diff --git a/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake b/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
index 656961fd3..5db6f631b 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
@@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ namespace :growstuff do
         end
       end
     end
+
+    desc "January 2015: build Elasticsearch index"
+    task :elasticsearch_create_index => :environment do
+      Crop.__elasticsearch__.create_index! force: true
+      Crop.import
+    end
+
   end # end oneoff section
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/elasticsearch_helpers.rb b/spec/support/elasticsearch_helpers.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e80ea321..000000000
--- a/spec/support/elasticsearch_helpers.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-module ElasticsearchHelpers
-  def sync_elasticsearch(crops)
-    if ENV['GROWSTUFF_ELASTICSEARCH'] == "true"
-      crops.each {|crop| crop.__elasticsearch__.index_document}
-      Crop.__elasticsearch__.refresh_index!
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-RSpec.configure do |config|
-  config.include ElasticsearchHelpers
-
-  config.before(:each) do
-    if ENV['GROWSTUFF_ELASTICSEARCH'] == "true"
-      Crop.__elasticsearch__.create_index! force: true
-    end
-  end
-end
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