diff --git a/src/plugin/Manager.cc b/src/plugin/Manager.cc
index d9d750ebaf..40a9f99ff7 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/plugin/Manager.cc
@@ -275,15 +275,6 @@ bool Manager::ActivateDynamicPluginInternal(const std::string& name, bool ok_if_
 	// First load {scripts}/__preload__.zeek automatically.
 	init = dir + "scripts/__preload__.zeek";
 
-	if ( util::is_file(init) )
-		{
-		DBG_LOG(DBG_PLUGINS, "  Loading %s", init.c_str());
-		scripts_to_load.push_back(init);
-		}
-
-	// First load {scripts}/__preload__.zeek automatically.
-	init = dir + "builtin-plugins/__preload__.zeek";
-
 	if ( util::is_file(init) )
 		{
 		DBG_LOG(DBG_PLUGINS, "  Loading %s", init.c_str());