diff --git a/transformer/transformer.go b/transformer/transformer.go
index 22d4bb796..5809585e1 100644
--- a/transformer/transformer.go
+++ b/transformer/transformer.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var transformerFunctionMap = map[string]func(*transformers.Context) error{
 	"reorderhead":           transformers.ReorderHead,
 	"serversiderendering":   transformers.ServerSideRendering,
 	"stripjs":               transformers.StripJS,
+	"stripscriptcomments":   transformers.StripScriptComments,
 	"transformedidentifier": transformers.TransformedIdentifier,
 	"unusedextensions":      transformers.UnusedExtensions,
 	"urlrewrite":            transformers.URLRewrite,
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ var configMap = map[rpb.Request_TransformersConfig][]func(*transformers.Context)
 		// NodeCleanup should be first.
 		transformers.NodeCleanup,
 		transformers.StripJS,
+		transformers.StripScriptComments,
 		transformers.LinkTag,
 		transformers.AbsoluteURL,
 		transformers.AMPBoilerplate,
diff --git a/transformer/transformer_test.go b/transformer/transformer_test.go
index 046ba9663..1b50ae320 100644
--- a/transformer/transformer_test.go
+++ b/transformer/transformer_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestProcess(t *testing.T) {
 		config      rpb.Request_TransformersConfig
 		expectedLen int
 	}{
-		{rpb.Request_DEFAULT, 12},
+		{rpb.Request_DEFAULT, 13},
 		{rpb.Request_NONE, 0},
 		{rpb.Request_VALIDATION, 1},
 		{rpb.Request_CUSTOM, 0},
diff --git a/transformer/transformers/stripscriptcomments.go b/transformer/transformers/stripscriptcomments.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d68099141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transformer/transformers/stripscriptcomments.go
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+package transformers
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ampproject/amppackager/transformer/internal/htmlnode"
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+	"golang.org/x/net/html/atom"
+)
+
+// Strips html style comments from all the <script> elements that are child
+// nodes of the given node. Example:
+// <script><!-- var a = 1; --></script> transforms to empty script node.
+// <script><!--[if IE]-->var a=1;<![endif]--></script> transforms to empty
+// script tag.
+//
+// Attributes and any content outside comment are preserved.
+// <script type="text/javascript"><!-- hello -->var a = 0;</script>
+//            transforms to
+// <script type="text/javascript">var a = 0;</script>
+//
+// Any comment that looks like a comment but is a string variable is preserved.
+// <script>var comment = "<!-- comment -->";</script> is not modified.
+func StripScriptComments(e *Context) error {
+  for n := e.DOM.RootNode; n != nil; n = htmlnode.Next(n) {
+    if n.Type != html.ElementNode {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if n.DataAtom == atom.Script {
+      typeVal, typeOk := htmlnode.GetAttributeVal(n, "", "type")
+      if typeOk && (typeVal == "application/json" ||
+                    typeVal == "application/ld+json") {
+        contents := n.FirstChild
+	if contents == nil || len(contents.Data) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	contents.Data = stripComments(&contents.Data)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return nil
+}
+
+type commentStripper struct {
+	Content string
+	index int
+	insideQuotes bool
+	quoteChar byte
+}
+
+func (r *commentStripper) readNextByte() byte {
+	r.index = r.index + 1
+	if r.index >= len(r.Content) {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return r.Content[r.index]
+}
+
+func (r *commentStripper) readByteAt(i int) byte {
+	if i < 0 || i >= len(r.Content) {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	return r.Content[i]
+}
+
+func (r *commentStripper) isPreviousEscapeChar() bool {
+	previous := r.index - 1
+	c := r.readByteAt(previous)
+	if c != '\\' {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Check if '\' is escaped by a preceding '\', consume all preceding '\'.
+	for {
+		previous = previous - 1
+		c := r.readByteAt(previous)
+		if c != '\\' {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (r.index - previous) % 2 != 0
+}
+
+func (r *commentStripper) isQuoteChar(c byte) bool {
+	return c == '"' || c == '\''
+}
+
+func (r *commentStripper) skipComment() bool {
+	cdataStyleComment := false
+	// Checks initial !-- characters.
+	if r.readByteAt(r.index + 1) != '!' && r.readByteAt(r.index + 2) != '-' && r.readByteAt(r.index + 3) != '-' {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Skips the '!--' chars.
+	r.index = r.index + 3
+
+	// Checks if comment is of [CDATA] format.
+	// <!--[condition]>, we are interested in <!--[ in which case comment
+	// will end with ]-->
+	if r.readByteAt(r.index + 1) == '[' {
+		cdataStyleComment = true
+	}
+
+	// Skip until we encounter -->
+	for {
+		c := r.readNextByte()
+		if c == 0 {
+			// Skip everything until eof.
+			return true
+		}
+
+		if c == '-' {
+			if cdataStyleComment {
+				if r.readByteAt(r.index - 1) != ']' {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+			if r.readByteAt(r.index + 1) == '-' && r.readByteAt(r.index + 2) == '>' {
+				r.index = r.index + 2
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *commentStripper) stripComments() string {
+	var buffer strings.Builder
+	for {
+		c := r.readNextByte()
+		if c == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		if r.insideQuotes {
+			if r.quoteChar == c && !r.isPreviousEscapeChar() {
+				r.insideQuotes = false
+				r.quoteChar = 0
+			}
+			buffer.WriteByte(c)
+			continue
+
+		}
+
+		if r.isQuoteChar(c) {
+			r.insideQuotes = true
+			r.quoteChar = c
+		        buffer.WriteByte(c)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Normal character.
+		if c == '<' && r.skipComment() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		buffer.WriteByte(c)
+	}
+
+	return buffer.String()
+}
+
+func stripComments(ss *string) string {
+	cs := commentStripper{Content: *ss, insideQuotes: false, index: -1}
+	return cs.stripComments()
+}
diff --git a/transformer/transformers/stripscriptcomments_test.go b/transformer/transformers/stripscriptcomments_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d3ea1e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transformer/transformers/stripscriptcomments_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package transformers_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ampproject/amppackager/transformer/internal/amphtml"
+	"github.com/ampproject/amppackager/transformer/transformers"
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+	tt "github.com/ampproject/amppackager/transformer/internal/testing"
+)
+
+// TODO(amaltas): WIP, Add lot of tests.
+func TestStripScriptComments(t *testing.T) {
+	tcs := []tt.TestCase{
+		{
+			Desc: "No comments in script",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">alert('hi');</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">alert('hi');</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Basic html comment in script",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!--alert('hi');--></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Basic html comment with condition",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!--[if IE]>alert('hi');<![endif]--></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Basic html comment with IE 10 condition",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!--[if gte IE 10]>alert('hi');<!--<![endif]--></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Basic html comment with different syntax",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!--[if gte IE 10]><!-->alert('hi');<!--<![endif]--></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Script with comment inside string variable",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var k = \"<!--[if !IE]> -->alert('hi');<!-- <![endif]-->\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var k = \"<!--[if !IE]> -->alert('hi');<!-- <![endif]-->\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Script with comment inside string variable escaped slashes",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var k = \"<!--[if !IE]> -->alert(\\\"hi\\\");<!-- <![endif]-->\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var k = \"<!--[if !IE]> -->alert(\\\"hi\\\");<!-- <![endif]-->\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Script with comment containing quotes",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var k = \"<!--[if !IE]> -->alert(\"hi\");<!-- <![endif]-->\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var k = \"<!--[if !IE]> -->alert(\"hi\");<!-- <![endif]-->\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Script with comment and some valid content",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!--[if !IE]>alert('hi');<![endif]-->var a = 1; var k = \"hi\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var a = 1; var k = \"hi\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Script with empty comment",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!-- --></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"></script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Script with empty comment and variables",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!-- -->var a = 1;</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var a = 1;</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Script with too many comments",
+		        Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!-- comment -->var a = 1;<!--[if IE]>It's an IE<![endif]-->var b = \"hello\";var c = false;</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		        Expected: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\">var a = 1;var b = \"hello\";var c = false;</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Too many comments V2",
+			Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!-- comment -->var a = 1;<!--[if IE]>It's an IE<![endif]-->var b = \"hello\";var c = false;<!-- hello -->var d = \"foo\";<!--[if !IE]>One more conditional comment<![endif]-->var f = \"<!-- comment variable -->\";</script>",
+			Expected: "<html><head><script type=application/json>var a = 1;var b = \"hello\";var c = false;var d = \"foo\";var f = \"<!-- comment variable -->\";</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "Simple JSON",
+			Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!-- comment -->{'a': 'b', 'c': true, 'd': 123}</script>",
+			Expected: "<html><head><script type=application/json>{'a': 'b', 'c': true, 'd': 123}</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "JSON with comment as string variable",
+			Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/ld+json\"><!-- comment -->{'a': 'b', 'c': true, 'd': '<!-- should preserve -->'}</script>",
+			Expected: "<html><head><script type=application/ld+json>{'a': 'b', 'c': true, 'd': '<!-- should preserve -->'}</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "JSON with double quoted values",
+			Input: "<script type=\"application/ld+json\"><!-- comment -->{\"a\": \"b\", \"c\": true, \"d\": \"<!-- should preserve -->\"}</script>",
+			Expected: "<html><head><script type=application/ld+json>{\"a\": \"b\", \"c\": true, \"d\": \"<!-- should preserve -->\"}</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "JSON with too many escape chars",
+			Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/ld+json\"><!-- comment -->{\"a\": \"\\\\\"b\", \"c\": true, \"d\": \"<!-- should preserve -->\"}</script>",
+			Expected: "<html><head><script type=application/ld+json>{\"a\": \"\\\\\"b\", \"c\": true, \"d\": \"<!-- should preserve -->\"}</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+		{
+			Desc: "JSON with multiple comments",
+			Input: "<html><head><script type=\"application/json\"><!-- comment -->{\"a\": \"b\", \"c\": true, \"d\": \"<!-- should preserve -->\", <!-- more comments --> e: 123}</script>",
+			Expected: "<html><head><script type=application/json>{\"a\": \"b\", \"c\": true, \"d\": \"<!-- should preserve -->\",  e: 123}</script></head><body></body></html>",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		inputDoc, err := html.Parse(strings.NewReader(tc.Input))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: html.Parse failed %q", tc.Input, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		inputDOM, err := amphtml.NewDOM(inputDoc)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s\namphtml.NewDOM for %s failed %q", tc.Input, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		transformers.StripScriptComments(&transformers.Context{DOM: inputDOM})
+		var input strings.Builder
+		if err = html.Render(&input, inputDoc); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: html.Render failed %q", tc.Input, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		expectedDoc, err := html.Parse(strings.NewReader(tc.Expected))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: html.Parse failed %q", tc.Expected, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		var expected strings.Builder
+		err = html.Render(&expected, expectedDoc)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: html.Render failed %q", tc.Expected, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if input.String() != expected.String() {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Transform\n%q\nwant=\n%q", tc.Desc, &input, &expected)
+		}
+	}
+}