diff --git a/lib/tasks/whois.rake b/lib/tasks/whois.rake
index 775d90002..c38b2c5ba 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/whois.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/whois.rake
@@ -38,62 +38,4 @@ namespace :whois do
     end
     puts "\n-----> all done in #{(Time.zone.now.to_f - start).round(2)} seconds"
   end
-
-  desc 'Create whois database'
-  task create: [:environment] do
-    whois_db = "whois_#{Rails.env}"
-    begin
-      puts "\n------------------------ Create #{whois_db} ---------------------------------------\n"
-      ActiveRecord::Base.clear_all_connections!
-      conf = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations
-
-      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.create_database(conf[whois_db]['database'].to_sym, conf[whois_db])
-    rescue => e
-      puts "\n#{e}"
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc 'Drop whois database'
-  task drop: [:environment] do
-    # just in case we allow only drop test, comment it out only for temp
-    if Rails.env.test?
-      whois_db = "whois_#{Rails.env}"
-
-      begin
-        puts "\n------------------------ #{whois_db} drop ------------------------------\n"
-        ActiveRecord::Base.clear_all_connections!
-        ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(whois_db.to_sym)
-
-        conf = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations
-        if ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.drop(conf[whois_db])
-          puts "#{conf[whois_db]['database']} dropped"
-        else
-          puts "Didn't find database #{whois_db}, no drop"
-        end
-      rescue => e
-        puts "\n#{e}"
-      end
-    else
-      puts 'Only for test'
-    end
-  end
-
-  namespace :schema do
-    desc 'Load whois schema into empty whois database'
-    task load: [:environment] do
-      whois_db = "whois_#{Rails.env}"
-      begin
-        puts "\n------------------------ #{whois_db} schema loading ------------------------------\n"
-        ActiveRecord::Base.clear_all_connections!
-        ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(whois_db.to_sym)
-        if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?('schema_migrations')
-          puts 'Found tables, skip schema load!'
-        else
-          load("#{Rails.root}/db/#{schema_file(whois_db)}")
-        end
-      rescue => e
-        puts "\n#{e}"
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end