diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 0486f0d11..ebd100833 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ require File.expand_path('../spec/environment', __FILE__)
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'spec/rake/spectask'
-require 'cucumber/rake/task'
 
 desc "Build a gem file"
 task :build do
@@ -11,9 +10,6 @@ task :build do
 end
 
 task :default => :spec
-Cucumber::Rake::Task.new do |t|
-  t.cucumber_opts = "spec/features --format pretty"
-end
 
 Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:rcov) do |t|
   t.spec_files = FileList['test/**/tc_*.rb', 'spec/**/*_spec.rb']
diff --git a/spec/features/making_a_new_message.feature b/spec/features/making_a_new_message.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index d69f5ad6c..000000000
--- a/spec/features/making_a_new_message.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Feature: Making a new message
-  In order to to be able to send a message
-  Users should be able to
-  Create a message object
-  
-  Scenario: Making a basic plain text email from a string
-    Given a basic email in a string
-    When I parse the basic email
-    Then the 'from' field should be 'bob'
-
-    | attribute   | value |
-    | to          | mikel |
-    | subject     | Hello! |
-    | body        | email message |
diff --git a/spec/features/steps/env.rb b/spec/features/steps/env.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index ae0366efd..000000000
--- a/spec/features/steps/env.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-$:.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../../lib"
-$:.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../../lib/mail"
-
-require 'mail'
-
-alias :doing :lambda
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/features/steps/making_a_new_message_steps.rb b/spec/features/steps/making_a_new_message_steps.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 45d8722f4..000000000
--- a/spec/features/steps/making_a_new_message_steps.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-Given /^a basic email in a string$/ do
-  @string = "To: mikel\nFrom: bob\nSubject: Hello!\n\nemail message\n"
-end
-
-When /^I parse the basic email$/ do
-  @mail = Mail.new(@string)
-end
-
-Then /^the '(.+)' field should be '(.+)'$/ do |attribute, value|
-  @mail.send(attribute).should == value
-end