diff --git a/tasks/rake/gem.rake b/tasks/rake/gem.rake
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--- a/tasks/rake/gem.rake
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-require 'fileutils'
-require 'puppet/version'
-
-GEM_FILES = FileList[
-    '[A-Z]*',
-    'install.rb',
-    'bin/**/*',
-    'lib/**/*',
-    'conf/**/*',
-    'man/**/*',
-    'examples/**/*',
-    'ext/**/*',
-    'tasks/**/*',
-    'test/**/*',
-    'spec/**/*'
-]
-
-EXECUTABLES = FileList[
-    'bin/**/*',
-    'sbin/**/*'
-]
-
-SBIN = Dir.glob("sbin/*")
-GEMVERSION = Puppet.version.gsub('-','.')
-
-spec = Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
-    spec.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
-    spec.name = 'puppet'
-    spec.files = GEM_FILES.to_a
-    spec.executables = EXECUTABLES.gsub(/sbin\/|bin\//, '').to_a
-    spec.version = GEMVERSION
-    spec.add_dependency('facter', '~> 1.5')
-    spec.summary = 'Puppet, an automated configuration management tool'
-    spec.description = 'Puppet, an automated configuration management tool'
-    spec.author = 'Puppet Labs'
-    spec.email = 'puppet@puppetlabs.com'
-    spec.homepage = 'http://puppetlabs.com'
-    spec.rubyforge_project = 'puppet'
-    spec.has_rdoc = true
-    spec.rdoc_options <<
-        '--title' <<  'Puppet - Configuration Management' <<
-        '--main' << 'README' <<
-        '--line-numbers'
-end
-
-desc "Prepare binaries for gem creation"
-task :prepare_gem do
-    SBIN.each do |f|
-      FileUtils.copy(f,"bin")
-    end
-end
-
-desc "Create the gem"
-task :create_gem => :prepare_gem do
-    Dir.mkdir("pkg") rescue nil
-    Gem::Builder.new(spec).build
-    FileUtils.move("puppet-#{GEMVERSION}.gem", "pkg")
-    SBIN.each do |f|
-       fn = f.gsub(/sbin\/(.*)/, '\1')
-       FileUtils.rm_r "bin/" + fn
-    end
-end