diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1eca16941..779b3f989 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,25 +65,7 @@ doc-gen:
 	rm -r docs/en/cli/*
 	go run hack/docgen/gen.go
 
-PWD := $(shell pwd)
-docs-build:
-	docker run -it -v $(PWD)/docs/sidebars.js:/workspace/kubevela.io/sidebars.js \
-	 -v $(PWD)/docs/en:/workspace/kubevela.io/docs \
-	 oamdev/vela-webtool:v1 -t build
-
-docs-start:
-	docker run -it -p 3000:3000 -v $(PWD)/docs/sidebars.js:/workspace/kubevela.io/sidebars.js \
-	 -v $(PWD)/docs/en:/workspace/kubevela.io/docs \
-	 oamdev/vela-webtool:v1 -t start
-
-api-gen:
-	swag init -g references/apiserver/route.go --output references/apiserver/docs
-	swagger-codegen generate -l html2 -i references/apiserver/docs/swagger.yaml -o references/apiserver/docs
-	mv references/apiserver/docs/index.html docs/en/developers/references/restful-api/
-
-generate-source:
-	go run hack/frontend/source.go
-
+PWD := $(shell pwd)	
 cross-build:
 	rm -rf _bin
 	go get github.com/mitchellh/gox@v0.4.0
@@ -330,13 +312,6 @@ else
 KUSTOMIZE=$(shell which kustomize)
 endif
 
-start-dashboard:
-	go run references/cmd/apiserver/main.go &
-	cd references/dashboard && npm install && npm start && cd ..
-
-swagger-gen:
-	$(GOBIN)/swag init -g apiserver/route.go -d pkg/ -o references/apiserver/docs/
-
 check-license-header:
 	./hack/licence/header-check.sh
 
diff --git a/hack/frontend/source.go b/hack/frontend/source.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cf1d7883f..000000000
--- a/hack/frontend/source.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The KubeVela Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/base64"
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/hack/utils"
-
-	"github.com/mholt/archiver/v3"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	tgz := archiver.NewTarGz()
-	defer tgz.Close()
-	var archiveDir, output string
-	flag.StringVar(&archiveDir, "path", "references/dashboard/dist", "specify frontend static file")
-	flag.StringVar(&output, "output", "", "specify output dir, if not set, output base64 result of the gzip result")
-	flag.Parse()
-	var stdout bool
-	if output == "" {
-		stdout = true
-		output = fmt.Sprintf("vela-frontend-%d.tgz", time.Now().Nanosecond())
-	}
-	err := tgz.Archive([]string{archiveDir}, output)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	if stdout {
-		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(output)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		PrintToFile(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(data))
-		_ = os.Remove(output)
-	}
-}
-
-func PrintToFile(data string) {
-	var buffer bytes.Buffer
-	buffer.WriteString(`package fake
-var FrontendSource = "`)
-	utils.FprintZipData(&buffer, []byte(data))
-	buffer.WriteString(`"`)
-	_ = ioutil.WriteFile("references/cmd/cli/fake/source.go", buffer.Bytes(), 0644)
-}