diff --git a/scripts/pyinstaller/hook-plugin_loader.py b/scripts/pyinstaller/hook-plugin_loader.py
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index b2c206f..0000000
--- a/scripts/pyinstaller/hook-plugin_loader.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import plugin_loader
-
-# Hey PyInstaller? Yeah you! Take a look at these plugins! I know they're not actually imported anywhere but you
-# better believe that they will be a runtime, so, if you wouldn't mind, it'd be fantastic if you pretended that
-# they're imported normally and pick up *their* imports. OK? Great. Fantastic.
-
-print("Hooking plugins for pyinstaller")
-
-loader = plugin_loader.PluginLoader()
-
-tmp = []
-
-for py_file in plugin_loader.PLUGINPATH.glob("*.py"):
-    mod = plugin_loader.PluginLoader.load_module_lazy(py_file)
-    try:
-        mod_artifacts = mod.__artifacts__
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass  # any unconverted plugins still get checked out so they don't break the loader during runtime
-
-    tmp.append("scripts.artifacts." + mod.__name__)  # TODO this is a hack, if we ever move plugins this breaks
-
-print(f"{len(tmp)} plugins loaded as hidden imports")
-
-hiddenimports = list(tmp)