diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index b0ef5e0f1f2db261b54faa052a52874850c3dd95..13568d1657d605277362672a7d6fe6fcac7f1049 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$plugins = new Plugins($link);
-
 	$purge_intervals = array(
 		0  => __("Use default"),
 		-1 => __("Never purge"),
diff --git a/classes/feeds.php b/classes/feeds.php
index 7598b0af80061ddbc19c7532bdba0572ffe7939c..c3b20df97e728a029b55cd52d1c382f3d2d2761b 100644
--- a/classes/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/feeds.php
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 					$next_unread_feed, $offset, $vgr_last_feed = false,
 					$override_order = false, $include_children = false) {
 
-		global $plugins;
-
 		$disable_cache = false;
 
 		$reply = array();
@@ -222,8 +220,6 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		$headlines_count = db_num_rows($result);
 
-		$plugins->hook('headlines_before', $reply);
-
 		if (get_pref($this->link, 'COMBINED_DISPLAY_MODE')) {
 			$button_plugins = array();
 			foreach (explode(",", ARTICLE_BUTTON_PLUGINS) as $p) {
@@ -248,13 +244,6 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 			if ($_REQUEST["debug"]) $timing_info = print_checkpoint("PS", $timing_info);
 
 			while ($line = db_fetch_assoc($result)) {
-
-				if (get_pref($this->link, 'COMBINED_DISPLAY_MODE')) {
-					$plugins->hook('cdm_article_before', $line);
-				} else {
-					$plugins->hook('headlines_row', $line);
-				}
-
 				$class = ($lnum % 2) ? "even" : "odd";
 
 				$id = $line["id"];
@@ -683,15 +672,11 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 
 					$reply['content'] .= "</div>";
 
-					$plugins->hook('cdm_article_after', $reply['content']);
-
 				}
 
 				++$lnum;
 			}
 
-			$plugins->hook('headlines_after', $reply);
-
 			if ($_REQUEST["debug"]) $timing_info = print_checkpoint("PE", $timing_info);
 
 		} else {
diff --git a/classes/plugin.php b/classes/plugin.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b96874a20864f0773741e65f4f21a8e24a7c4d43..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/classes/plugin.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-class Plugin {
-	protected $link;
-	protected $handler;
-
-	function __construct($link, $handler) {
-		$this->link = $link;
-		$this->handler = $handler;
-		$this->initialize();
-	}
-
-	function initialize() {
-
-
-	}
-
-	function add_listener($hook) {
-		$this->handler->add_listener($hook, $this);
-	}
-}
-?>
diff --git a/classes/plugin/example.php b/classes/plugin/example.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e10781aa0c0f461ba7ed9e481bf1da821f81fdca..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/classes/plugin/example.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?
-	class Plugin_Example extends Plugin {
-		function initialize() {
-			$this->add_listener('article_before');
-		}
-
-		function article_before(&$line) {
-			$line["title"] = "EXAMPLE/REPLACED:" . $line["title"];
-		}
-	}
-?>
diff --git a/classes/plugins.php b/classes/plugins.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f3720ca9a61932b8b15d863a8733a43fd229d43..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/classes/plugins.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-class Plugins {
-	protected $link;
-	protected $plugins;
-	protected $listeners;
-
-	function __construct($link) {
-		$this->link = $link;
-		$this->listeners = array();
-		$this->load_plugins();
-	}
-
-	function load_plugins() {
-		if (defined('_ENABLE_PLUGINS')) {
-			$plugins = explode(",", _ENABLE_PLUGINS);
-
-			foreach ($plugins as $p) {
-				$plugin_class = "plugin_$p";
-				if (class_exists($plugin_class)) {
-					$plugin = new $plugin_class($this->link, $this);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	function add_listener($hook_name, $plugin) {
-		if (!is_array($this->listeners[$hook_name]))
-			$this->listeners[$hook_name] = array();
-
-		array_push($this->listeners[$hook_name], $plugin);
-	}
-
-	function hook($hook_name, &$params) {
-		if (is_array($this->listeners[$hook_name])) {
-			foreach ($this->listeners[$hook_name] as $p) {
-				if (method_exists($p, $hook_name)) {
-					$p->$hook_name($params);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-}
-?>
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 632c1e628134964790b33f8c51e4022b808a99e5..957146f1f77ec3827195170d902f6655688539eb 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -3212,8 +3212,6 @@
 	}
 
 	function format_article($link, $id, $mark_as_read = true, $zoom_mode = false, $owner_uid = false) {
-		global $plugins;
-
 		if (!$owner_uid) $owner_uid = $_SESSION["uid"];
 
 		$rv = array();
@@ -3275,8 +3273,6 @@
 
 			$line = db_fetch_assoc($result);
 
-			$plugins->hook('article_before', $line);
-
 			if ($line["icon_url"]) {
 				$feed_icon = "<img src=\"" . $line["icon_url"] . "\">";
 			} else {
@@ -3489,8 +3485,6 @@
 			$rv['content'] .= "</body></html>";
 		}
 
-		$plugins->hook('article_after', $rv);
-
 		return $rv;
 
 	}
diff --git a/include/rssfuncs.php b/include/rssfuncs.php
index 4ad08df32e7be7713d0bb45b3fff01e9be136004..241896f8bcb737ed749cea292e265efea9656441 100644
--- a/include/rssfuncs.php
+++ b/include/rssfuncs.php
@@ -212,8 +212,6 @@
 	function update_rss_feed($link, $feed, $ignore_daemon = false, $no_cache = false,
 		$override_url = false) {
 
-		global $plugins;
-
 		require_once "lib/simplepie/simplepie.inc";
 		require_once "lib/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc";
 		require_once 'lib/magpierss/rss_utils.inc';
@@ -559,10 +557,6 @@
 			}
 
 			foreach ($iterator as $item) {
-				$hook_params = array("item" => &$item, "feed" => $feed);
-
-				$plugins->hook('rss_update_item', $hook_params);
-
 				if ($_REQUEST['xdebug'] == 2) {
 					print_r($item);
 				}
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 2c7f347d91ce86f41674956e926d7a1c3effe5fb..292b5c1be12a9c2b52961fce00b3ca80d8d4948b 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 
 	init_connection($link);
 
-	$plugins = new Plugins($link);
-
 	if (in_array("-feeds", $op)) {
 		// Update all feeds needing a update.
 		update_daemon_common($link);
diff --git a/update_daemon2.php b/update_daemon2.php
index b79a1a2b282e32b6a015051063a702b83c990230..6410709adf37882be1df4a7dc51bc663f4c13bd4 100755
--- a/update_daemon2.php
+++ b/update_daemon2.php
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@
 
 					if (!init_connection($link)) return;
 
-					$plugins = new Plugins($link);
-
 					// We disable stamp file, since it is of no use in a multiprocess update.
 					// not really, tho for the time being -fox
 					if (!make_stampfile('update_daemon.stamp')) {