diff --git a/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs b/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
index 07fd9e958f0..cbd28bc3b24 100644
--- a/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
+++ b/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime.mjs
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ function linkPluginNodeModules(params) {
   if (params.distPluginDir) {
     removePathIfExists(path.join(params.distPluginDir, "node_modules"));
   }
-  if (!fs.existsSync(params.sourcePluginNodeModulesDir)) {
-    return;
-  }
-  fs.symlinkSync(params.sourcePluginNodeModulesDir, runtimeNodeModulesDir, symlinkType());
 
   if (params.distPluginDir) {
     const distNodeModulesDir = path.join(params.distPluginDir, "node_modules");