diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index c048e4e30a7..5e1df6ac5a7 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -87,7 +87,5 @@ end
 
 desc "Creates a sandbox application for simulating the Spree code in a deployed Rails app"
 task :sandbox do
-  FileUtils.rm_rf("sandbox")
-  puts "Running Sandbox generator..."
-  exec("rails new sandbox -m lib/sandbox.rb")
+  exec("lib/sandbox.sh")
 end
diff --git a/lib/sandbox.rb b/lib/sandbox.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ea20fa5271..00000000000
--- a/lib/sandbox.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Used in the sandbox rake task in Rakefile
-gem('spree', :path => "..")
-puts "Running Spree installer..."
-generate("spree:install --auto-accept")
-puts "Precompiling assets..."
-rake("assets:precompile:nondigest")
-