diff --git a/src/components/packageManager.js b/src/components/packageManager.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b4b7edcf72..0000000000
--- a/src/components/packageManager.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-import appSettings from '../scripts/settings/appSettings';
-import { pluginManager } from './pluginManager';
-
-class PackageManager {
-    #packagesList = [];
-    #settingsKey = 'installedpackages1';
-
-    init() {
-        console.groupCollapsed('loading packages');
-        const manifestUrls = JSON.parse(appSettings.get(this.#settingsKey) || '[]');
-
-        return Promise.all(manifestUrls.map((url) => {
-            return this.loadPackage(url);
-        }))
-            .then(() => {
-                console.debug('finished loading packages');
-                return Promise.resolve();
-            })
-            .catch(() => {
-                return Promise.resolve();
-            }).finally(() => {
-                console.groupEnd('loading packages');
-            });
-    }
-
-    get packages() {
-        return this.#packagesList.slice(0);
-    }
-
-    install(url) {
-        return this.loadPackage(url, true).then((pkg) => {
-            const manifestUrls = JSON.parse(appSettings.get(this.#settingsKey) || '[]');
-
-            if (!manifestUrls.includes(url)) {
-                manifestUrls.push(url);
-                appSettings.set(this.#settingsKey, JSON.stringify(manifestUrls));
-            }
-
-            return pkg;
-        });
-    }
-
-    uninstall(name) {
-        const pkg = this.#packagesList.filter((p) => {
-            return p.name === name;
-        })[0];
-
-        if (pkg) {
-            this.#packagesList = this.#packagesList.filter((p) => {
-                return p.name !== name;
-            });
-
-            this.removeUrl(pkg.url);
-        }
-
-        return Promise.resolve();
-    }
-
-    mapPath(pkg, pluginUrl) {
-        const urlLower = pluginUrl.toLowerCase();
-        if (urlLower.startsWith('http:') || urlLower.startsWith('https:') || urlLower.startsWith('file:')) {
-            return pluginUrl;
-        }
-
-        let packageUrl = pkg.url;
-        packageUrl = packageUrl.substring(0, packageUrl.lastIndexOf('/'));
-
-        packageUrl += '/';
-        packageUrl += pluginUrl;
-
-        return packageUrl;
-    }
-
-    addPackage(pkg) {
-        this.#packagesList = this.#packagesList.filter((p) => {
-            return p.name !== pkg.name;
-        });
-
-        this.#packagesList.push(pkg);
-    }
-
-    removeUrl(url) {
-        let manifestUrls = JSON.parse(appSettings.get(this.#settingsKey) || '[]');
-
-        manifestUrls = manifestUrls.filter((i) => {
-            return i !== url;
-        });
-
-        appSettings.set(this.#settingsKey, JSON.stringify(manifestUrls));
-    }
-
-    loadPackage(url, throwError = false) {
-        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-            const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-            const originalUrl = url;
-            url += url.indexOf('?') === -1 ? '?' : '&';
-            url += 't=' + new Date().getTime();
-
-            xhr.open('GET', url, true);
-
-            const onError = () => {
-                if (throwError === true) {
-                    reject();
-                } else {
-                    this.removeUrl(originalUrl);
-                    resolve();
-                }
-            };
-
-            xhr.onload = () => {
-                if (this.status < 400) {
-                    const pkg = JSON.parse(this.response);
-                    pkg.url = originalUrl;
-
-                    this.addPackage(pkg);
-
-                    const plugins = pkg.plugins || [];
-                    if (pkg.plugin) {
-                        plugins.push(pkg.plugin);
-                    }
-                    const promises = plugins.map((pluginUrl) => {
-                        return pluginManager.loadPlugin(this.mapPath(pkg, pluginUrl));
-                    });
-                    Promise.all(promises).then(resolve, resolve);
-                } else {
-                    onError();
-                }
-            };
-
-            xhr.onerror = onError;
-
-            xhr.send();
-        });
-    }
-}
-
-export default new PackageManager();
diff --git a/src/index.jsx b/src/index.jsx
index 609dd470c7..bad4fa5f89 100644
--- a/src/index.jsx
+++ b/src/index.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import ServerConnections from './components/ServerConnections';
 
 import { appHost } from './components/apphost';
 import autoFocuser from './components/autoFocuser';
-import packageManager from './components/packageManager';
 import { pluginManager } from './components/pluginManager';
 import { appRouter } from './components/router/appRouter';
 import globalize from './lib/globalize';
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ async function loadPlugins() {
     }
 
     console.groupEnd('loading installed plugins');
-    packageManager.init();
 }
 
 function loadPlatformFeatures() {