diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/discourse.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/discourse.nix
index 8d5302ba267..050e4ee3d32 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/discourse.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/discourse.nix
@@ -771,7 +771,6 @@ in
           "tmp"
           "assets/javascripts/plugins"
           "public"
-          "plugins"
           "sockets"
         ];
         RuntimeDirectoryMode = 0750;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
index 8f680ac575d..52fbafe6b5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ let
       ln -sf /run/discourse/config $out/share/discourse/config
       ln -sf /run/discourse/assets/javascripts/plugins $out/share/discourse/app/assets/javascripts/plugins
       ln -sf /run/discourse/public $out/share/discourse/public
-      ln -sf /run/discourse/plugins $out/share/discourse/plugins
       ln -sf ${assets} $out/share/discourse/public.dist/assets
       ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (p: "ln -sf ${p} $out/share/discourse/plugins/${p.pluginName or ""}") plugins}