diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 98df26bef6..0000000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-clean:
-	find . -path '*/__pycache__/*' -delete
-	find . -type d -name '__pycache__' -empty -delete
-	find . -name *.pyc -o -name *.pyo -delete
-	rm -rf *.egg-info
-	rm -rf .cache
-	rm -rf .tox
-	rm -f .coverage
-
-# Create a superuser account
-superuser:
-	cd InvenTree && python3 manage.py createsuperuser
-	
-# Install packages required to generate code docs
-docreqs:
-	pip3 install -U -r docs/requirements.txt
-
-# Build code docs
-docs:
-	cd docs && make html
-
-# Make database backup
-backup:
-	cd InvenTree && python3 manage.py dbbackup
-	cd InvenTree && python3 manage.py mediabackup
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 7db6b51d74..4725e32ef1 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ def install(c):
         print("Config file 'config.yaml' does not exist - copying from template.")
         copyfile(CONFIG_TEMPLATE_FILE, CONFIG_FILE)
 
+@task
+def superuser(c):
+    """
+    Create a superuser (admin) account for the database.
+    """
+
+    manage(c, 'createsuperuser')
+
 @task
 def migrate(c):
     """
@@ -222,3 +230,15 @@ def postgresql(c):
 
     c.run('sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib libpq-dev')
     c.run('pip3 install psycopg2')
+
+@task
+def backup(c):
+    """
+    Create a backup of database models and uploaded media files.
+
+    Backup files will be written to the 'backup_dir' file specified in 'config.yaml'
+
+    """
+
+    manage(c, 'dbbackup')
+    manage(c, 'mediabackup')