diff --git a/lib/tasks/resque.rake b/lib/tasks/resque.rake
index 0b3b72853..84a544da0 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/resque.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/resque.rake
@@ -1,30 +1,5 @@
 require 'resque/tasks'
-task "resque:setup" => :environment do
-  Dir[File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'uploaders', '*.rb')].each { |file|
-    safe_require(file)
-  }
-
-  #fixes archlinux load dependencies
-  require File.join(Rails.root, 'lib/youtube_titles')
-  require File.join(Rails.root, 'app/models/photo')
-
-  Dir[File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'models', '*.rb')].each { |file|
-    safe_require(file)
-  }
-  Dir[File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'mailers', '*.rb')].each { |file|
-    safe_require(file)
-  }
-  require File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'controllers', 'application_controller.rb')
-  require File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'controllers', 'sockets_controller.rb')
+task "resque:setup" do
+  require 'config/environment'
   Rails.logger.info("event=resque_setup rails_env=#{Rails.env}")
 end
-
-def safe_require(file)
-  class_name = File.basename(file)[0..-4].camelize
-  begin
-    klass = Module.const_get(class_name)
-    klass.is_a?(Class)
-  rescue NameError
-    require file
-  end
-end