diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dbb3f3b8e..1daeb54c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1064,9 +1064,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pcre2",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "rmp",
- "rmp-serde",
- "rmpv",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1605,39 +1602,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rmp"
-version = "0.8.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f10b46df14cf1ee1ac7baa4d2fbc2c52c0622a4b82fa8740e37bc452ac0184f"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "num-traits",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rmp-serde"
-version = "0.14.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ce7d70c926fe472aed493b902010bccc17fa9f7284145cb8772fd22fdb052d8"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "rmp",
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rmpv"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee358f3c4be83ab373cd3e501dc04881034f1ae198e73b2d9edd617653ac4293"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits",
- "rmp",
- "serde",
- "serde_bytes",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rusqlite"
 version = "0.24.0"
@@ -1728,15 +1692,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_bytes"
-version = "0.11.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "16ae07dd2f88a366f15bd0632ba725227018c69a1c8550a927324f8eb8368bb9"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.116"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e73817a9..78cb35a43 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ bincode = "1.2.0"
 uuid = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 unicode-segmentation = "1.2.1" # >:c
 libc = {version = "0.2.59", features = ["extra_traits",]}
-rmp = "^0.8"
-rmpv = { version = "^0.4.2", features=["with-serde",] }
-rmp-serde = "^0.14.0"
 smallvec = { version = "^1.4.0", features = ["serde", ] }
 bitflags = "1.0"
 pcre2 = { version = "0.2.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/bin.rs b/src/bin.rs
index a6a9f125d..457fe5ab9 100644
--- a/src/bin.rs
+++ b/src/bin.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ pub mod sqlite3;
 
 pub mod jobs;
 pub mod mailcap;
-pub mod plugins;
 
 use std::os::raw::c_int;
 
diff --git a/src/conf.rs b/src/conf.rs
index ac1fa1bc0..7cb503083 100644
--- a/src/conf.rs
+++ b/src/conf.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ use self::listing::ListingSettings;
 use self::notifications::NotificationsSettings;
 use self::terminal::TerminalSettings;
 use crate::pager::PagerSettings;
-use crate::plugins::Plugin;
 use melib::conf::{AccountSettings, MailboxConf, ToggleFlag};
 use melib::error::*;
 
@@ -212,8 +211,6 @@ pub struct FileSettings {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub terminal: TerminalSettings,
     #[serde(default)]
-    pub plugins: IndexMap<String, Plugin>,
-    #[serde(default)]
     pub log: LogSettings,
 }
 
@@ -432,7 +429,6 @@ pub struct Settings {
     pub composing: ComposingSettings,
     pub pgp: PGPSettings,
     pub terminal: TerminalSettings,
-    pub plugins: IndexMap<String, Plugin>,
     pub log: LogSettings,
 }
 
@@ -465,7 +461,6 @@ impl Settings {
             composing: fs.composing,
             pgp: fs.pgp,
             terminal: fs.terminal,
-            plugins: fs.plugins,
             log: fs.log,
         })
     }
@@ -489,7 +484,6 @@ impl Settings {
             composing: fs.composing,
             pgp: fs.pgp,
             terminal: fs.terminal,
-            plugins: fs.plugins,
             log: fs.log,
         })
     }
@@ -901,7 +895,6 @@ mod dotaddressable {
                         "composing" => Err(MeliError::new("unimplemented")),
                         "pgp" => Err(MeliError::new("unimplemented")),
                         "terminal" => self.terminal.lookup(field, tail),
-                        "plugins" => Err(MeliError::new("unimplemented")),
                         "log" => self.log.lookup(field, tail),
 
                         other => Err(MeliError::new(format!(
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index b6cc736b9..ce2396d2f 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Input is received in the main loop from threads which listen on the stdin for us
 */
 
 use super::*;
-use crate::plugins::PluginManager;
+//use crate::plugins::PluginManager;
 use melib::backends::{AccountHash, BackendEventConsumer};
 
 use crate::jobs::JobExecutor;
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ pub struct Context {
     input_thread: InputHandler,
     pub job_executor: Arc<JobExecutor>,
     pub children: Vec<std::process::Child>,
-    pub plugin_manager: PluginManager,
 
     pub temp_files: Vec<File>,
 }
@@ -243,9 +242,9 @@ impl State {
         } else {
             Settings::new()?
         };
+        /*
         let mut plugin_manager = PluginManager::new();
         for (_, p) in settings.plugins.clone() {
-            /*
             if crate::plugins::PluginKind::Backend == p.kind() {
                 debug!("registering {:?}", &p);
                 crate::plugins::backend::PluginBackend::register(
@@ -254,9 +253,9 @@ impl State {
                     &mut backends,
                 );
             }
-            */
             plugin_manager.register(p)?;
         }
+        */
 
         let termsize = termion::terminal_size()?;
         let cols = termsize.0 as usize;
@@ -350,7 +349,6 @@ impl State {
                 temp_files: Vec::new(),
                 job_executor,
                 children: vec![],
-                plugin_manager,
 
                 input_thread: InputHandler {
                     pipe: input_thread_pipe,