diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b20125d34..000000000
--- a/bower.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "jquery",
-  "version": "3.0.0-pre",
-  "main": "dist/jquery.js",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "ignore": [
-    "**/.*",
-    "build",
-    "speed",
-    "test",
-    "*.md",
-    "AUTHORS.txt",
-    "Gruntfile.js",
-    "package.json"
-  ],
-  "keywords": [
-    "jquery",
-    "javascript",
-    "library"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/build/release.js b/build/release.js
index 43be272ad..1b306b50c 100644
--- a/build/release.js
+++ b/build/release.js
@@ -1,113 +1,21 @@
+
 module.exports = function( Release ) {
 
 	var
-		fs = require( "fs" ),
-		shell = require( "shelljs" ),
-		ensureSizzle = require( "./ensure-sizzle" ),
+		files = [ "dist/jquery.js", "dist/jquery.min.js", "dist/jquery.min.map" ],
+		cdn = require( "./release/cdn" ),
+		dist = require( "./release/dist" ),
+		ensureSizzle = require( "./release/ensure-sizzle" ),
 
-		devFile = "dist/jquery.js",
-		minFile = "dist/jquery.min.js",
-		mapFile = "dist/jquery.min.map",
+		npmTags = Release.npmTags;
 
-		cdnFolder = "dist/cdn",
-
-		releaseFiles = {
-			"jquery-VER.js": devFile,
-			"jquery-VER.min.js": minFile,
-			"jquery-VER.min.map": mapFile
-		},
-
-		googleFilesCDN = [
-			"jquery.js", "jquery.min.js", "jquery.min.map"
-		],
-
-		msFilesCDN = [
-			"jquery-VER.js", "jquery-VER.min.js", "jquery-VER.min.map"
-		],
-
-		_complete = Release.complete;
-
-	/**
-	 * Generates copies for the CDNs
-	 */
-	function makeReleaseCopies() {
-		shell.mkdir( "-p", cdnFolder );
-
-		Object.keys( releaseFiles ).forEach(function( key ) {
-			var text,
-				builtFile = releaseFiles[ key ],
-				unpathedFile = key.replace( /VER/g, Release.newVersion ),
-				releaseFile = cdnFolder + "/" + unpathedFile;
-
-			if ( /\.map$/.test( releaseFile ) ) {
-				// Map files need to reference the new uncompressed name;
-				// assume that all files reside in the same directory.
-				// "file":"jquery.min.js","sources":["jquery.js"]
-				text = fs.readFileSync( builtFile, "utf8" )
-					.replace( /"file":"([^"]+)","sources":\["([^"]+)"\]/,
-						"\"file\":\"" + unpathedFile.replace( /\.min\.map/, ".min.js" ) +
-						"\",\"sources\":[\"" + unpathedFile.replace( /\.min\.map/, ".js" ) + "\"]" );
-				fs.writeFileSync( releaseFile, text );
-			} else if ( /\.min\.js$/.test( releaseFile ) ) {
-				// Remove the source map comment; it causes way too many problems.
-				// Keep the map file in case DevTools allow manual association.
-				text = fs.readFileSync( builtFile, "utf8" )
-					.replace( /\/\/# sourceMappingURL=\S+/, "" );
-				fs.writeFileSync( releaseFile, text );
-			} else if ( builtFile !== releaseFile ) {
-				shell.cp( "-f", builtFile, releaseFile );
-			}
-		});
-	}
-
-	function buildGoogleCDN() {
-		makeArchive( "googlecdn", googleFilesCDN );
-	}
-
-	function buildMicrosoftCDN() {
-		makeArchive( "mscdn", msFilesCDN );
-	}
-
-	function makeArchive( cdn, files ) {
-		if ( Release.preRelease ) {
-			console.log( "Skipping archive creation for " + cdn + "; this is a beta release." );
-			return;
-		}
-
-		console.log( "Creating production archive for " + cdn );
-
-		var archiver = require( "archiver" )( "zip" ),
-			md5file = cdnFolder + "/" + cdn + "-md5.txt",
-			output = fs.createWriteStream(
-				cdnFolder + "/" + cdn + "-jquery-" + Release.newVersion + ".zip"
-			);
-
-		output.on( "error", function( err ) {
-			throw err;
-		});
-
-		archiver.pipe( output );
-
-		files = files.map(function( item ) {
-			return cdnFolder + "/" + item.replace( /VER/g, Release.newVersion );
-		});
-
-		shell.exec( "md5sum", files, function( code, stdout ) {
-			fs.writeFileSync( md5file, stdout );
-			files.push( md5file );
-
-			files.forEach(function( file ) {
-				archiver.append( fs.createReadStream( file ), { name: file } );
-			});
-
-			archiver.finalize();
-		});
-	}
+	// Have jquery-release update the version
+	// in our bower.json template
+	Release._jsonFiles.push( "build/release/_bower.json" );
 
 	Release.define({
 		npmPublish: true,
-		issueTracker: "trac",
-		contributorReportId: 508,
+		issueTracker: "github",
 		/**
 		 * Ensure the repo is in a proper state before release
 		 * @param {Function} callback
@@ -123,48 +31,37 @@ module.exports = function( Release ) {
 		 */
 		generateArtifacts: function( callback ) {
 			Release.exec( "grunt", "Grunt command failed" );
-			makeReleaseCopies();
-			callback([ "dist/jquery.js", "dist/jquery.min.js", "dist/jquery.min.map" ]);
+			cdn.makeReleaseCopies( Release );
+			callback( files );
 		},
 		/**
-		 * Release completion
+		 * Acts as insertion point for restoring Release.dir.repo
+		 * It was changed to reuse npm publish code in jquery-release
+		 * for publishing the distribution repo instead
 		 */
-		complete: function() {
-			// Build CDN archives async
-			buildGoogleCDN();
-			buildMicrosoftCDN();
-			_complete();
+		npmTags: function() {
+			// origRepo is not defined if dist was skipped
+			Release.dir.repo = Release.dir.origRepo || Release.dir.repo;
+			return npmTags();
 		},
 		/**
-		 * Our trac milestones are different than the new version
-		 * @example
-		 *
-		 * // For Release.newVersion equal to 2.1.0 or 1.11.0
-		 * Release._tracMilestone();
-		 * // => 1.11/2.1
-		 *
-		 * // For Release.newVersion equal to 2.1.1 or 1.11.1
-		 * Release._tracMilestone();
-		 * // => 1.11.1/2.1.1
+		 * Publish to distribution repo and npm
+		 * @param {Function} callback
 		 */
-		tracMilestone: function() {
-			var otherVersion,
-				m = Release.newVersion.split( "." ),
-				major = m[0] | 0,
-				minor = m[1] | 0,
-				patch = m[2] | 0 ? "." + m[2] : "",
-				version = major + "." + minor + patch;
-			if ( major === 1) {
-				otherVersion = "2." + ( minor - 10 ) + patch;
-				return version + "/" + otherVersion;
+		dist: function( callback ) {
+
+			if ( Release.isTest ) {
+				callback();
+				return;
 			}
-			otherVersion = "1." + ( minor + 10 ) + patch;
-			return otherVersion + "/" + version;
+
+			dist( Release, callback );
 		}
 	});
 };
 
 module.exports.dependencies = [
 	"archiver@0.5.2",
-	"shelljs@0.2.6"
+	"shelljs@0.2.6",
+	"npm@2.3.0"
 ];
diff --git a/build/release/cdn.js b/build/release/cdn.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebca6bad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/release/cdn.js
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+var
+	fs = require( "fs" ),
+	shell = require( "shelljs" ),
+
+	cdnFolder = "dist/cdn",
+
+	devFile = "dist/jquery.js",
+	minFile = "dist/jquery.min.js",
+	mapFile = "dist/jquery.min.map",
+
+	releaseFiles = {
+		"jquery-VER.js": devFile,
+		"jquery-VER.min.js": minFile,
+		"jquery-VER.min.map": mapFile
+	},
+
+	googleFilesCDN = [
+		"jquery.js", "jquery.min.js", "jquery.min.map"
+	],
+
+	msFilesCDN = [
+		"jquery-VER.js", "jquery-VER.min.js", "jquery-VER.min.map"
+	];
+
+/**
+ * Generates copies for the CDNs
+ */
+function makeReleaseCopies( Release ) {
+	shell.mkdir( "-p", cdnFolder );
+
+	Object.keys( releaseFiles ).forEach(function( key ) {
+		var text,
+			builtFile = releaseFiles[ key ],
+			unpathedFile = key.replace( /VER/g, Release.newVersion ),
+			releaseFile = cdnFolder + "/" + unpathedFile;
+
+		if ( /\.map$/.test( releaseFile ) ) {
+			// Map files need to reference the new uncompressed name;
+			// assume that all files reside in the same directory.
+			// "file":"jquery.min.js","sources":["jquery.js"]
+			text = fs.readFileSync( builtFile, "utf8" )
+				.replace( /"file":"([^"]+)","sources":\["([^"]+)"\]/,
+					"\"file\":\"" + unpathedFile.replace( /\.min\.map/, ".min.js" ) +
+					"\",\"sources\":[\"" + unpathedFile.replace( /\.min\.map/, ".js" ) + "\"]" );
+			fs.writeFileSync( releaseFile, text );
+		} else if ( /\.min\.js$/.test( releaseFile ) ) {
+			// Remove the source map comment; it causes way too many problems.
+			// Keep the map file in case DevTools allow manual association.
+			text = fs.readFileSync( builtFile, "utf8" )
+				.replace( /\/\/# sourceMappingURL=\S+/, "" );
+			fs.writeFileSync( releaseFile, text );
+		} else if ( builtFile !== releaseFile ) {
+			shell.cp( "-f", builtFile, releaseFile );
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+function makeArchive( Release, cdn, files ) {
+	if ( Release.preRelease ) {
+		console.log( "Skipping archive creation for " + cdn + "; this is a beta release." );
+		return;
+	}
+
+	console.log( "Creating production archive for " + cdn );
+
+	var archiver = require( "archiver" )( "zip" ),
+		md5file = cdnFolder + "/" + cdn + "-md5.txt",
+		output = fs.createWriteStream(
+			cdnFolder + "/" + cdn + "-jquery-" + Release.newVersion + ".zip"
+		);
+
+	output.on( "error", function( err ) {
+		throw err;
+	});
+
+	archiver.pipe( output );
+
+	files = files.map(function( item ) {
+		return cdnFolder + "/" + item.replace( /VER/g, Release.newVersion );
+	});
+
+	shell.exec( "md5sum", files, function( code, stdout ) {
+		fs.writeFileSync( md5file, stdout );
+		files.push( md5file );
+
+		files.forEach(function( file ) {
+			archiver.append( fs.createReadStream( file ), { name: file } );
+		});
+
+		archiver.finalize();
+	});
+}
+
+function buildGoogleCDN( Release ) {
+	makeArchive( Release, "googlecdn", googleFilesCDN );
+}
+
+function buildMicrosoftCDN( Release ) {
+	makeArchive( Release, "mscdn", msFilesCDN );
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+	makeReleaseCopies: makeReleaseCopies,
+	buildGoogleCDN: buildGoogleCDN,
+	buildMicrosoftCDN: buildMicrosoftCDN
+};
diff --git a/build/release/dist.js b/build/release/dist.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ebeee0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/release/dist.js
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+module.exports = function( Release, complete ) {
+
+	var
+		fs = require( "fs" ),
+		shell = require( "shelljs" ),
+		pkg = require( Release.dir.repo + "/package.json" ),
+		// These files are included with the distrubtion
+		files = [
+			"src",
+			"LICENSE.txt",
+			"AUTHORS.txt",
+			"package.json"
+		];
+
+	/**
+	 * Clone the distribution repo
+	 */
+	function clone() {
+		var distRemote = Release.remote.replace( "jquery", "jquery-dist" );
+
+		Release.chdir( Release.dir.base );
+		Release.dir.dist = Release.dir.base + "/dist";
+
+		console.log( "Using distribution repo: ", distRemote );
+		Release.exec( "git clone " + distRemote + " " + Release.dir.dist,
+			"Error cloning repo." );
+
+		// Distribution always works on master
+		Release.chdir( Release.dir.dist );
+		Release.exec( "git checkout master", "Error checking out branch." );
+		console.log();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generate bower file for jquery-dist
+	 */
+	function generateBower() {
+		return JSON.stringify({
+			name: pkg.name,
+			version: pkg.version,
+			main: pkg.main,
+			license: "MIT",
+			ignore: [
+				"package.json"
+			],
+			keywords: pkg.keywords
+		}, null, 2);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Copy necessary files over to the dist repo
+	 */
+	function copy() {
+
+		// Copy dist files
+		var distFolder = Release.dir.dist + "/dist";
+		shell.mkdir( "-p", distFolder );
+		[
+			"dist/jquery.js",
+			"dist/jquery.min.js",
+			"dist/jquery.min.map"
+		].forEach(function( file ) {
+			shell.cp( Release.dir.repo + "/" + file, distFolder );
+		});
+
+		// Copy other files
+		files.forEach(function( file ) {
+			shell.cp( "-r", Release.dir.repo + "/" + file, Release.dir.dist );
+		});
+
+		// Write generated bower file
+		fs.writeFileSync( Release.dir.dist + "/bower.json", generateBower() );
+
+		console.log( "Adding files to dist..." );
+		Release.exec( "git add .", "Error adding files." );
+		Release.exec(
+			"git commit -m 'Release " + Release.newVersion + "'",
+			"Error commiting files."
+		);
+		console.log();
+
+		console.log( "Tagging release on dist..." );
+		Release.exec( "git tag " + Release.newVersion,
+			"Error tagging " + Release.newVersion + " on dist repo." );
+		Release.tagTime = Release.exec( "git log -1 --format='%ad'",
+			"Error getting tag timestamp." ).trim();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Push files to dist repo
+	 */
+	function push() {
+		Release.chdir( Release.dir.dist );
+
+		console.log( "Pushing release to dist repo..." );
+		Release.exec( "git push origin master --tags",
+			"Error pushing master and tags to git repo." );
+
+		// Set repo for npm publish
+		Release.dir.origRepo = Release.dir.repo;
+		Release.dir.repo = Release.dir.dist;
+	}
+
+	Release.walk([
+		Release._section( "Copy files to distribution repo" ),
+		clone,
+		copy,
+		Release.confirmReview,
+
+		Release._section( "Pushing files to distribution repo" ),
+		push
+	], complete);
+};
diff --git a/build/ensure-sizzle.js b/build/release/ensure-sizzle.js
similarity index 91%
rename from build/ensure-sizzle.js
rename to build/release/ensure-sizzle.js
index 66e5ee47c..c3e4ed159 100644
--- a/build/ensure-sizzle.js
+++ b/build/release/ensure-sizzle.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 var fs = require( "fs" ),
 	npm = require( "npm" ),
-	sizzleLoc = __dirname + "/../external/sizzle/dist/sizzle.js",
+	sizzleLoc = __dirname + "/../../external/sizzle/dist/sizzle.js",
 	rversion = /Engine v(\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-[-\.\d\w]+)?)/;
 
-require( "colors" );
-
 /**
  * Retrieve the latest tag of Sizzle from npm
  * @param {Function(string)} callback
@@ -36,6 +34,7 @@ function ensureSizzle( Release, callback ) {
 			version = match ? match[ 1 ] : "Not Found";
 
 		if ( version !== latest ) {
+			// colors is inherited from jquery-release
 			console.log(
 				"The Sizzle version in the src folder (" + version.red +
 				") is not the latest tag (" + latest.green + ")."
diff --git a/build/release-notes.js b/build/release/release-notes.js
similarity index 100%
rename from build/release-notes.js
rename to build/release/release-notes.js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9002cc88..bbeea08be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
-    "colors": "1.0.3",
     "commitplease": "2.0.0",
     "grunt": "0.4.5",
     "grunt-cli": "0.1.13",
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@
     "gzip-js": "0.3.2",
     "jsdom": "1.5.0",
     "load-grunt-tasks": "1.0.0",
-    "npm": "2.1.12",
     "qunitjs": "1.16.0",
     "requirejs": "2.1.15",
     "sinon": "1.12.2",