diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 491c3df..b89577f 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -50,17 +50,4 @@ namespace :deploy do
   end
 end
 
-namespace :git do
-  desc 'Copy repo to releases'
-  task create_release: :'git:update' do
-    on roles(:all) 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
-
 after "deploy:symlink:release", "deploy:update_jekyll"