diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 525c688..cc90e6f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,45 +1,31 @@
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
-
 require 'puppet-lint/tasks/puppet-lint'
 require 'puppet-syntax/tasks/puppet-syntax'
 
-desc "Validate manifests, templates, and ruby files"
-task :validate do
-  Dir['manifests/**/*.pp'].each do |manifest|
-    sh "puppet parser validate --noop #{manifest}"
-  end
-  Dir['spec/**/*.rb','lib/**/*.rb'].each do |ruby_file|
-    sh "ruby -c #{ruby_file}" unless ruby_file =~ /spec\/fixtures/
-  end
-  Dir['templates/**/*.erb'].each do |template|
-    sh "erb -P -x -T '-' #{template} | ruby -c"
-  end
-end
-
 # workaround for https://github.com/rodjek/puppet-lint/issues/331
 Rake::Task[:lint].clear
 
 PuppetLint.configuration.relative = true
 PuppetLint.configuration.send("disable_80chars")
 PuppetLint.configuration.log_format = "%{path}:%{linenumber}:%{check}:%{KIND}:%{message}"
 PuppetLint.configuration.fail_on_warnings = true
 
 exclude_paths = [
   'pkg/**/*',
   'vendor/**/*',
   'spec/**/*',
 ]
 PuppetLint.configuration.ignore_paths = exclude_paths
 PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths = exclude_paths
 
 task :metadata do
   sh 'metadata-json-lint metadata.json'
 end
 
 desc 'Run syntax, lint, and spec tests.'
 task :test => [
   :syntax,
   :lint,
   :spec,
   :metadata,
 ]