diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 30744292..00000000
--- a/Capfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-require 'capistrano/setup'
-require 'capistrano/deploy'
-require 'capistrano/scm/git'
-require 'capistrano/puma'
-require 'capistrano/puma/nginx'
-require 'capistrano/rails'
-require 'capistrano/rvm'
-require 'capistrano/upload-config'
-require 'whenever/capistrano'
-
-install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::Git
-install_plugin Capistrano::Puma
-install_plugin Capistrano::Puma::Nginx
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ee646665..ac310af5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ group :development, :staging do
   gem 'listen'
   gem 'better_errors'
   gem 'binding_of_caller'
-  gem 'capistrano'
-  gem 'capistrano3-puma'
-  gem 'capistrano-rails'
-  gem 'capistrano-rvm'
-  gem 'capistrano-upload-config'
   gem 'pry-rails'
   gem 'rack-mini-profiler'
   gem 'rubocop', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 569fcdfb..ed76c560 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ GEM
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
     addressable (2.7.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
-    airbrussh (1.4.0)
-      sshkit (>= 1.6.1, != 1.7.0)
     amq-protocol (2.3.0)
     arel (9.0.0)
     ast (2.4.0)
@@ -91,25 +89,6 @@ GEM
     bunny (2.14.3)
       amq-protocol (~> 2.3, >= 2.3.0)
     byebug (11.0.1)
-    capistrano (3.11.2)
-      airbrussh (>= 1.0.0)
-      i18n
-      rake (>= 10.0.0)
-      sshkit (>= 1.9.0)
-    capistrano-bundler (1.6.0)
-      capistrano (~> 3.1)
-    capistrano-rails (1.4.0)
-      capistrano (~> 3.1)
-      capistrano-bundler (~> 1.1)
-    capistrano-rvm (0.1.2)
-      capistrano (~> 3.0)
-      sshkit (~> 1.2)
-    capistrano-upload-config (0.8.2)
-      capistrano (>= 3.0)
-    capistrano3-puma (4.0.0)
-      capistrano (~> 3.7)
-      capistrano-bundler
-      puma (~> 4.0)
     capybara (3.30.0)
       addressable
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.3)
@@ -217,9 +196,6 @@ GEM
     multi_json (1.14.1)
     multi_xml (0.6.0)
     multipart-post (2.1.1)
-    net-scp (2.0.0)
-      net-ssh (>= 2.6.5, < 6.0.0)
-    net-ssh (5.2.0)
     netrc (0.11.0)
     newrelic_rpm (6.8.0.360)
     nio4r (2.5.2)
@@ -396,9 +372,6 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 4.0)
       activesupport (>= 4.0)
       sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
-    sshkit (1.20.0)
-      net-scp (>= 1.1.2)
-      net-ssh (>= 2.8.0)
     structured_warnings (0.4.0)
     temple (0.8.2)
     thor (1.0.1)
@@ -450,11 +423,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   binding_of_caller
   bootsnap
   bootstrap-will_paginate
-  capistrano
-  capistrano-rails
-  capistrano-rvm
-  capistrano-upload-config
-  capistrano3-puma
   capybara
   carrierwave
   concurrent-ruby
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b72d746..00000000
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-set :application, 'code_ocean'
-set :config_example_suffix, '.example'
-set :default_env, 'PATH' => '/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_40/bin:$PATH'
-set :deploy_to, '/var/www/app'
-set :keep_releases, 3
-set :linked_dirs, %w(log public/uploads tmp/cache tmp/files tmp/pids tmp/sockets)
-set :linked_files, %w(config/action_mailer.yml config/docker.yml.erb  config/code_ocean.yml config/database.yml config/newrelic.yml config/secrets.yml config/sendmail.yml config/smtp.yml config/mnemosyne.yml)
-set :log_level, :info
-set :puma_threads, [0, 16]
-set :puma_workers, 4
-set :puma_preload_app, true
-set :repo_url, 'git@github.com:openHPI/codeocean.git'
-
-set :whenever_identifier, ->{ "#{fetch(:application)}_#{fetch(:stage)}" }
-
-namespace :deploy do
-  before 'check:linked_files', 'config:push'
-
-  after :compile_assets, :copy_vendor_assets do
-    on roles(fetch(:assets_roles)) do
-      within release_path do
-        execute :cp, '-r', 'vendor/assets/javascripts/ace', 'public/assets/'
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  task :create_whenever_log_dir do
-    on roles(:all) do
-      within release_path do
-        execute :mkdir, '-p', 'log/whenever'
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-after :deploy, 'deploy:create_whenever_log_dir'
diff --git a/config/deploy/production.rb b/config/deploy/production.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 83110aff..00000000
--- a/config/deploy/production.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-server 'codeocean.openhpi.de', roles: [:app, :db, :puma_nginx, :web], user: 'codeocean'
diff --git a/config/deploy/staging.rb b/config/deploy/staging.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5093b58e..00000000
--- a/config/deploy/staging.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-server '10.210.0.50', roles: [:app, :db, :puma_nginx, :web], user: 'debian'
-set :rails_env, "staging"
-set :branch, ENV['BRANCH'] if ENV['BRANCH']