diff --git a/lib/tasks/images.rake b/lib/tasks/images.rake
index c8d15eebc..74c856421 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/images.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/images.rake
@@ -10,27 +10,6 @@ task "images:compress" => :environment do
   end
 end
 
-desc "updates reverse index of image uploads"
-task "images:reindex" => :environment do
-	RailsMultisite::ConnectionManagement.each_connection do |db|
-		puts "Reindexing #{db}"
-    Post.select([:id, :cooked]).find_each do |p|
-			doc = Nokogiri::HTML::fragment(p.cooked)
-			doc.search("img").each do |img|
-				src = img['src']
-				if src.present? && Upload.has_been_uploaded?(src) && m = Upload.uploaded_regex.match(src)
-          begin
-            PostUpload.create({ post_id: p.id, upload_id: m[:upload_id] })
-          rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
-          end
-				end
-			end
-      putc "."
-		end
-  end
-  puts "\ndone."
-end
-
 desc "clean orphan uploaded files"
 task "images:clean_orphans" => :environment do
   RailsMultisite::ConnectionManagement.each_connection do |db|