diff --git a/imagekit/cachefiles/actions.py b/imagekit/cachefiles/actions.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 634bcbe..0000000
--- a/imagekit/cachefiles/actions.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-def generate(file):
-    file.generate()
-
-
-try:
-    from celery.task import task
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-else:
-    generate_task = task(generate)
-
-
-def generate_deferred(file):
-    try:
-        import celery  # NOQA
-    except:
-        raise ImportError("Deferred validation requires the the 'celery' library")
-    generate_task.delay(file)
-
-
-def clear_now(file):
-    file.clear()