diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
index f0a9149220..60cc19db70 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
         /// <returns>IEnumerable{Assembly}.</returns>
         protected List<Tuple<Assembly, string>> GetComposablePartAssemblies()
         {
-            var list = GetPluginAssemblies();
+            var list = GetPluginAssemblies(ApplicationPaths.PluginsPath);
 
             // Gets all plugin assemblies by first reading all bytes of the .dll and calling Assembly.Load against that
             // This will prevent the .dll file from getting locked, and allow us to replace it when needed
@@ -1615,79 +1615,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
 
         protected abstract IEnumerable<Assembly> GetAssembliesWithPartsInternal();
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the plugin assemblies.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>IEnumerable{Assembly}.</returns>
-        private List<Tuple<Assembly, string>> GetPluginAssemblies()
-        {
-            // Copy pre-installed plugins
-            var sourcePath = Path.Combine(ApplicationPaths.ApplicationResourcesPath, "plugins");
-            CopyPlugins(sourcePath, ApplicationPaths.PluginsPath);
-
-            return GetPluginAssemblies(ApplicationPaths.PluginsPath);
-        }
-
-        private void CopyPlugins(string source, string target)
-        {
-            List<string> files;
-
-            try
-            {
-                files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(source, "*.dll", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)
-                   .ToList();
-
-            }
-            catch (DirectoryNotFoundException)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (files.Count == 0)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            foreach (var sourceFile in files)
-            {
-                var filename = Path.GetFileName(sourceFile);
-                var targetFile = Path.Combine(target, filename);
-
-                var targetFileExists = File.Exists(targetFile);
-
-                if (!targetFileExists && ServerConfigurationManager.Configuration.UninstalledPlugins.Contains(filename, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (targetFileExists && GetDllVersion(targetFile) >= GetDllVersion(sourceFile))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(target);
-                File.Copy(sourceFile, targetFile, true);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private Version GetDllVersion(string path)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                var result = Version.Parse(FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(path).FileVersion);
-
-                Logger.LogInformation("File {Path} has version {Version}", path, result);
-
-                return result;
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Logger.LogError(ex, "Error getting version number from {Path}", path);
-
-                return new Version(1, 0);
-            }
-        }
-
         private List<Tuple<Assembly, string>> GetPluginAssemblies(string path)
         {
             try