diff --git a/contrib/jax_ws/src/python/pants/contrib/jax_ws/tasks/jax_ws_gen.py b/contrib/jax_ws/src/python/pants/contrib/jax_ws/tasks/jax_ws_gen.py
index bc945eeb81e..d38ac069a4e 100644
--- a/contrib/jax_ws/src/python/pants/contrib/jax_ws/tasks/jax_ws_gen.py
+++ b/contrib/jax_ws/src/python/pants/contrib/jax_ws/tasks/jax_ws_gen.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 from pants.contrib.jax_ws.targets.jax_ws_library import JaxWsLibrary
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/src/python/pants/backend/python/tasks2/python_distribution_create.py b/src/python/pants/backend/python/tasks2/python_distribution_create.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1919060e550..00000000000
--- a/src/python/pants/backend/python/tasks2/python_distribution_create.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# coding=utf-8
-# Copyright 2014 Pants project contributors (see CONTRIBUTORS.md).
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (see LICENSE).
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, generators, nested_scopes, print_function,
-                        unicode_literals, with_statement)
-
-
-class PythonDistributionCreate(Task):
-  """Create a Python distribution containing .py and .c/.cpp sources"""
-
-  @staticmethod
-  def is_distribution(target):
-    return isinstance(target, PythonDistribution)
-
-  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-    super(PythonDistributionCreate, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-    self._distdir = self.get_options().pants_distdir
-
-  def execute(self):
-    distributions = self.context.targets(self.is_distribution)
-
-    # Check for duplicate distribution names, since we write the pexes to <dist>/<name>.pex.
-    names = {}
-    for distribution in distributions:
-      name = distribution.name
-      if name in names:
-        raise TaskError('Cannot build two distributions with the same name in a single invocation. '
-                        '{} and {} both have the name {}.'.format(distribution, names[name], name))
-      names[name] = distribution
-
-    with self.invalidated(distributions, invalidate_dependents=True) as invalidation_check:
-      for vt in invalidation_check.all_vts:
-        pex_path = os.path.join(vt.results_dir, '{}.pex'.format(vt.target.name))
-        if not vt.valid:
-          self.context.log.debug('cache for {} is invalid, rebuilding'.format(vt.target))
-          self._create_distribution(vt.target, vt.results_dir)
-        else:
-          self.context.log.debug('using cache for {}'.format(vt.target))
-
-  def _create_distribution(self, source_dir, results_dir, setup_file):
-    """Create a .pex file containing an inline wheel for the specified folder and setup.py."""
-    pass