diff --git a/docs/running.pod b/docs/running.pod
index 58335e97ea5..8299da12ebb 100644
--- a/docs/running.pod
+++ b/docs/running.pod
@@ -24,13 +24,10 @@ compiled code.
   -v, --version        display version information
   --stagestats         display time spent in the compilation stages
   --ll-exception       display a low level backtrace on errors
-  --profile            print profile information to standard error (Parrot)
-                       write profile information as HTML file (MoarVM)
+  --profile            write profile information as HTML file (MoarVM)
 
 Note that only boolean single-letter options may be bundled
 
-Output from C<--profile> can be visualized by C<kcachegrind> for the Parrot backend.
-
 The supported values for C<--target> are:
 
  Target     Backend  Description
diff --git a/t/01-sanity/07-op-string.t b/t/01-sanity/07-op-string.t
index 8a2849e45cd..dd5929ee945 100644
--- a/t/01-sanity/07-op-string.t
+++ b/t/01-sanity/07-op-string.t
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $s eq '   ' and say 'ok 15';
 $s = 'ABC' ~| '   ';
 $s eq 'abc' and say 'ok 16';
 
-# check COW of Parrot strings (r27046, r27048)
+# check COW of strings
 my $foo = 'fred';
 my $bar = 'fred';
 $foo++;
diff --git a/t/harness b/t/harness
index ed3715e384b..abd4b314d90 100644
--- a/t/harness
+++ b/t/harness
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ $tap_harness_class .= '::Archive' if $archive;
 
 my $extra_properties;
 if ($archive) {
-    $extra_properties->{'Parrot Revision'} = $parrot_revision
-    if $parrot_revision;
     $extra_properties->{'Submitter'} = $ENV{SMOLDER_SUBMITTER}
     if $ENV{SMOLDER_SUBMITTER};
 }
@@ -171,5 +169,4 @@ Options:
     --long - do long.
     --stress - perform the stress tests/
     --archive=[archive] - write to an archive.
-    --parrot_revision=[rev] - test with Parrot revision.
 
diff --git a/tools/distro/rakudo.spec b/tools/distro/rakudo.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index bc60de879f7..00000000000
--- a/tools/distro/rakudo.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-%define parrot_version 1.4.0
-
-Name:           rakudo
-Version:        2009.08
-Release:        1
-Summary:        Rakudo Perl 6
-License:        Artistic 2.0
-Group:          Development/Libraries
-URL:            http://www.rakudo.org/
-Source0:        http://cloud.github.com/downloads/rakudo/rakudo/rakudo-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-BuildRequires:  parrot           >= %parrot_version
-BuildRequires:  parrot-devel     >= %parrot_version
-
-%define parrot_versiondirname %{parrot_version}-devel
-%define parrot_versiondirpath  %{_libdir}/parrot/%{parrot_versiondirname}
-
-%define parrot_dynext %{parrot_versiondirpath}/dynext
-
-%define rakudo_libs %{parrot_versiondirpath}/languages/perl6/lib
-
-# Versions don't go easily in install_files.pl yet
-
-%description
-Rakudo Perl 6 is an implementation of the Perl 6 language for
-the Parrot virtual machine.  More information about Perl 6 is
-available from http://perl6-projects.org/ .
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-
-%build
-echo Building with root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-%{__perl} Configure.pl
-make
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-%check
-make test < /dev/null
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc CREDITS README
-%doc docs
-%{parrot_dynext}/perl6_group.so
-%{parrot_dynext}/perl6_ops.so
-%{parrot_dynext}/perl6_ops_cg.so
-%{parrot_dynext}/perl6_ops_cgp.so
-%{parrot_dynext}/perl6_ops_switch.so
-%{_bindir}/perl6
-%{parrot_versiondirpath}/languages/perl6/perl6.pbc
-%{rakudo_libs}/Test.pm
-%{rakudo_libs}/Safe.pm
-
-%changelog
-* Wed Jul 22 2009 wayland <wayland@wayland.id.au> 0.20
-- Updated to latest version
-
-* Fri Mar  6 2009 wayland <wayland@wayland.id.au> 0.17
-- created from parrot.spec
-- Didn't redo any of the files stuff
-- Played with things 'til it worked