diff --git a/makerules/makerules.mk b/makerules/makerules.mk
index bf451bc4..d6ed246a 100644
--- a/makerules/makerules.mk
+++ b/makerules/makerules.mk
@@ -168,10 +168,3 @@ commit-makerules::
 
 commit-collection::
 	@:
-
-save-state::
-	digital-land save-state --specification-dir=specification --collection-dir=$(COLLECTION_DIR) --pipeline-dir=$(PIPELINE_DIR) --output-path=state.json
-	aws s3 cp state.json s3://$(COLLECTION_DATASET_BUCKET_NAME)/state.json --no-progress
-
-load-state::
-	aws s3 cp s3://$(COLLECTION_DATASET_BUCKET_NAME)/state.json state.json --no-progress || echo state.json not found in s3 bucket $(COLLECTION_DATASET_BUCKET_NAME)