diff --git a/actionmailer/Rakefile b/actionmailer/Rakefile
index 45c238d302..d1134ba2b5 100644
--- a/actionmailer/Rakefile
+++ b/actionmailer/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rubygems/package_task'
 
 desc "Default Task"
diff --git a/actionpack/Rakefile b/actionpack/Rakefile
index 875dfc69f2..56fc92963a 100644
--- a/actionpack/Rakefile
+++ b/actionpack/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rubygems/package_task'
 
 desc "Default Task"
diff --git a/activemodel/Rakefile b/activemodel/Rakefile
index fc5aaf9f8f..45d1587ed6 100644
--- a/activemodel/Rakefile
+++ b/activemodel/Rakefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ namespace :test do
   end
 end
 
-require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rubygems/package_task'
 
 spec = eval(File.read("#{dir}/activemodel.gemspec"))
diff --git a/activerecord/Rakefile b/activerecord/Rakefile
index cd73489cbe..136bb1dfbc 100644
--- a/activerecord/Rakefile
+++ b/activerecord/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rubygems/package_task'
 
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/test/config"