diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
index 9d4643fcf..094134318 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -1026,102 +1026,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
 
         protected abstract void RestartInternal();
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<LocalPlugin> GetLocalPlugins(string path, bool cleanup = true)
-        {
-            var minimumVersion = new Version(0, 0, 0, 1);
-            var versions = new List<LocalPlugin>();
-            if (!Directory.Exists(path))
-            {
-                // Plugin path doesn't exist, don't try to enumerate subfolders.
-                return Enumerable.Empty<LocalPlugin>();
-            }
-
-            var directories = Directory.EnumerateDirectories(path, "*.*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
-
-            foreach (var dir in directories)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    var metafile = Path.Combine(dir, "meta.json");
-                    if (File.Exists(metafile))
-                    {
-                        var jsonString = File.ReadAllText(metafile, Encoding.UTF8);
-                        var manifest = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<PluginManifest>(jsonString, _jsonOptions);
-
-                        if (!Version.TryParse(manifest.TargetAbi, out var targetAbi))
-                        {
-                            targetAbi = minimumVersion;
-                        }
-
-                        if (!Version.TryParse(manifest.Version, out var version))
-                        {
-                            version = minimumVersion;
-                        }
-
-                        if (ApplicationVersion >= targetAbi)
-                        {
-                            // Only load Plugins if the plugin is built for this version or below.
-                            versions.Add(new LocalPlugin(manifest.Guid, manifest.Name, version, dir));
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // No metafile, so lets see if the folder is versioned.
-                        metafile = dir.Split(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)[^1];
-
-                        int versionIndex = dir.LastIndexOf('_');
-                        if (versionIndex != -1 && Version.TryParse(dir.AsSpan()[(versionIndex + 1)..], out Version parsedVersion))
-                        {
-                            // Versioned folder.
-                            versions.Add(new LocalPlugin(Guid.Empty, metafile, parsedVersion, dir));
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            // Un-versioned folder - Add it under the path name and version 0.0.0.1.
-                            versions.Add(new LocalPlugin(Guid.Empty, metafile, minimumVersion, dir));
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                catch
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-
-            string lastName = string.Empty;
-            versions.Sort(LocalPlugin.Compare);
-            // Traverse backwards through the list.
-            // The first item will be the latest version.
-            for (int x = versions.Count - 1; x >= 0; x--)
-            {
-                if (!string.Equals(lastName, versions[x].Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    versions[x].DllFiles.AddRange(Directory.EnumerateFiles(versions[x].Path, "*.dll", SearchOption.AllDirectories));
-                    lastName = versions[x].Name;
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(lastName) && cleanup)
-                {
-                    // Attempt a cleanup of old folders.
-                    try
-                    {
-                        Logger.LogDebug("Deleting {Path}", versions[x].Path);
-                        Directory.Delete(versions[x].Path, true);
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception e)
-                    {
-                        Logger.LogWarning(e, "Unable to delete {Path}", versions[x].Path);
-                    }
-
-                    versions.RemoveAt(x);
-                }
-            }
-
-            return versions;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the composable part assemblies.
         /// </summary>