diff --git a/files/rundeck_version b/files/rundeck_version
index ed2c2d105..6d74983e3 100755
--- a/files/rundeck_version
+++ b/files/rundeck_version
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
-# Ask puppet what version of rundeck is installed.
-# Will return the version or if not available: "absent".
-puppet resource package rundeck | grep ensure | awk '{print $NF}' | sed "s/'//g;s/,//g"
+#!/bin/env bash
+
+if [ -x /usr/bin/dpkg ]; then
+  VERSION=`dpkg -l | grep rundeck | awk '{ print $3}'`
+  echo "rundeck_version=$VERSION"
+fi
+
+if [ -x /usr/bin/yum ]; then
+  VERSION=`yum list installed|awk '/rundeck\./{print $2}'`
+  echo "rundeck_version=$VERSION"
+fi