diff --git a/src/rebar_plugins.erl b/src/rebar_plugins.erl
index f2d22233..c61fa553 100644
--- a/src/rebar_plugins.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_plugins.erl
@@ -106,31 +106,9 @@ handle_plugins(Profile, Plugins, State, Upgrade) ->
     State3 = rebar_state:set(State2, deps_dir, DepsDir),
     rebar_state:lock(State3, Locks).
 
-handle_plugin(Profile, Plugin, State, Upgrade) ->
+handle_plugin(_Profile, Plugin, State, _Upgrade) ->
     try
-        {Apps, State2} = rebar_prv_install_deps:handle_deps_as_profile(Profile, State, [Plugin], Upgrade),
-        {no_cycle, Sorted} = rebar_prv_install_deps:find_cycles(Apps),
-        ToBuild = rebar_prv_install_deps:cull_compile(Sorted, []),
-
-        %% Add already built plugin deps to the code path
-        ToBuildPaths = [rebar_app_info:ebin_dir(A) || A <- ToBuild],
-        PreBuiltPaths = [Ebin || A <- Apps,
-                                 Ebin <- [rebar_app_info:ebin_dir(A)],
-                                 not lists:member(Ebin, ToBuildPaths)],
-        code:add_pathsa(PreBuiltPaths),
-
-        %% Build plugin and its deps
-        build_plugins(ToBuild, Apps, State2),
-
-        %% Add newly built deps and plugin to code path
-        State3 = rebar_state:update_all_plugin_deps(State2, Apps),
-        NewCodePaths = [rebar_app_info:ebin_dir(A) || A <- ToBuild],
-
-        %% Store plugin code paths so we can remove them when compiling project apps
-        State4 = rebar_state:update_code_paths(State3, all_plugin_deps, PreBuiltPaths++NewCodePaths),
-        rebar_paths:set_paths([plugins], State4),
-
-        {plugin_providers(Plugin), State4}
+        {plugin_providers(Plugin), State}
     catch
         ?WITH_STACKTRACE(C,T,S)
             ?DEBUG("~p ~p ~p", [C, T, S]),
@@ -138,15 +116,6 @@ handle_plugin(Profile, Plugin, State, Upgrade) ->
             {[], State}
     end.
 
-build_plugins(MustBuildApps, AllApps, State) ->
-    State1 = rebar_state:deps_to_build(State, MustBuildApps),
-    State2 = rebar_state:all_deps(State1, AllApps),
-    State3 = rebar_state:set(State2, deps_dir, ?DEFAULT_PLUGINS_DIR),
-    {Args, Extra} = rebar_state:command_parsed_args(State),
-    State4 = rebar_state:command_parsed_args(State3, {[{deps_only, true}|Args], Extra}),
-    rebar_prv_compile:do(State4),
-    ok.
-
 plugin_providers({Plugin, _, _, _}) when is_atom(Plugin) ->
     validate_plugin(Plugin);
 plugin_providers({Plugin, _, _}) when is_atom(Plugin) ->