diff --git a/providers/raw/__init__.py b/providers/raw/__init__.py
index 7d77d25..0c2814e 100644
--- a/providers/raw/__init__.py
+++ b/providers/raw/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from tasks import security
 from tasks import network
 from tasks import initd
 from tasks import cleanup
-from tasks import fake
 
 def initialize():
 	# Regardless of of loglevel, we don't want boto debug stuff, it's very noisy
diff --git a/providers/raw/tasks/fake.py b/providers/raw/tasks/fake.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 33648ac..0000000
--- a/providers/raw/tasks/fake.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-from base import Task
-from common import phases
-import os.path
-
-class Fake(Task):
-	description = 'create fake file'
-	phase = phases.system_modification
-
-	def run(self, info):
-		fake_path = os.path.join(info.root, 'fake.txt')
-		with open(fake_path, 'a') as fakefile:
-			fakefile.write("fake file")
-