diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/adminindex.py b/django/core/management/commands/adminindex.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f389136ca..0000000000
--- a/django/core/management/commands/adminindex.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-from django.core.management.base import AppCommand
-from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
-from django.utils.text import capfirst
-
-MODULE_TEMPLATE = '''    {%% if perms.%(app)s.%(addperm)s or perms.%(app)s.%(changeperm)s %%}
-    <tr>
-        <th>{%% if perms.%(app)s.%(changeperm)s %%}<a href="%(app)s/%(mod)s/">{%% endif %%}%(name)s{%% if perms.%(app)s.%(changeperm)s %%}</a>{%% endif %%}</th>
-        <td class="x50">{%% if perms.%(app)s.%(addperm)s %%}<a href="%(app)s/%(mod)s/add/" class="addlink">{%% endif %%}Add{%% if perms.%(app)s.%(addperm)s %%}</a>{%% endif %%}</td>
-        <td class="x75">{%% if perms.%(app)s.%(changeperm)s %%}<a href="%(app)s/%(mod)s/" class="changelink">{%% endif %%}Change{%% if perms.%(app)s.%(changeperm)s %%}</a>{%% endif %%}</td>
-    </tr>
-    {%% endif %%}'''
-
-class Command(AppCommand):
-    help = 'Prints the admin-index template snippet for the given app name(s).'
-
-    def handle_app(self, app, **options):
-        from django.db.models import get_models
-        output = []
-        app_models = get_models(app)
-        app_label = app_models[0]._meta.app_label
-        output.append('{%% if perms.%s %%}' % app_label)
-        output.append('<div class="module"><h2>%s</h2><table>' % app_label.title())
-        for model in app_models:
-            if model._meta.admin:
-                output.append(MODULE_TEMPLATE % {
-                    'app': app_label,
-                    'mod': model._meta.module_name,
-                    'name': force_unicode(capfirst(model._meta.verbose_name_plural)),
-                    'addperm': model._meta.get_add_permission(),
-                    'changeperm': model._meta.get_change_permission(),
-                })
-        output.append('</table></div>')
-        output.append('{% endif %}')
-        return '\n'.join(output)
diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
index 4af08c48af..ffc95952f6 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
@@ -449,9 +449,5 @@ uses a template variable called ``app_list``. That variable contains every
 installed Django app. Instead of using that, you can hard-code links to
 object-specific admin pages in whatever way you think is best.
 
-Django offers another shortcut in this department. Run the command ``python
-manage.py adminindex polls`` to get a chunk of template code for inclusion in
-the admin index template. It's a useful starting point.
-
 When you're comfortable with the admin site, read :ref:`part 3 of this tutorial
 <intro-tutorial03>` to start working on public poll views.
diff --git a/docs/man/django-admin.1 b/docs/man/django-admin.1
index 6b58c9183b..7f65fd0644 100644
--- a/docs/man/django-admin.1
+++ b/docs/man/django-admin.1
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ script found at the top level of each Django project directory.
 .sp
 .SH "ACTIONS"
 .TP
-.BI "adminindex [" "appname ..." "]"
-Prints the admin\-index template snippet for the given app name(s).
-.TP
 .BI cleanup
 Cleans out old data from the database (only expired sessions at the moment).
 .TP
diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index d6cb4e62f3..f9c3fe7ee7 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -95,17 +95,6 @@ that ``django-admin.py`` should print to the console.
 Available subcommands
 =====================
 
-adminindex
-----------
-
-.. django-admin:: adminindex <appname appname ...>
-
-Prints the admin-index template snippet for the given app name(s).
-
-Use admin-index template snippets if you want to customize the look and feel of
-your admin's index page. See :ref:`Tutorial 2 <intro-tutorial02>` for more
-information.
-
 cleanup 
 -------
 
diff --git a/extras/django_bash_completion b/extras/django_bash_completion
index affb43a763..b805af9e6f 100755
--- a/extras/django_bash_completion
+++ b/extras/django_bash_completion
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ _django_completion()
     # Standalone options
     opts="--help --settings --pythonpath --noinput --noreload --format --indent --verbosity --adminmedia --version --locale --domain"
     # Actions
-    actions="adminindex createcachetable createsuperuser compilemessages \
+    actions="createcachetable createsuperuser compilemessages \
              dbshell diffsettings dumpdata flush inspectdb loaddata \
              makemessages reset runfcgi runserver shell sql sqlall sqlclear \
              sqlcustom sqlflush sqlindexes sqlreset sqlsequencereset startapp \
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ _django_completion()
         esac
     else
         case ${prev} in
-            adminindex|dumpdata|reset| \
+            dumpdata|reset| \
             sql|sqlall|sqlclear|sqlcustom|sqlindexes| \
             sqlreset|sqlsequencereset|test)
                 # App completion