diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 8a247672e94..ab732ac3f4f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -4,16 +4,9 @@ require "stringex"
 require 'net/http'
 require 'json'
 
-
 ## -- Misc Configs -- ##
 public_dir      = "public/"   # compiled site directory
 source_dir      = "source"    # source file directory
-blog_index_dir  = 'source/blog'    # directory for your blog's index page (if you put your index in source/blog/index.html, set this to 'source/blog')
-stash_dir       = "_stash"    # directory to stash posts for speedy generation
-integrations_dir  = "_integrations"    #  directory for component files
-posts_dir       = "_posts"    # directory for blog files
-new_post_ext    = "markdown"  # default new post file extension when using the new_post task
-new_page_ext    = "markdown"  # default new page file extension when using the new_page task
 server_port     = "4000"      # port for preview server eg. localhost:4000
 
 if (/cygwin|mswin|mingw|bccwin|wince|emx/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM) != nil
@@ -27,7 +20,7 @@ end
 
 desc "Generate jekyll site"
 task :generate do
-  raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install` to set up an Octopress theme." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
+  raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install`." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
   puts "## Generating Site with Jekyll"
   success = system "compass compile --css-dir #{source_dir}/stylesheets"
   abort("Generating CSS failed") unless success
@@ -52,7 +45,7 @@ end
 
 desc "Watch the site and regenerate when it changes"
 task :watch do
-  raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install` to set up an Octopress theme." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
+  raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install`." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
   puts "Starting to watch source with Jekyll and Compass."
   system "compass compile --css-dir #{source_dir}/stylesheets" unless File.exist?("#{source_dir}/stylesheets/screen.css")
   jekyllPid = Process.spawn({"OCTOPRESS_ENV"=>"preview"}, "jekyll build --watch --incremental")
@@ -70,7 +63,7 @@ desc "preview the site in a web browser"
 task :preview, :listen do |t, args|
   listen_addr = args[:listen] || '127.0.0.1'
   listen_addr = '0.0.0.0' unless ENV['DEVCONTAINER'].nil?
-  raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install` to set up an Octopress theme." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
+  raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install`." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
   puts "Starting to watch source with Jekyll and Compass."
   puts "Now listening on http://localhost:#{server_port}"
   system "compass compile --css-dir #{source_dir}/stylesheets" unless File.exist?("#{source_dir}/stylesheets/screen.css")
@@ -90,99 +83,6 @@ task :preview, :listen do |t, args|
   [jekyllPid, compassPid, rackupPid].each { |pid| Process.wait(pid) }
 end
 
-# usage rake new_post[my-new-post] or rake new_post['my new post'] or rake new_post (defaults to "new-post")
-desc "Begin a new post in #{source_dir}/#{posts_dir}"
-task :new_post, :title do |t, args|
-  if args.title
-    title = args.title
-  else
-    title = get_stdin("Enter a title for your post: ")
-  end
-  raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install` to set up an Octopress theme." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
-  mkdir_p "#{source_dir}/#{posts_dir}"
-  filename = "#{source_dir}/#{posts_dir}/#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}-#{title.to_url}.#{new_post_ext}"
-  if File.exist?(filename)
-    abort("rake aborted!") if ask("#{filename} already exists. Do you want to overwrite?", ['y', 'n']) == 'n'
-  end
-  puts "Creating new post: #{filename}"
-  open(filename, 'w') do |post|
-    post.puts "---"
-    post.puts "layout: post"
-    post.puts "title: \"#{title.gsub(/&/,'&')}\""
-    post.puts "date: #{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z')}"
-    post.puts "comments: true"
-    post.puts "categories: "
-    post.puts "---"
-  end
-end
-
-# usage rake new_page[my-new-page] or rake new_page[my-new-page.html] or rake new_page (defaults to "new-page.markdown")
-desc "Create a new page in #{source_dir}/(filename)/index.#{new_page_ext}"
-task :new_page, :filename do |t, args|
-  raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install` to set up an Octopress theme." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
-  args.with_defaults(:filename => 'new-page')
-  page_dir = [source_dir]
-  if args.filename.downcase =~ /(^.+\/)?(.+)/
-    filename, dot, extension = $2.rpartition('.').reject(&:empty?)         # Get filename and extension
-    title = filename
-    page_dir.concat($1.downcase.sub(/^\//, '').split('/')) unless $1.nil?  # Add path to page_dir Array
-    if extension.nil?
-      page_dir << filename
-      filename = "index"
-    end
-    extension ||= new_page_ext
-    page_dir = page_dir.map! { |d| d = d.to_url }.join('/')                # Sanitize path
-    filename = filename.downcase.to_url
-
-    mkdir_p page_dir
-    file = "#{page_dir}/#{filename}.#{extension}"
-    if File.exist?(file)
-      abort("rake aborted!") if ask("#{file} already exists. Do you want to overwrite?", ['y', 'n']) == 'n'
-    end
-    puts "Creating new page: #{file}"
-    open(file, 'w') do |page|
-      page.puts "---"
-      page.puts "layout: page"
-      page.puts "title: \"#{title}\""
-      page.puts "date: #{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')}"
-      page.puts "comments: true"
-      page.puts "sharing: true"
-      page.puts "footer: true"
-      page.puts "---"
-    end
-  else
-    puts "Syntax error: #{args.filename} contains unsupported characters"
-  end
-end
-
-# usage rake isolate[my-post]
-desc "Move all other components and posts than the one currently being worked on to a temporary stash location (stash) so regenerating the site happens much more quickly."
-task :isolate, :filename do |t, args|
-  stash_dir = "#{source_dir}/#{stash_dir}"
-  s_posts_dir = "#{stash_dir}/#{posts_dir}"
-  s_integrations_dir = "#{stash_dir}/#{integrations_dir}"
-  FileUtils.mkdir(stash_dir) unless File.exist?(stash_dir)
-  FileUtils.mkdir(s_posts_dir) unless File.exist?(s_posts_dir)
-  FileUtils.mkdir(s_integrations_dir) unless File.exist?(s_integrations_dir)
-  Dir.glob("#{source_dir}/#{posts_dir}/*.*") do |post|
-    FileUtils.mv post, s_posts_dir unless post.include?(args.filename)
-  end
-  Dir.glob("#{source_dir}/#{integrations_dir}/*.*") do |component|
-    FileUtils.mv component, s_integrations_dir unless component.include?(args.filename)
-  end
-end
-
-desc "Move all stashed posts back into the posts directory, ready for site generation."
-task :integrate do
-  FileUtils.mv Dir.glob("#{source_dir}/#{stash_dir}/#{posts_dir}/*.*"), "#{source_dir}/#{posts_dir}/"
-  FileUtils.mv Dir.glob("#{source_dir}/#{stash_dir}/#{integrations_dir}/*.*"), "#{source_dir}/#{integrations_dir}/"
-end
-
-desc "Clean out caches: .pygments-cache, .gist-cache, .sass-cache"
-task :clean do
-  rm_rf [Dir.glob(".pygments-cache/**"), Dir.glob(".gist-cache/**"), Dir.glob(".sass-cache/**"), "source/stylesheets/screen.css"]
-end
-
 desc "Download data from analytics.home-assistant.io"
 task :analytics_data do
   uri = URI('https://analytics.home-assistant.io/data.json')
@@ -194,7 +94,6 @@ task :analytics_data do
   end
 end
 
-
 desc "Download data from alerts.home-assistant.io"
 task :alerts_data do
   uri = URI('https://alerts.home-assistant.io/alerts.json')
@@ -228,33 +127,3 @@ task :blueprint_exchange_data do
     file.write(JSON.generate(remote_data['topic_list']['topics']))
   end
 end
-
-def get_stdin(message)
-  print message
-  STDIN.gets.chomp
-end
-
-def ask(message, valid_options)
-  if valid_options
-    answer = get_stdin("#{message} #{valid_options.to_s.gsub(/"/, '').gsub(/, /,'/')} ") while !valid_options.include?(answer)
-  else
-    answer = get_stdin(message)
-  end
-  answer
-end
-
-def blog_url(user, project)
-  url = if File.exists?('source/CNAME')
-    "http://#{IO.read('source/CNAME').strip}"
-  else
-    "http://#{user.downcase}.github.io"
-  end
-  url += "/#{project}" unless project == ''
-  url
-end
-
-desc "list tasks"
-task :list do
-  puts "Tasks: #{(Rake::Task.tasks - [Rake::Task[:list]]).join(', ')}"
-  puts "(type rake -T for more detail)\n\n"
-end