diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff24d40..7f1fcd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ which you can see by running:
     cap genesis:up          # Uploads Vagrant database & local files into production
     cap genesis:up:db       # Uploads Vagrant database into remote
     cap genesis:up:files    # Uploads local project files to remote
+    cap genesis:teardown    # Remove any existing remote deployment files; counterpart to cap's built-in deploy:setup
 
 Now run any one of those commands against an environemnt:
 
diff --git a/deployment/lib/server.rb b/deployment/lib/server.rb
index f33a550..a6c1070 100644
--- a/deployment/lib/server.rb
+++ b/deployment/lib/server.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 require 'pathname'
 
+before "genesis:teardown" do
+    set(:confirmed) do
+        logger.important <<-WARN
+
+        ========================================================================
+
+            WARNING: You are about to permanently remove everything within #{deploy_to}
+
+        ========================================================================
+
+        WARN
+
+        answer = Capistrano::CLI.ui.ask "  Are you sure you want to continue? (YES) "
+        if answer === 'YES' then true else false end
+    end
+
+    unless fetch(:confirmed)
+        logger.info "\Aborted!"
+        exit
+    end
+end
+
 namespace :genesis do
     desc "Restart Apache + Varnish"
     task :restart, :roles => :web do
@@ -20,6 +42,11 @@
         sudo "/etc/init.d/varnish stop"
     end
 
+    desc "Tear down anything previously deployed"
+    task :teardown, :roles => :web do
+        sudo "rm -rf #{deploy_to}"
+    end
+
     desc "Fix permissions"
     task :permissions do
         # Avoid uploading problems if Apache owns directories