diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a98bffd81..d5a907505 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ CHANGELOG
 - Add support for publishing Python policy packs.
   [#4644](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pull/4644)
 
+- Improve download perf by fetching plugins from a CDN.
+  [#4692](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pull/4692)
+
 ## 2.2.1 (2020-05-13)
 - Add new brew target to fix homebrew builds
  [#4633](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pull/4633)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pulumi/plugin_install.go b/pkg/cmd/pulumi/plugin_install.go
index d39ba97b5..5d65ffd37 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pulumi/plugin_install.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pulumi/plugin_install.go
@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v2/backend/display"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v2/go/common/diag"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v2/go/common/util/cmdutil"
-	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v2/go/common/util/contract"
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v2/go/common/workspace"
 )
 
 func newPluginInstallCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var serverURL string
-	var cloudURL string
 	var exact bool
 	var file string
 	var reinstall bool
@@ -56,23 +54,6 @@ func newPluginInstallCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				Color: cmdutil.GetGlobalColorization(),
 			}
 
-			if serverURL != "" && cloudURL != "" {
-				return errors.New("only one of server and cloud-url may be specified")
-			}
-
-			if cloudURL != "" {
-				cmdutil.Diag().Warningf(diag.Message("", "cloud-url is deprecated, please pass '--server "+
-					"%s/releases/plugins' instead."), cloudURL)
-
-				serverURL = cloudURL + "/releases/plugins"
-			}
-
-			// Note we don't presently set this as the default value for `--server` so we can play games like the above
-			// where we want to ensure at most one of `--server` or `--cloud-url` is set.
-			if serverURL == "" {
-				serverURL = "https://api.pulumi.com/releases/plugins"
-			}
-
 			// Parse the kind, name, and version, if specified.
 			var installs []workspace.PluginInfo
 			if len(args) > 0 {
@@ -91,7 +72,7 @@ func newPluginInstallCmd() *cobra.Command {
 					Kind:      workspace.PluginKind(args[0]),
 					Name:      args[1],
 					Version:   &version,
-					ServerURL: serverURL,
+					ServerURL: serverURL, // If empty, will use default plugin source.
 				})
 			} else {
 				if file != "" {
@@ -179,8 +160,6 @@ func newPluginInstallCmd() *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&serverURL,
 		"server", "", "A URL to download plugins from")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&cloudURL,
-		"cloud-url", "c", "", "A cloud URL to download releases from")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&exact,
 		"exact", false, "Force installation of an exact version match (usually >= is accepted)")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&file,
@@ -190,8 +169,5 @@ func newPluginInstallCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&verbose,
 		"verbose", false, "Print detailed information about the installation steps")
 
-	// We are moving away from supporting this option, for now we mark it hidden.
-	contract.AssertNoError(cmd.PersistentFlags().MarkHidden("cloud-url"))
-
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/sdk/go/common/workspace/plugins.go b/sdk/go/common/workspace/plugins.go
index 79c760f79..39a27b8ba 100644
--- a/sdk/go/common/workspace/plugins.go
+++ b/sdk/go/common/workspace/plugins.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
@@ -190,8 +191,9 @@ func (info PluginInfo) Download() (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
 	// is hosted by Pulumi.
 	serverURL := info.ServerURL
 	if serverURL == "" {
-		serverURL = "https://api.pulumi.com/releases/plugins"
+		serverURL = "https://get.pulumi.com/releases/plugins"
 	}
+	serverURL = strings.TrimSuffix(serverURL, "/")
 
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s/pulumi-%s-%s-v%s-%s-%s.tar.gz", serverURL, info.Kind, info.Name, info.Version, os, arch)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", endpoint, nil)