diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt
index 607b3853..4b3d7068 100644
--- a/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/RELEASE.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ How to make a new release of ``scikits.image``
 ==============================================
 
 - Update the version number in setup.py and commit
-- Update the docs, using the "push_github" script
+- Update the docs and api, push upstream using the "push_github" script
 - Add the version number as a tag in git::
 
   git tag v0.1
diff --git a/TASKS.txt b/TASKS.txt
index a2cffc31..1ec192c7 100644
--- a/TASKS.txt
+++ b/TASKS.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ modified to work as part of the scikit, others may be lacking in documentation
 or tests.
 
    * Connected components
-   * Color-space manipulations (so far rgb2hsv was done by Nicolas Pinto,
-                                needs documentation)
    * `Hough transform <http://mentat.za.net>`_
    * `Shortest paths <http://mentat.za.net>`_
    * `Grey-level co-occurrence matrices <http://mentat.za.net/hg>`_
@@ -83,11 +81,6 @@ Write new functionality
 ```````````````````````
 * Plugin structure for image IO
 
-Complete the build process
-``````````````````````````
-* Fix scripts for building Cython extensions (see `this thread
-  <http://www.nabble.com/problem-with-numpy.distutils-and-Cython-td25100957.html#a25100957>`_).
-
 Rework linear filters
 `````````````````````
 * Should take kernel or function for parameter (currently only takes function)