diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/contracts/plugins-core.loader.contract.test.ts b/src/channels/plugins/contracts/plugins-core.loader.contract.test.ts
index a9642feee9e..d505c7e2c90 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/contracts/plugins-core.loader.contract.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/contracts/plugins-core.loader.contract.test.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import {
   createOutboundTestPlugin,
   createTestRegistry,
 } from "../../../test-utils/channel-plugins.js";
-import { loadChannelPlugin } from "../load.js";
 import { loadChannelOutboundAdapter } from "../outbound/load.js";
+import { createChannelRegistryLoader } from "../registry-loader.js";
 import type { ChannelOutboundAdapter, ChannelPlugin } from "../types.js";
 
+const loadChannelPlugin = createChannelRegistryLoader<ChannelPlugin>((entry) => entry.plugin);
+
 const emptyRegistry = createTestRegistry([]);
 
 const demoOutbound: ChannelOutboundAdapter = {
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/load.ts b/src/channels/plugins/load.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 70ebe45a853..00000000000
--- a/src/channels/plugins/load.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { createChannelRegistryLoader } from "./registry-loader.js";
-import type { ChannelId, ChannelPlugin } from "./types.js";
-
-const loadPluginFromRegistry = createChannelRegistryLoader<ChannelPlugin>((entry) => entry.plugin);
-
-export async function loadChannelPlugin(id: ChannelId): Promise<ChannelPlugin | undefined> {
-  return loadPluginFromRegistry(id);
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/bundled-manifest-snapshots.ts b/src/plugins/bundled-manifest-snapshots.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e3c0f387bb..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/bundled-manifest-snapshots.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import fs from "node:fs";
-import path from "node:path";
-import { resolveBundledPluginsDir } from "./bundled-dir.js";
-import {
-  loadPluginManifest,
-  resolvePackageExtensionEntries,
-  type PackageManifest,
-  type PluginManifest,
-} from "./manifest.js";
-
-export type BundledPluginManifestSnapshot = {
-  dirName: string;
-  manifest: PluginManifest;
-};
-
-const bundledPluginManifestSnapshotCache = new Map<
-  string,
-  readonly BundledPluginManifestSnapshot[]
->();
-
-export function clearBundledPluginManifestSnapshotCache(): void {
-  bundledPluginManifestSnapshotCache.clear();
-}
-
-function readPackageManifest(pluginDir: string): PackageManifest | undefined {
-  const packagePath = path.join(pluginDir, "package.json");
-  if (!fs.existsSync(packagePath)) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  try {
-    return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packagePath, "utf-8")) as PackageManifest;
-  } catch {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-}
-
-export function listBundledPluginManifestSnapshots(params?: {
-  bundledDir?: string;
-  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-}): readonly BundledPluginManifestSnapshot[] {
-  const bundledDir = params?.bundledDir ?? resolveBundledPluginsDir(params?.env ?? process.env);
-  if (!bundledDir || !fs.existsSync(bundledDir)) {
-    return [];
-  }
-
-  const cacheKey = path.resolve(bundledDir);
-  const cached = bundledPluginManifestSnapshotCache.get(cacheKey);
-  if (cached) {
-    return cached;
-  }
-
-  const entries: BundledPluginManifestSnapshot[] = [];
-  for (const dirName of fs
-    .readdirSync(bundledDir, { withFileTypes: true })
-    .filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory())
-    .map((entry) => entry.name)
-    .toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right))) {
-    const pluginDir = path.join(bundledDir, dirName);
-    if (resolvePackageExtensionEntries(readPackageManifest(pluginDir)).status !== "ok") {
-      continue;
-    }
-    const manifestResult = loadPluginManifest(pluginDir, false);
-    if (!manifestResult.ok) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    entries.push({
-      dirName,
-      manifest: manifestResult.manifest,
-    });
-  }
-
-  const snapshots = Object.freeze(entries);
-  bundledPluginManifestSnapshotCache.set(cacheKey, snapshots);
-  return snapshots;
-}