diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 5ec05f70..d059a2a7 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.loadTasks('lib/grunt');
 
   var NG_VERSION = versionInfo.currentVersion;
-  NG_VERSION.cdn = versionInfo.currentPackage.cdnVersion;
+  NG_VERSION.cdn = versionInfo.cdnVersion;
   var dist = 'angular-'+ NG_VERSION.full;
 
   //global beforeEach
diff --git a/docs/docs.config.js b/docs/docs.config.js
index fcd3f9d9..124720e0 100644
--- a/docs/docs.config.js
+++ b/docs/docs.config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var basePackage = require('./config');
 
 module.exports = function(config) {
 
-  var cdnUrl = "//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/" + versionInfo.currentPackage.cdnVersion;
+  var cdnUrl = "//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/" + versionInfo.cdnVersion;
 
   var getVersion = function(component, sourceFolder, packageFile) {
     sourceFolder = sourceFolder || '../bower_components';
diff --git a/lib/versions/version-info.js b/lib/versions/version-info.js
index 3ee5e261..3c1c6194 100644
--- a/lib/versions/version-info.js
+++ b/lib/versions/version-info.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var shell = require('shelljs');
 var semver = require('semver');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
-var currentPackage, previousVersions;
+var currentPackage, previousVersions, cdnVersion;
 
 
 /**
@@ -131,6 +131,29 @@ var getPreviousVersions =  function() {
   }
 };
 
+var getCdnVersion = function() {
+  return _(previousVersions)
+    .filter(function(tag) {
+      return semver.satisfies(tag, currentPackage.branchVersion);
+    })
+    .reverse()
+    .reduce(function(cdnVersion, version) {
+      if (!cdnVersion) {
+        // Note: need to use shell.exec and curl here
+        // as version-infos returns its result synchronously...
+        var cdnResult = shell.exec('curl http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/'+version+'/angular.min.js '+
+                  '--head --write-out "%{http_code}" -o /dev/null -silent',
+                                    {silent: true});
+        if ( cdnResult.code === 0 ) {
+          var statusCode = cdnResult.output.trim();
+          if (statusCode === '200') {
+            cdnVersion = version;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return cdnVersion;
+    }, null);
+}
 
 /**
  * Get the unstable snapshot version
@@ -179,4 +202,5 @@ var getSnapshotVersion = function() {
 exports.currentPackage = currentPackage = getPackage();
 exports.gitRepoInfo = gitRepoInfo = getGitRepoInfo();
 exports.previousVersions = previousVersions = getPreviousVersions();
+exports.cdnVersion = cdnVersion = getCdnVersion();
 exports.currentVersion = getTaggedVersion() || getSnapshotVersion();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04371355..4514fdd6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angularjs",
   "branchVersion": "1.3.*",
-  "cdnVersion": "1.3.0-beta.3",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/angular/angular.js.git"
diff --git a/scripts/angular.js/publish-cdn-version.sh b/scripts/angular.js/publish-cdn-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ed5ce43e..00000000
--- a/scripts/angular.js/publish-cdn-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Script for updating cdnVersion of angular.js
-
-echo "###################################"
-echo "## Update angular.js cdnVersion ###"
-echo "###################################"
-
-ARG_DEFS=(
-  "--cdn-version=(.*)"
-  "--action=(prepare|publish)"
-)
-
-function init {
-  cd ../..
-}
-
-function prepare {
-  replaceJsonProp "package.json" "cdnVersion" "(.*)" "$CDN_VERSION"
-  git add package.json
-  git commit -m "chore(release): update cdn version"
-}
-
-function publish {
-  BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-  # push the commits to github
-  git push origin $BRANCH
-}
-
-source $(dirname $0)/../utils.inc