diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e5abaad..1f66492 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ task :watch do
   raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install` to set up an Octopress theme." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
   puts "Starting to watch source with Jekyll and Compass."
   system "compass compile --css-dir #{source_dir}/stylesheets"
-  jekyllPid = Process.spawn({"OCTOPRESS_ENV"=>"preview"}, "jekyll --auto")
+  jekyllPid = Process.spawn("jekyll --auto")
   compassPid = Process.spawn("compass watch")
 
   trap("INT") {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ task :preview do
   raise "### You haven't set anything up yet. First run `rake install` to set up an Octopress theme." unless File.directory?(source_dir)
   puts "Starting to watch source with Jekyll and Compass. Starting Rack on port #{server_port}"
   system "compass compile --css-dir #{source_dir}/stylesheets"
-  jekyllPid = Process.spawn({"OCTOPRESS_ENV"=>"preview"}, "jekyll --auto")
+  jekyllPid = Process.spawn("jekyll --auto")
   compassPid = Process.spawn("compass watch")
   rackupPid = Process.spawn("rackup --port #{server_port}")
 
diff --git a/plugins/preview_unpublished.rb b/plugins/preview_unpublished.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 321ffd6..0000000
--- a/plugins/preview_unpublished.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# Monkeypatch for Jekyll
-# Introduce distinction between preview/productive site generation
-# so posts with YAML attribute `published: false` can be previewed
-# on localhost without being published to the productive environment.
-
-module Jekyll
-
-  class Site
-    # Read all the files in <source>/<dir>/_posts and create a new Post
-    # object with each one.
-    #
-    # dir - The String relative path of the directory to read.
-    #
-    # Returns nothing.
-    def read_posts(dir)
-      base = File.join(self.source, dir, '_posts')
-      return unless File.exists?(base)
-      entries = Dir.chdir(base) { filter_entries(Dir['**/*']) }
-
-      # first pass processes, but does not yet render post content
-      entries.each do |f|
-        if Post.valid?(f)
-          post = Post.new(self, self.source, dir, f)
-
-          # Monkeypatch:
-          # On preview environment (localhost), publish all posts
-          if ENV.has_key?('OCTOPRESS_ENV') && ENV['OCTOPRESS_ENV'] == 'preview' && post.data.has_key?('published') && post.data['published'] == false
-            post.published = true
-            # Set preview mode flag (if necessary), `rake generate` will check for it
-            # to prevent pushing preview posts to productive environment
-            File.open(".preview-mode", "w") {}
-          end
-
-          if post.published && (self.future || post.date <= self.time)
-            self.posts << post
-            post.categories.each { |c| self.categories[c] << post }
-            post.tags.each { |c| self.tags[c] << post }
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      self.posts.sort!
-
-      # limit the posts if :limit_posts option is set
-      self.posts = self.posts[-limit_posts, limit_posts] if limit_posts
-    end
-  end
-end
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