diff --git a/app/mailers/notifier.rb b/app/mailers/notifier.rb
index b9f21f89f..ed535373c 100644
--- a/app/mailers/notifier.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/notifier.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class Notifier < ActionMailer::Base
   
   default :from => "no-reply@joindiaspora.com"
   
-  ATTACHMENT = File.read("#{Rails.root}/public/images/diaspora_white_on_grey.png")  
+  ATTACHMENT = File.read("#{Rails.root}/public/images/diaspora_white_on_grey.png")
 
   def new_request(recipient_id, sender_id)
     @receiver = User.find_by_id(recipient_id)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Notifier < ActionMailer::Base
 
     log_mail(recipient_id, sender_id, 'new_request')
 
-    attachments.inline['diaspora_white_on_grey.png'] = ATTACHMENT 
+    attachments.inline['diaspora_white_on_grey.png'] = ATTACHMENT
 
     mail(:to => "#{@receiver.real_name} <#{@receiver.email}>",
          :subject => I18n.t('notifier.new_request.subject', :from => @sender.real_name), :host => APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url])
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index eb5f24550..964ddb9cf 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -136,34 +136,9 @@ namespace :db do
 
   task :tom_seed, :roles => :tom do
     run "cd #{current_path} && bundle exec rake db:seed:tom --trace RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env}"
-    run "curl -silent -u tom@tom.joindiaspora.com:evankorth http://tom.joindiaspora.com/zombiefriends"
-    
-    EM.run { 
-      q = EM::Queue.new 
-      
-      backers.each do |backer|
-        q.push( lambda{run "curl -silent -u  #{backer['username']}@#{backer['username']}.joindiaspora.com:#{backer['username']}#{backer['pin']} http://#{backer['username']}.joindiaspora.com/zombiefriendaccept"})
-        
-      end
-     
-      timer = EventMachine::PeriodicTimer.new(5) do
-        q.pop {|x| x.call}
-        
-        if q.size == 0
-        q.pop {|x| x.call}
-          EventMachine::Timer.new(60) do
-            EM.stop
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-    }
   end
 
   task :backer_seed, :roles => :backer do
-    (0..2).each { |n|
-      run "curl -silent http://localhost/set_backer_number?number=#{n}", :only => {:number => n}
-    }
     run "cd #{current_path} && bundle exec rake db:seed:backer --trace RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env}"
   end
 
@@ -172,7 +147,6 @@ namespace :db do
     backer_seed
     tom_seed
   end
-
 end
 
 after "deploy:symlink", "deploy:symlink_images", "deploy:symlink_bundle", 'deploy:symlink_config', 'deploy:symlink_oauth_keys_config'