diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index f33f6ffe554..040b6d0b141 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -96,10 +96,7 @@ end
 
 desc "Creates a sandbox application for simulating the Spree code in a deployed Rails app"
 task :sandbox do
-  require 'spree_core'
-
-  Spree::SandboxGenerator.start ["--lib_name=spree"]
-  Spree::InstallGenerator.start ["--auto-accept"]
-
-  cmd = "bundle exec rake assets:precompile:nondigest"; puts cmd; system cmd
+  FileUtils.rm_r("sandbox")
+  puts "Running Sandbox generator..."
+  exec("rails new sandbox -m sandbox.rb")
 end
diff --git a/core/lib/generators/spree/sandbox/sandbox_generator.rb b/core/lib/generators/spree/sandbox/sandbox_generator.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c67d0342c3..00000000000
--- a/core/lib/generators/spree/sandbox/sandbox_generator.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-require "rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator"
-
-module Spree
-  class SandboxGenerator < Spree::DummyGenerator
-    desc "Creates blank Rails application, installs Spree and all sample data"
-
-    def self.source_paths
-      paths = self.superclass.source_paths
-      paths.unshift File.expand_path('../templates', __FILE__)
-      paths.flatten
-    end
-
-    def drop_database
-      say "dropping database"
-      inside dummy_path do
-        quietly do
-          rake 'db:drop -f sandbox/Rakefile'
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    def use_spree_auth_devise
-      inside dummy_path do
-        File.open("Gemfile", "a+") do |f|
-          f.write %Q{gem 'spree_auth_devise', :git => "git://github.com/radar/spree_auth_devise"}
-        end
-      end
-      run 'bundle install'
-    end
-
-    protected
-    def dummy_path
-      'sandbox'
-    end
-
-    def gemfile_path
-      '../../../Gemfile'
-    end
-
-    def module_name
-      'Sandbox'
-    end
-
-  end
-end
diff --git a/core/lib/generators/spree/sandbox/templates/rails/routes.rb b/core/lib/generators/spree/sandbox/templates/rails/routes.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c8c7310a7f..00000000000
--- a/core/lib/generators/spree/sandbox/templates/rails/routes.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Rails.application.routes.draw do
-  mount Spree::Core::Engine => "/"
-end
diff --git a/core/lib/spree/core.rb b/core/lib/spree/core.rb
index 775a4768c60..eb2780ba378 100644
--- a/core/lib/spree/core.rb
+++ b/core/lib/spree/core.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ def self.config(&block)
 
 require 'spree/core/engine'
 require 'generators/spree/dummy/dummy_generator'
-require 'generators/spree/sandbox/sandbox_generator'
 
 ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do
   include Spree::Core::CalculatedAdjustments
diff --git a/sandbox.rb b/sandbox.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0a7d1c9b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Used in the sandbox rake task in Rakefile
+gem('spree', :path => "..")
+gem('spree_auth_devise', :path => "~/Sites/gems/spree_auth_devise")
+gem('devise-encryptable', '0.1.1')
+puts "Running Spree installer..."
+generate("spree:install --auto-accept")
+puts "Precompilign assets..."
+rake("assets:precompile:nondigest")
+puts "Done!"
+