diff --git a/tasks/parser.rake b/tasks/parser.rake
index c6993d602..7bb4b99d6 100644
--- a/tasks/parser.rake
+++ b/tasks/parser.rake
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
-desc "Generate the 3.x 'current' parser"
-task :gen_parser do
-  %x{racc -olib/puppet/parser/parser.rb lib/puppet/parser/grammar.ra}
-end
-
 desc "Generate the 4.x 'future' parser"
 task :gen_eparser do
   %x{racc -olib/puppet/pops/parser/eparser.rb lib/puppet/pops/parser/egrammar.ra}
 end
 
 desc "Generate the 4.x 'future' parser with egrammar.output"
 task :gen_eparser_output do
   %x{racc -v -olib/puppet/pops/parser/eparser.rb lib/puppet/pops/parser/egrammar.ra}
 end
 
 desc "Generate the 4.x 'future' parser with debugging output"
 task :gen_eparser_debug do
   %x{racc -t -olib/puppet/pops/parser/eparser.rb lib/puppet/pops/parser/egrammar.ra}
 end