diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 49e0a3f..f9f2852 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -48,56 +48,6 @@ tasks.shadowJar {
     }
 }
 
-val captainDefinition = File(project.buildDir, "captain-definition")
-val tarFile = File(project.buildDir, "twigs.tar")
-
-tasks.register("package") {
-    dependsOn(":app:shadowJar")
-    doLast {
-        captainDefinition.createNewFile()
-        captainDefinition.outputStream().writer().use {
-            it.appendLine(
-                """
-            {
-                "schemaVersion": 2,
-                "dockerfileLines": [
-                    "FROM adoptopenjdk:openj9",
-                    "COPY libs/twigs.jar twigs.jar",
-                    "CMD /opt/java/openjdk/bin/java ${'$'}JVM_ARGS -jar /twigs.jar"
-                ]
-            }
-        """.trimIndent()
-            )
-        }
-        exec {
-            commandLine(
-                "tar",
-                "-C",
-                project.buildDir.absolutePath,
-                "-cf",
-                project.buildDir.name + File.separator + tarFile.name,
-                captainDefinition.name,
-                "libs/twigs.jar"
-            )
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-tasks.register("publish") {
-    dependsOn(":app:package")
-    doLast {
-        var command = listOf("caprover", "deploy", "-t", "build/${tarFile.name}", "-n", "wbrawner", "-a", "twigs-dev")
-        command = if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("windows")) {
-            listOf("powershell", "-Command") + command
-        } else {
-            listOf("bash", "-c", "\"${command.joinToString(" ")}\"")
-        }
-        exec {
-            commandLine(command)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 tasks.getByName<Test>("test") {
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
diff --git a/captain-definition b/captain-definition
deleted file mode 100644
index 17db556..0000000
--- a/captain-definition
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
- {
-  "schemaVersion": 2,
-  "dockerfilePath": "./Dockerfile"
- }