd = deprecated_by
-        end
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Use #{new_cmd} instead. Waiting 5 seconds...".red)
-        sleep(5)
-        Rake::Task[deprecated_by].invoke(*args)
-    end
-end
-
-[:lms, :cms].each do |system|
-    deprecated("browse_jasmine_#{system}", "test:js:dev", system)
-    deprecated("phantomjs_jasmine_#{system}", "test:js:run", system)
-    deprecated("jasmine:#{system}", "test:js:run", system)
-    deprecated("jasmine:#{system}:browser", "test:js:dev", system)
-    deprecated("jasmine:#{system}:browser:watch", "test:js:dev", system)
-    deprecated("jasmine:#{system}:phantomjs", "test:js:run", system)
-    deprecated("#{system}:check_settings:jasmine", "")
-    deprecated("#{system}:gather_assets:jasmine", "")
-    deprecated("test_acceptance_#{system}", "test:acceptance:#{system}")
-    deprecated("fasttest_acceptance_#{system}", "test:acceptance:#{system}:fast")
-end
-
-Dir["common/lib/*"].select{|lib| File.directory?(lib)}.each do |lib|
-
-    if lib == 'common/lib/xmodule' then
-        deprecated("browse_jasmine_#{lib}", "test:js:dev", "xmodule")
-        deprecated("phantomjs_jasmine_#{lib}", "test:js:run", "xmodule")
-    else
-        deprecated("browse_jasmine_#{lib}", "test:js:dev")
-        deprecated("phantomjs_jasmine_#{lib}", "test:js:run")
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated("browse_jasmine_discussion", "test:js:dev", "common")
-deprecated("phantomjs_jasmine_discussion", "test:js:run", "common")
-deprecated("jasmine:common/lib/xmodule", "test:js:run", "xmodule")
-deprecated("jasmine:common/lib/xmodule:browser", "test:js:dev", "xmodule")
-deprecated("jasmine:common/lib/xmodule:phantomjs", "test:js:run", "xmodule")
-deprecated("jasmine:common/static/coffee", "test:js:run", "common")
-deprecated("jasmine:common/static/coffee:browser", "test:js:dev", "common")
-deprecated("jasmine:common/static/coffee:phantomjs", "test:js:run", "common")
-
-deprecated("jasmine", "test:js")
-deprecated("jasmine:phantomjs", "test:js:run")
-deprecated("jasmine:browser", "test:js:dev")
-deprecated("test_acceptance", "test:acceptance")
diff --git a/rakelib/devstack_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/devstack_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 34c506de86..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/devstack_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# devstack tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by,  *args)
-
-    task deprecated, [:system] do |t,args|
-
-        # Need to install paver dependencies for the commands to work!
-        sh("pip install -r requirements/edx/paver.txt")
-
-        args.with_defaults(:system => 'lms')
-        deprecated_by = "#{deprecated_by} #{args.system}"
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Use #{deprecated_by} instead. Waiting 5 seconds...".red)
-        sleep(5)
-        sh(deprecated_by)
-        exit
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated("devstack:start", "paver devstack --fast")
-deprecated("devstack:assets", "paver update_assets --settings=devstack")
-deprecated("devstack:install", "paver install_prereqs")
-deprecated("devstack", "paver devstack")
diff --git a/rakelib/django_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/django_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 45f73bd689..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/django_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# django assets tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by)
-
-    task deprecated, [:arg1, :arg2, :arg3, :arg4] do |t,args|
-
-        # Need to install paver dependencies for the commands to work!
-        sh("pip install -r requirements/edx/paver.txt")
-
-        if deprecated == "cms" or deprecated == "lms"
-            args.with_defaults(:arg1 => "dev", :arg2 => "")
-            port = args.arg2 == "" ? "" : "--port=#{args.arg2}"
-            new_cmd = deprecated_by + " --settings=#{args.arg1} #{port}"
-        else
-            new_cmd = deprecated_by
-        end
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Use #{new_cmd} instead. Waiting 5 seconds...".red)
-        sleep(5)
-        sh(new_cmd)
-        exit
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated('lms','paver lms')
-deprecated('fastlms', 'paver lms --fast')
-
-deprecated('cms','paver studio')
-deprecated('fastcms', 'paver studio --fast')
-
-deprecated('cms:clone', 'python manage.py cms -h')
-deprecated('cms:delete_course', 'python manage.py cms -h')
-deprecated('cms:export', 'python manage.py cms -h')
-deprecated('cms:import', 'python manage.py cms -h')
-deprecated('cms:xlint', 'python manage.py cms -h')
-deprecated('set_staff', 'python manage.py cms -h')
-
-deprecated("django-admin", "python manage.py -h")
-deprecated("resetdb", "paver update_db")
-
-
-[:lms, :cms].each do |system|
-
-    deprecated("#{system}:resetdb", "paver update_db")
-    deprecated("#{system}_worker", "paver celery")
-
-    environments(system).each do |env|
-      deprecated("#{system}:resetdb:#{env}", "paver update_db")
-      deprecated("#{system}:#{env}", "paver #{system} --settings=#{env}")
-      deprecated("#{system}:check_settings:#{env}", "paver check_settings #{system} #{env}")
-    end
-
-end
diff --git a/rakelib/docs_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/docs_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index bc4bf0dda5..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/docs_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# doc tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by)
-
-     task deprecated, [:type, :quiet] do |t,args|
-
-        # Need to install paver dependencies for the commands to work!
-        sh("pip install -r requirements/edx/paver.txt")
-
-        args.with_defaults(:quiet => "quiet")
-        new_cmd = [deprecated_by]
-
-        if args.quiet == 'verbose' and deprecated == 'builddocs'
-            new_cmd << '--verbose'
-        end
-
-        if not args.type.nil?
-            new_cmd << "--type=#{args.type}"
-        end
-
-        new_cmd = new_cmd.join(" ")
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Use \"#{new_cmd}\" instead. Waiting 5 seconds...".red)
-        sleep(5)
-        sh(new_cmd)
-    end
-
-end
-
-
-deprecated('builddocs','paver build_docs')
-deprecated('showdocs','paver build_docs')
-deprecated('doc','paver build_docs')
diff --git a/rakelib/helpers.rb b/rakelib/helpers.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b73238251..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/helpers.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-require 'digest/md5'
-require 'sys/proctable'
-require 'colorize'
-require 'timeout'
-require 'net/http'
-
-def django_admin(system, env, command, *args)
-    return "./manage.py #{system} --settings #{env} #{command} --traceback #{args.join(' ')}"
-end
-
-def report_dir_path(dir)
-    return File.join(REPORT_DIR, dir.to_s)
-end
-
-def compute_fingerprint(files, dirs)
-    digest = Digest::MD5.new()
-
-    # Digest the contents of all the files.
-    Dir[*files].select{|file| File.file?(file)}.each do |file|
-        digest.file(file)
-    end
-
-    # Digest the names of the files in all the dirs.
-    dirs.each do |dir|
-        file_names = Dir.entries(dir).sort.join(" ")
-        digest.update(file_names)
-    end
-
-    digest.hexdigest
-end
-
-# Hash the contents of all the files, and the names of files in the dirs.
-# Run the block if they've changed.
-def when_changed(unchanged_message, files, dirs=[])
-    Rake::Task[PREREQS_MD5_DIR].invoke
-    cache_file = File.join(PREREQS_MD5_DIR, files[0].gsub(/\W+/, '-').sub(/-+$/, '')) + '.md5'
-    if !File.exists?(cache_file) or compute_fingerprint(files, dirs) != File.read(cache_file)
-        yield
-        File.write(cache_file, compute_fingerprint(files, dirs))
-    elsif !unchanged_message.empty?
-        puts unchanged_message
-    end
-end
-
-# Runs Process.spawn, and kills the process at the end of the rake process
-# Expects the same arguments as Process.spawn
-def background_process(command, logfile=nil)
-    spawn_opts = {:pgroup => true}
-    if !logfile.nil?
-        puts "Running '#{command.join(' ')}', redirecting output to #{logfile}"
-        spawn_opts[[:err, :out]] = [logfile, 'a']
-    end
-    pid = Process.spawn({}, *command, spawn_opts)
-    command = [*command]
-
-    at_exit do
-        pgid = Process.getpgid(pid)
-        begin
-            Timeout.timeout(5) do
-                Process.kill(:SIGINT, -pgid)
-                Process.wait(-pgid)
-            end
-        rescue Timeout::Error
-            begin
-                Timeout.timeout(5) do
-                    Process.kill(:SIGTERM, -pgid)
-                    Process.wait(-pgid)
-                end
-            rescue Timeout::Error
-                Process.kill(:SIGKILL, -pgid)
-                Process.wait(-pgid)
-            end
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-# Runs a command as a background process, as long as no other processes
-# tagged with the same tag are running
-def singleton_process(command, logfile=nil)
-    command = [*command]
-    if Sys::ProcTable.ps.select {|proc| proc.cmdline.include?(command.join(' '))}.empty?
-        background_process(command, logfile)
-    else
-        puts "Process '#{command.join(' ')} already running, skipping".blue
-    end
-end
-
-# Wait for a server to respond with status 200 at "/"
-def wait_for_server(server, port)
-    attempts = 0
-    begin
-        http = Net::HTTP.start(server, port, {open_timeout: 10, read_timeout: 10})
-        response = http.head("/")
-        response.code == "200"
-        true
-    rescue
-        sleep(1)
-        attempts += 1
-        if attempts < 20
-            retry
-        else
-            false
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-def environments(system)
-    Dir["#{system}/envs/**/*.py"].select{|file| ! (/__init__.py$/ =~ file)}.map do |env_file|
-        env_file.gsub("#{system}/envs/", '').gsub(/\.py/, '').gsub('/', '.')
-    end
-end
-
-
-$failed_tests = []
-
-# Run sh on args. If TESTS_FAIL_FAST is set, then stop on the first shell failure.
-# Otherwise, a final task will be added that will fail if any tests have failed
-def test_sh(name, *args)
-    puts("\n=======================================".green)
-    puts("Running #{name} tests".green)
-    puts("=======================================".green)
-
-    sh(*args) do |ok, res|
-        if ok
-            return
-        end
-
-        if ENV['TESTS_FAIL_FAST']
-            fail("Test failed!")
-        else
-            $failed_tests << name
-        end
-    end
-
-    puts("\n=======================================\n".green)
-end
-
-# Add a task after all other tasks that fails if any tests have failed
-if !ENV['TESTS_FAIL_FAST']
-    task :fail_tests do
-        if $failed_tests.length > 0
-            puts("=======================================".red)
-            puts("Tests failed in these test suites:".red)
-            $failed_tests.each do |test|
-                puts("* #{test}".red)
-            end
-            exit 1
-        end
-    end
-
-    Rake.application.top_level_tasks << :fail_tests
-end
diff --git a/rakelib/i18n_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/i18n_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 82de4329a1..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/i18n_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Internationalization tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by, *args)
-
-    task deprecated do
-
-        # Need to install paver dependencies for the commands to work!
-        sh("pip install -r requirements/edx/paver.txt")
-
-        new_cmd = deprecated_by
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Using #{deprecated_by} instead.".red)
-        sh(new_cmd)
-        exit
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated("i18n:extract", "paver i18n_extract")
-deprecated("i18n:generate", "paver i18n_generate")
-deprecated("i18n:generate_strict", "paver i18n_generate_strict")
-deprecated("i18n:dummy", "paver i18n_dummy")
-deprecated("i18n:validate:gettext", "paver i18n_validate_gettext")
-deprecated("i18n:validate:transifex_config", "paver i18n_validate_transifex_config")
-deprecated("i18n:transifex:push", "paver i18n_transifex_push")
-deprecated("i18n:transifex:pull", "paver i18n_transifex_pull")
-deprecated("i18n:robot:push", "paver i18n_robot_push")
-deprecated("i18n:robot:pull", "paver i18n_robot_pull")
diff --git a/rakelib/js_test_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/js_test_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index eb136d35b5..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/js_test_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# js_test tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by,  *args)
-
-    task deprecated, [:env] do |t,args|
-
-        args.with_defaults(:env => nil)
-
-        new_cmd = "#{deprecated_by}"
-
-        if !args.env.nil?
-            new_cmd = "#{new_cmd} --suite=#{args.env}"
-        end
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Using #{new_cmd} instead.".red)
-        sh(new_cmd)
-    end
-end
-
-# deprecates all js_test.rake tasks 
-deprecated('test:js', 'paver test_js')
-deprecated('test:js:coverage', 'paver test_js -c')
-deprecated('test:js:dev', 'paver test_js_dev')
-deprecated('test:js:run', 'paver test_js_run')
diff --git a/rakelib/prereqs_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/prereqs_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 57701c150c..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/prereqs_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# prereqs tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by)
-
-    task deprecated do
-
-        # Need to install paver dependencies for the commands to work!
-        sh("pip install -r requirements/edx/paver.txt")
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Use #{deprecated_by} instead.".red)
-        sh(deprecated_by)
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated('install_prereqs','paver install_prereqs')
-deprecated('install_node_prereqs','paver install_node_prereqs')
-deprecated('install_ruby_prereqs','paver install_ruby_prereqs')
-deprecated('install_python_prereqs','paver install_python_prereqs')
-
diff --git a/rakelib/quality_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/quality_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f5eead375..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/quality_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# quality tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by)
-
-    task deprecated do
-
-        # Need to install paver dependencies for the commands to work!
-        sh("pip install -r requirements/edx/paver.txt")
-
-        if deprecated.include? "extract" and ARGV.last.downcase == 'extract'
-            new_cmd = deprecated_by + " --extract"
-        else
-            new_cmd = deprecated_by
-        end
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Use #{deprecated_by} instead.".red)
-        sh(new_cmd)
-        exit
-    end
-end
-
-deprecated("pep8:cms", "paver run_pep8 --system=cms")
-deprecated("pep8:lms", "paver run_pep8 --system=lms")
-deprecated("pep8:common", "paver run_pep8 --system=common")
-deprecated("pep8", "paver run_pep8")
-
-deprecated("pylint:cms", "paver run_pylint --system=cms")
-deprecated("pylint:lms", "paver run_pylint --system=lms")
-deprecated("pylint:common", "paver run_pylint --system=common")
-deprecated("pylint", "paver run_pylint")
-
-deprecated("pylint:cms:errors", "paver run_pylint --system=cms --errors")
-deprecated("pylint:lms:errors", "paver run_pylint --system=lms --errors")
-deprecated("pylint:common:errors", "paver run_pylint --system=common --errors")
-deprecated("pylint:errors", "paver run_pylint --errors")
-
-deprecated("quality", "paver run_quality")
diff --git a/rakelib/tests_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/tests_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index ada6167036..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/tests_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# test tasks deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-def deprecated(deprecated, deprecated_by, use_id, *args)
-
-    task deprecated, [:test_id] do |t,args|
-
-        args.with_defaults(:test_id => nil)
-
-        new_cmd = "#{deprecated_by}"
-
-        if !args.test_id.nil? && use_id
-            new_cmd = "#{new_cmd} --test_id=#{args.test_id}"
-        end
-
-        puts("Task #{deprecated} has been deprecated. Using #{new_cmd} instead.".red)
-        sh(new_cmd)
-    end
-end
-
-# deprecates all test.rake tasks
-deprecated("test", "paver test", false)
-deprecated('test:python', 'paver test_python', false)
-
-deprecated("test_cms", "paver test_system -s cms", true)
-deprecated("test_lms", "paver test_system -s lms", true)
-deprecated("fasttest_cms", "paver test_system -s cms --fasttest", true)
-deprecated("fasttest_lms", "paver test_system -s lms --fasttest", true)
-
-Dir["common/lib/*"].select{|lib| File.directory?(lib)}.each do |lib|
-
-    deprecated("test_#{lib}", "paver test_lib --lib=#{lib}", true)
-    deprecated("fasttest_#{lib}", "paver test_lib --lib=#{lib}", true)
-
-end
-
-deprecated("coverage", "paver coverage", false)
-
-deprecated("clean_reports_dir", "paver clean_reports_dir", false)
-deprecated("clean_test_files", "paver clean_test_files", false)
-deprecated("test:clean_mongo", "paver clean_mongo", false)
diff --git a/rakelib/workspace_deprecated.rake b/rakelib/workspace_deprecated.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index e06f1d9a08..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/workspace_deprecated.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# acceptance tests deprecated to paver
-
-require 'colorize'
-
-task :'ws:migrate' do
-    puts "Task ws:migrate has been deprecated".red
-end
diff --git a/scripts/acceptance-tests.sh b/scripts/acceptance-tests.sh
index 0df24ebbda..ebde227c92 100755
--- a/scripts/acceptance-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/acceptance-tests.sh
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ fi
 # Activate the Python virtualenv
 source $HOME/edx-venv/bin/activate
 
-rake test:acceptance:${TEST_SUITE}["-v 3 ${FEATURE_PATH}"]
+paver test_acceptance -s ${TEST_SUITE} --extra_args="-v 3 ${FEATURE_PATH}"
diff --git a/scripts/run_watch_data.py b/scripts/run_watch_data.py
index 6431c4bd70..7a7b781da6 100755
--- a/scripts/run_watch_data.py
+++ b/scripts/run_watch_data.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class DjangoEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
                 break
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    event_handler = DjangoEventHandler(Popen(['rake', 'lms']))
+    event_handler = DjangoEventHandler(Popen(['paver', 'lms']))
     observer = Observer()
     for dir in WATCH_DIRS:
         observer.schedule(event_handler, dir, recursive=True)