diff --git a/ext/project_data.yaml b/ext/project_data.yaml
index 91adc895e4d..556d84050d4 100644
--- a/ext/project_data.yaml
+++ b/ext/project_data.yaml
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ gem_rdoc_options:
   - --main
   - README.md
   - --line-numbers
-pre_tasks:
-  'package:apple': 'cfpropertylist'
diff --git a/tasks/cfpropertylist.rake b/tasks/cfpropertylist.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index f6372ae46d0..00000000000
--- a/tasks/cfpropertylist.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-task 'cfpropertylist' do
-  if defined? Pkg::Config and Pkg::Config.project_root
-    cfp_version = "2.3.5"
-    libdir = File.join(Pkg::Config.project_root, "lib")
-    source = "https://github.com/ckruse/CFPropertyList/archive/cfpropertylist-#{cfp_version}.tar.gz"
-    target_dir = Pkg::Util::File.mktemp
-    target = File.join(target_dir, "cfpropertylist")
-    Pkg::Util::Net.fetch_uri(source, target)
-    Pkg::Util::File.untar_into(target, target_dir, "--strip-components 1")
-    mv(Dir.glob("#{File.join(target_dir, "lib")}/cfpropertylist*"), libdir)
-    mv(Dir.glob("#{target_dir}/{LICENSE,README,THANKS}"), File.join(libdir, "cfpropertylist"))
-  else
-    warn "It looks like the packaging tasks have not been loaded. You'll need to `rake package:bootstrap` before using this task"
-  end
-end