diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 6d30d2632..78346a2c1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -75,4 +75,11 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def popover_with_close_html(without_close_html)
     without_close_html + link_to(image_tag('deletelabel.png'), "#", :class => 'close')
   end
+
+  def jquery_include_tag
+    javascript_include_tag('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js') +
+    content_tag(:script) do
+      "!window.jQuery && document.write(unescape(\"#{escape_javascript(include_javascripts(:jquery))}\"))".html_safe
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 7a27f05a5..8283cc228 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@
     = javascript_include_tag "/javascripts/ie.js"
     <![endif]-->
 
-    %script{:type => "text/javascript", :src => '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js'}
-    :javascript
-      !window.jQuery && document.write(unescape("#{escape_javascript(include_javascripts(:jquery))}"))
-
+    = jquery_include_tag
     - unless @landing_page
       = include_javascripts :main
       :javascript
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.mobile.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.mobile.haml
index 13d3c9253..89601a4c5 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.mobile.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.mobile.haml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
       = render :partial =>'shared/footer'
 
     / javascripts at the bottom
+    = jquery_include_tag
     = include_javascripts :mobile
 
     :javascript
diff --git a/config/assets.yml b/config/assets.yml
index b9ca4d9a1..7417168a0 100644
--- a/config/assets.yml
+++ b/config/assets.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ javascripts:
   login:
     - public/javascripts/login.js
   mobile:
-    - public/javascripts/vendor/jquery162.min.js
     - public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.charcount.js
     - public/javascripts/rails.js # we only include this to hijack ajax requests
     - public/javascripts/vendor/mbp-helper.js