diff --git a/kong-0.11.2-0.rockspec b/kong-0.11.2-0.rockspec
index ce6d24fc487..fb41e78294f 100644
--- a/kong-0.11.2-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-0.11.2-0.rockspec
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ build = {
     ["kong.cmd.check"] = "kong/cmd/check.lua",
     ["kong.cmd.reload"] = "kong/cmd/reload.lua",
     ["kong.cmd.restart"] = "kong/cmd/restart.lua",
-    ["kong.cmd.compile"] = "kong/cmd/compile.lua",
     ["kong.cmd.prepare"] = "kong/cmd/prepare.lua",
     ["kong.cmd.migrations"] = "kong/cmd/migrations.lua",
     ["kong.cmd.health"] = "kong/cmd/health.lua",
diff --git a/kong.conf.default b/kong.conf.default
index 0f828da9d84..604a7c41865 100644
--- a/kong.conf.default
+++ b/kong.conf.default
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # The commented-out settings shown in this file represent the default values.
 #
-# This file is read when `kong start` or `kong compile` are used. Kong
+# This file is read when `kong start` or `kong prepare` are used. Kong
 # generates the Nginx configuration with the settings specified in this file.
 #
 # All environment variables prefixed with `KONG_` and capitalized will override
diff --git a/kong/cmd/compile.lua b/kong/cmd/compile.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 9504a9e1e7b..00000000000
--- a/kong/cmd/compile.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-local prefix_handler = require "kong.cmd.utils.prefix_handler"
-local conf_loader = require "kong.conf_loader"
-local log = require "kong.cmd.utils.log"
-
-local function execute(args)
-  log.warn("'kong compile' is deprecated, use 'kong prepare' instead")
-
-  local conf = assert(conf_loader(args.conf))
-  local kong_nginx_conf = assert(prefix_handler.compile_kong_conf(conf))
-  print(kong_nginx_conf)
-end
-
-local lapp = [[
-Usage: kong compile [OPTIONS]
-
-[DEPRECATED] This command is deprecated. Use 'kong prepare' instead.
-
-Compile the Nginx configuration file containing Kong's servers
-contexts from a given Kong configuration file.
-
-Example usage:
- kong compile -c kong.conf > /usr/local/openresty/nginx-kong.conf
-
- This file can then be included in an OpenResty configuration:
-
- http {
-     # ...
-     include 'nginx-kong.conf';
- }
-
-Note:
- Third-party services such as Serf need to be properly configured
- and started for Kong to be fully compatible while embedded.
-
-Options:
- -c,--conf        (optional string) configuration file
-]]
-
-return {
-  lapp = lapp,
-  execute = execute
-}
diff --git a/kong/cmd/init.lua b/kong/cmd/init.lua
index f2b0e4240bd..b20c7e43d47 100644
--- a/kong/cmd/init.lua
+++ b/kong/cmd/init.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ local cmds = {
   reload = true,
   health = true,
   check = true,
-  compile = true,
   prepare = true,
   migrations = true,
   version = true,
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/03-compile_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/03-compile_spec.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 9154c758f16..00000000000
--- a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/03-compile_spec.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-local helpers = require "spec.helpers"
-
-describe("kong compile", function()
-  it("compiles a Kong NGINX config", function()
-    local _, _, stdout = assert(helpers.kong_exec "compile")
-    assert.matches("init_by_lua_block", stdout)
-    assert.matches("init_worker_by_lua_block", stdout)
-    assert.matches("server_name kong", stdout)
-    assert.matches("server_name kong_admin", stdout)
-    assert.matches("listen 0.0.0.0:8000", stdout, nil, true)
-    assert.matches("listen 127.0.0.1:8001", stdout, nil, true)
-    assert.matches("listen 0.0.0.0:8443 ssl", stdout, nil, true)
-  end)
-  it("accepts a custom Kong conf", function()
-    local _, _, stdout = assert(helpers.kong_exec("compile --conf " .. helpers.test_conf_path))
-    assert.matches("listen 0.0.0.0:9000", stdout, nil, true)
-    assert.matches("listen 127.0.0.1:9001", stdout, nil, true)
-    assert.matches("listen 0.0.0.0:9443 ssl", stdout, nil, true)
-  end)
-end)
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/04-reload_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/03-reload_spec.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/02-integration/02-cmd/04-reload_spec.lua
rename to spec/02-integration/02-cmd/03-reload_spec.lua
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/05-version_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/04-version_spec.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/02-integration/02-cmd/05-version_spec.lua
rename to spec/02-integration/02-cmd/04-version_spec.lua
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/06-check_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/05-check_spec.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/02-integration/02-cmd/06-check_spec.lua
rename to spec/02-integration/02-cmd/05-check_spec.lua
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/07-restart_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/06-restart_spec.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/02-integration/02-cmd/07-restart_spec.lua
rename to spec/02-integration/02-cmd/06-restart_spec.lua
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/08-health_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/07-health_spec.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/02-integration/02-cmd/08-health_spec.lua
rename to spec/02-integration/02-cmd/07-health_spec.lua
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/09-quit_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/08-quit_spec.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/02-integration/02-cmd/09-quit_spec.lua
rename to spec/02-integration/02-cmd/08-quit_spec.lua
diff --git a/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/10-prepare_spec.lua b/spec/02-integration/02-cmd/09-prepare_spec.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/02-integration/02-cmd/10-prepare_spec.lua
rename to spec/02-integration/02-cmd/09-prepare_spec.lua