diff --git a/src/meta/languages.js b/src/meta/languages.js
index 90c3603677..28fea3c794 100644
--- a/src/meta/languages.js
+++ b/src/meta/languages.js
@@ -9,29 +9,14 @@ var rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 var file = require('../file');
 var Plugins = require('../plugins');
-var db = require('../database');
 
 var buildLanguagesPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/language');
-var	coreLanguagesPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/language');
+var coreLanguagesPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../public/language');
 
 function getTranslationTree(callback) {
 	async.waterfall([
 		// get plugin data
-		function (next) {
-			db.getSortedSetRange('plugins:active', 0, -1, next);
-		},
-		function (plugins, next) {
-			var pluginBasePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules');
-			var paths = plugins.map(function (plugin) {
-				return path.join(pluginBasePath, plugin);
-			});
-
-			// Filter out plugins with invalid paths
-			async.filter(paths, file.exists, next);
-		},
-		function (paths, next) {
-			async.map(paths, Plugins.loadPluginInfo, next);
-		},
+		Plugins.data.getActive,
 
 		// generate list of languages and namespaces
 		function (plugins, next) {
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index 6c69553a05..d32a133648 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ var semver = require('semver');
 var express = require('express');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
 
-var db = require('./database');
 var hotswap = require('./hotswap');
 var file = require('./file');
-var languages = require('./languages');
 
 var app;
 var middleware;
@@ -20,6 +18,10 @@ var middleware;
 	require('./plugins/install')(Plugins);
 	require('./plugins/load')(Plugins);
 	require('./plugins/hooks')(Plugins);
+	Plugins.data = require('./plugins/data');
+
+	Plugins.getPluginPaths = Plugins.data.getPluginPaths;
+	Plugins.loadPluginInfo = Plugins.data.loadPluginInfo;
 
 	Plugins.libraries = {};
 	Plugins.loadedHooks = {};
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ var middleware;
 	Plugins.acpScripts = [];
 	Plugins.libraryPaths = [];
 	Plugins.versionWarning = [];
-	Plugins.languageCodes = [];
 	Plugins.soundpacks = [];
 
 	Plugins.initialized = false;
@@ -84,21 +85,7 @@ var middleware;
 		Plugins.libraryPaths.length = 0;
 
 		async.waterfall([
-			function (next) {
-				// Build language code list
-				languages.list(function (err, languages) {
-					if (err) {
-						return next(err);
-					}
-
-					Plugins.languageCodes = languages.map(function (data) {
-						return data.code;
-					});
-
-					next();
-				});
-			},
-			async.apply(Plugins.getPluginPaths),
+			Plugins.getPluginPaths,
 			function (paths, next) {
 				async.eachSeries(paths, Plugins.loadPlugin, next);
 			},
@@ -150,21 +137,7 @@ var middleware;
 		var templates = {};
 		var tplName;
 
-		async.waterfall([
-			async.apply(db.getSortedSetRange, 'plugins:active', 0, -1),
-			function (plugins, next) {
-				var pluginBasePath = path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules');
-				var paths = plugins.map(function (plugin) {
-					return path.join(pluginBasePath, plugin);
-				});
-
-				// Filter out plugins with invalid paths
-				async.filter(paths, file.exists, next);
-			},
-			function (paths, next) {
-				async.map(paths, Plugins.loadPluginInfo, next);
-			},
-		], function (err, plugins) {
+		Plugins.data.getActive(function (err, plugins) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
diff --git a/src/plugins/data.js b/src/plugins/data.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2f1278c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/data.js
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+var async = require('async');
+var winston = require('winston');
+
+var db = require('../database');
+var file = require('../file');
+
+var Data = module.exports;
+
+var basePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../');
+
+function getPluginPaths(callback) {
+	async.waterfall([
+		function (next) {
+			db.getSortedSetRange('plugins:active', 0, -1, next);
+		},
+		function (plugins, next) {
+			if (!Array.isArray(plugins)) {
+				return next();
+			}
+
+			plugins = plugins.filter(function (plugin) {
+				return plugin && typeof plugin === 'string';
+			}).map(function (plugin) {
+				return path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules/', plugin);
+			});
+
+			async.filter(plugins, file.exists, next);
+		},
+	], callback);
+}
+Data.getPluginPaths = getPluginPaths;
+
+function loadPluginInfo(pluginPath, callback) {
+	async.parallel({
+		package: function (next) {
+			fs.readFile(path.join(pluginPath, 'package.json'), next);
+		},
+		plugin: function (next) {
+			fs.readFile(path.join(pluginPath, 'plugin.json'), next);
+		},
+	}, function (err, results) {
+		if (err) {
+			return callback(err);
+		}
+		var pluginData;
+		var packageData;
+		try {
+			pluginData = JSON.parse(results.plugin);
+			packageData = JSON.parse(results.package);
+
+			pluginData.id = packageData.name;
+			pluginData.name = packageData.name;
+			pluginData.description = packageData.description;
+			pluginData.version = packageData.version;
+			pluginData.repository = packageData.repository;
+			pluginData.nbbpm = packageData.nbbpm;
+			pluginData.path = pluginPath;
+		} catch (err) {
+			var pluginDir = path.basename(pluginPath);
+
+			winston.error('[plugins/' + pluginDir + '] Error in plugin.json or package.json! ' + err.message);
+			return callback(new Error('[[error:parse-error]]'));
+		}
+
+		callback(null, pluginData);
+	});
+}
+Data.loadPluginInfo = loadPluginInfo;
+
+function getAllPluginData(callback) {
+	async.waterfall([
+		function (next) {
+			getPluginPaths(next);
+		},
+		function (pluginPaths, next) {
+			async.map(pluginPaths, loadPluginInfo, next);
+		},
+	], callback);
+}
+Data.getActive = getAllPluginData;
+
+function getStaticDirectories(pluginData, callback) {
+	var validMappedPath = /^[\w\-_]+$/;
+
+	if (!pluginData.staticDirs) {
+		return callback();
+	}
+
+	var dirs = Object.keys(pluginData.staticDirs);
+	if (!dirs.length) {
+		return callback();
+	}
+
+	var staticDirs = {};
+
+	async.each(dirs, function (route, next) {
+		if (!validMappedPath.test(route)) {
+			winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Invalid mapped path specified: ' +
+				route + '. Path must adhere to: ' + validMappedPath.toString());
+			return next();
+		}
+
+		var dirPath = path.join(pluginData.path, pluginData.staticDirs[route]);
+		fs.stat(dirPath, function (err, stats) {
+			if (err && err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+				winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path \'' +
+					route + ' => ' + dirPath + '\' not found.');
+				return next();
+			}
+			if (err) {
+				return next(err);
+			}
+
+			if (!stats.isDirectory()) {
+				winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path \'' +
+					route + ' => ' + dirPath + '\' is not a directory.');
+				return next();
+			}
+
+			staticDirs[pluginData.id + '/' + route] = dirPath;
+			next();
+		});
+	}, function (err) {
+		callback(err, staticDirs);
+	});
+}
+Data.getStaticDirectories = getStaticDirectories;
+
+function getFiles(pluginData, type, callback) {
+	if (!Array.isArray(pluginData[type]) || !pluginData[type].length) {
+		return callback();
+	}
+
+	if (global.env === 'development') {
+		winston.verbose('[plugins] Found ' + pluginData[type].length + ' ' + type + ' file(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
+	}
+
+	var files = pluginData[type].map(function (file) {
+		return path.join(pluginData.id, file);
+	});
+
+	callback(null, files);
+}
+Data.getFiles = getFiles;
+
+/**
+ * With npm@3, dependencies can become flattened, and appear at the root level.
+ * This method resolves these differences if it can.
+ */
+function resolveModulePath(basePath, modulePath, callback) {
+	var isNodeModule = /node_modules/;
+
+	var currentPath = path.join(basePath, modulePath);
+	file.exists(currentPath, function (err, exists) {
+		if (err) {
+			return callback(err);
+		}
+		if (exists) {
+			return callback(null, currentPath);
+		}
+		if (!isNodeModule.test(modulePath)) {
+			winston.warn('[plugins] File not found: ' + currentPath + ' (Ignoring)');
+			return callback();
+		}
+
+		var dirPath = path.dirname(basePath);
+		if (dirPath === basePath) {
+			winston.warn('[plugins] File not found: ' + currentPath + ' (Ignoring)');
+			return callback();
+		}
+
+		resolveModulePath(dirPath, modulePath, callback);
+	});
+}
+
+function getScripts(pluginData, target, callback) {
+	target = (target === 'client') ? 'scripts' : 'acpScripts';
+
+	var input = pluginData[target];
+	if (!Array.isArray(input) || !input.length) {
+		return callback();
+	}
+
+	var scripts = [];
+	async.each(input, function (filePath, next) {
+		resolveModulePath(pluginData.path, filePath, function (err, modulePath) {
+			if (err) {
+				return next(err);
+			}
+
+			if (modulePath) {
+				scripts.push(modulePath);
+			}
+			next();
+		});
+	}, function (err) {
+		if (err) {
+			return callback(err);
+		}
+
+		if (scripts.length && global.env === 'development') {
+			winston.verbose('[plugins] Found ' + scripts.length + ' js file(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
+		}
+		callback(err, scripts);
+	});
+}
+Data.getScripts = getScripts;
+
+function getModules(pluginData, callback) {
+	if (!pluginData.modules || !pluginData.hasOwnProperty('modules')) {
+		return callback();
+	}
+
+	var pluginModules = pluginData.modules;
+
+	if (Array.isArray(pluginModules)) {
+		var strip = parseInt(pluginData.modulesStrip, 10) || 0;
+
+		pluginModules = pluginModules.reduce(function (prev, modulePath) {
+			var key;
+			if (strip) {
+				key = modulePath.replace(new RegExp('.?(/[^/]+){' + strip + '}/'), '');
+			} else {
+				key = path.basename(modulePath);
+			}
+
+			prev[key] = modulePath;
+			return prev;
+		}, {});
+	}
+
+	var modules = {};
+	async.each(Object.keys(pluginModules), function (key, next) {
+		resolveModulePath(pluginData.path, pluginModules[key], function (err, modulePath) {
+			if (err) {
+				return next(err);
+			}
+
+			if (modulePath) {
+				modules[key] = path.relative(basePath, modulePath);
+			}
+			next();
+		});
+	}, function (err) {
+		if (err) {
+			return callback(err);
+		}
+
+		if (global.env === 'development') {
+			var len = Object.keys(modules).length;
+			winston.verbose('[plugins] Found ' + len + ' AMD-style module(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
+		}
+		callback(null, modules);
+	});
+}
+Data.getModules = getModules;
+
+function getSoundpack(pluginData, callback) {
+	var spack = pluginData.soundpack;
+	if (!spack || !spack.dir || !spack.sounds) {
+		return callback();
+	}
+
+	var soundpack = {};
+	soundpack.name = spack.name || pluginData.name;
+	soundpack.id = pluginData.id;
+	soundpack.dir = path.join(pluginData.path, spack.dir);
+	soundpack.sounds = {};
+
+	async.each(Object.keys(spack.sounds), function (name, next) {
+		var soundFile = spack.sounds[name];
+		file.exists(path.join(soundpack.dir, soundFile), function (err, exists) {
+			if (err) {
+				return next(err);
+			}
+			if (!exists) {
+				winston.warn('[plugins] Sound file not found: ' + soundFile);
+				return next();
+			}
+
+			soundpack.sounds[name] = soundFile;
+			next();
+		});
+	}, function (err) {
+		if (err) {
+			return callback(err);
+		}
+
+		if (global.env === 'development') {
+			var len = Object.keys(soundpack).length;
+			winston.verbose('[plugins] Found ' + len + ' sound file(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
+		}
+		callback(null, soundpack);
+	});
+}
+Data.getSoundpack = getSoundpack;
diff --git a/src/plugins/load.js b/src/plugins/load.js
index 04b65e9163..b939769588 100644
--- a/src/plugins/load.js
+++ b/src/plugins/load.js
@@ -1,38 +1,71 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var db = require('../database');
-var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var semver = require('semver');
 var async = require('async');
 var winston = require('winston');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
-var _ = require('underscore');
-var file = require('../file');
-var meta = require('../meta');
 
+var meta = require('../meta');
 
 module.exports = function (Plugins) {
-	Plugins.getPluginPaths = function (callback) {
-		async.waterfall([
-			function (next) {
-				db.getSortedSetRange('plugins:active', 0, -1, next);
+	function registerPluginAssets(pluginData, fields, callback) {
+		function add(dest, arr) {
+			dest.push.apply(dest, arr || []);
+		}
+
+		var handlers = {
+			staticDirs: function (next) {
+				Plugins.data.getStaticDirectories(pluginData, next);
 			},
-			function (plugins, next) {
-				if (!Array.isArray(plugins)) {
-					return next();
-				}
+			cssFiles: function (next) {
+				Plugins.data.getFiles(pluginData, 'css', next);
+			},
+			lessFiles: function (next) {
+				Plugins.data.getFiles(pluginData, 'less', next);
+			},
+			clientScripts: function (next) {
+				Plugins.data.getScripts(pluginData, 'client', next);
+			},
+			acpScripts: function (next) {
+				Plugins.data.getScripts(pluginData, 'acp', next);
+			},
+			modules: function (next) {
+				Plugins.data.getModules(pluginData, next);
+			},
+			soundpack: function (next) {
+				Plugins.data.getSoundpack(pluginData, next);
+			},
+		};
+
+		var methods;
+		if (Array.isArray(fields)) {
+			methods = fields.reduce(function (prev, field) {
+				prev[field] = handlers[field];
+				return prev;
+			}, {});
+		} else {
+			methods = handlers;
+		}
 
-				plugins = plugins.filter(function (plugin) {
-					return plugin && typeof plugin === 'string';
-				}).map(function (plugin) {
-					return path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules/', plugin);
-				});
+		async.parallel(methods, function (err, results) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
 
-				async.filter(plugins, file.exists, next);
-			},
-		], callback);
-	};
+			Object.assign(Plugins.staticDirs, results.staticDirs || {});
+			add(Plugins.cssFiles, results.cssFiles);
+			add(Plugins.lessFiles, results.lessFiles);
+			add(Plugins.clientScripts, results.clientScripts);
+			add(Plugins.acpScripts, results.acpScripts);
+			Object.assign(meta.js.scripts.modules, results.modules || {});
+			if (results.soundpack) {
+				Plugins.soundpacks.push(results.soundpack);
+			}
+
+			callback();
+		});
+	}
 
 	Plugins.prepareForBuild = function (callback) {
 		Plugins.cssFiles.length = 0;
@@ -42,29 +75,18 @@ module.exports = function (Plugins) {
 		Plugins.soundpacks.length = 0;
 
 		async.waterfall([
-			async.apply(Plugins.getPluginPaths),
-			function (paths, next) {
-				async.map(paths, function (path, next) {
-					Plugins.loadPluginInfo(path, next);
-				}, next);
-			},
+			Plugins.data.getActive,
 			function (plugins, next) {
 				async.each(plugins, function (pluginData, next) {
-					async.parallel([
-						async.apply(mapFiles, pluginData, 'css', 'cssFiles'),
-						async.apply(mapFiles, pluginData, 'less', 'lessFiles'),
-						async.apply(mapClientSideScripts, pluginData),
-						async.apply(mapClientModules, pluginData),
-						async.apply(mapStaticDirectories, pluginData, pluginData.path),
-						async.apply(mapSoundpack, pluginData),
-					], next);
+					// TODO: only load the data that's needed for the build
+					registerPluginAssets(pluginData, true, next);
 				}, next);
 			},
 		], callback);
 	};
 
 	Plugins.loadPlugin = function (pluginPath, callback) {
-		Plugins.loadPluginInfo(pluginPath, function (err, pluginData) {
+		Plugins.data.loadPluginInfo(pluginPath, function (err, pluginData) {
 			if (err) {
 				if (err.message === '[[error:parse-error]]') {
 					return callback();
@@ -76,25 +98,13 @@ module.exports = function (Plugins) {
 
 			async.parallel([
 				function (next) {
-					registerHooks(pluginData, pluginPath, next);
-				},
-				function (next) {
-					mapStaticDirectories(pluginData, pluginPath, next);
-				},
-				function (next) {
-					mapFiles(pluginData, 'css', 'cssFiles', next);
-				},
-				function (next) {
-					mapFiles(pluginData, 'less', 'lessFiles', next);
-				},
-				function (next) {
-					mapClientSideScripts(pluginData, next);
+					registerHooks(pluginData, next);
 				},
 				function (next) {
-					mapClientModules(pluginData, next);
-				},
-				function (next) {
-					mapSoundpack(pluginData, next);
+					// TODO: change this from `true` to `['soundpack']`
+					// this will skip several build-only plugin loading methods
+					// and only load soundpacks, which will speed up startup
+					registerPluginAssets(pluginData, true, next);
 				},
 			], function (err) {
 				if (err) {
@@ -124,12 +134,12 @@ module.exports = function (Plugins) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	function registerHooks(pluginData, pluginPath, callback) {
+	function registerHooks(pluginData, callback) {
 		if (!pluginData.library) {
 			return callback();
 		}
 
-		var libraryPath = path.join(pluginPath, pluginData.library);
+		var libraryPath = path.join(pluginData.path, pluginData.library);
 
 		try {
 			if (!Plugins.libraries[pluginData.id]) {
@@ -149,199 +159,4 @@ module.exports = function (Plugins) {
 			callback();
 		}
 	}
-
-	function mapStaticDirectories(pluginData, pluginPath, callback) {
-		var validMappedPath = /^[\w\-_]+$/;
-
-		function mapStaticDirs(mappedPath, callback) {
-			if (Plugins.staticDirs[mappedPath]) {
-				winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path (' + mappedPath + ') already specified!');
-				callback();
-			} else if (!validMappedPath.test(mappedPath)) {
-				winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Invalid mapped path specified: ' + mappedPath + '. Path must adhere to: ' + validMappedPath.toString());
-				callback();
-			} else {
-				var realPath = pluginData.staticDirs[mappedPath];
-				var staticDir = path.join(pluginPath, realPath);
-
-				file.exists(staticDir, function (err, exists) {
-					if (exists) {
-						Plugins.staticDirs[pluginData.id + '/' + mappedPath] = staticDir;
-					} else {
-						winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path \'' + mappedPath + ' => ' + staticDir + '\' not found.');
-					}
-					callback(err);
-				});
-			}
-		}
-
-		pluginData.staticDirs = pluginData.staticDirs || {};
-
-		var dirs = Object.keys(pluginData.staticDirs);
-		async.each(dirs, mapStaticDirs, callback);
-	}
-
-	function mapFiles(pluginData, type, globalArray, callback) {
-		if (Array.isArray(pluginData[type])) {
-			if (global.env === 'development') {
-				winston.verbose('[plugins] Found ' + pluginData[type].length + ' ' + type + ' file(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
-			}
-
-			Plugins[globalArray] = Plugins[globalArray].concat(pluginData[type].map(function (file) {
-				return path.join(pluginData.id, file);
-			}));
-		}
-		callback();
-	}
-
-	function mapClientSideScripts(pluginData, callback) {
-		function mapScripts(scripts, param) {
-			if (Array.isArray(scripts) && scripts.length) {
-				if (global.env === 'development') {
-					winston.verbose('[plugins] Found ' + scripts.length + ' js file(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
-				}
-
-				Plugins[param] = Plugins[param].concat(scripts.map(function (file) {
-					return resolveModulePath(path.join(__dirname, '../../node_modules/', pluginData.id, file), file);
-				})).filter(Boolean);
-			}
-		}
-		mapScripts(pluginData.scripts, 'clientScripts');
-		mapScripts(pluginData.acpScripts, 'acpScripts');
-
-		callback();
-	}
-
-	function mapClientModules(pluginData, callback) {
-		if (!pluginData.hasOwnProperty('modules')) {
-			return callback();
-		}
-
-		var modules = {};
-
-		if (Array.isArray(pluginData.modules)) {
-			if (global.env === 'development') {
-				winston.verbose('[plugins] Found ' + pluginData.modules.length + ' AMD-style module(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
-			}
-
-			var strip = pluginData.hasOwnProperty('modulesStrip') ? parseInt(pluginData.modulesStrip, 10) : 0;
-
-			pluginData.modules.forEach(function (file) {
-				if (strip) {
-					modules[file.replace(new RegExp('.?(/[^/]+){' + strip + '}/'), '')] = path.join('./node_modules/', pluginData.id, file);
-				} else {
-					modules[path.basename(file)] = path.join('./node_modules/', pluginData.id, file);
-				}
-			});
-
-			meta.js.scripts.modules = _.extend(meta.js.scripts.modules, modules);
-		} else {
-			var keys = Object.keys(pluginData.modules);
-
-			if (global.env === 'development') {
-				winston.verbose('[plugins] Found ' + keys.length + ' AMD-style module(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
-			}
-
-			for (var name in pluginData.modules) {
-				if (pluginData.modules.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
-					modules[name] = path.join('./node_modules/', pluginData.id, pluginData.modules[name]);
-				}
-			}
-
-			meta.js.scripts.modules = _.extend(meta.js.scripts.modules, modules);
-		}
-
-		callback();
-	}
-
-	function mapSoundpack(pluginData, callback) {
-		var soundpack = pluginData.soundpack;
-		if (!soundpack || !soundpack.dir || !soundpack.sounds) {
-			return callback();
-		}
-		soundpack.name = soundpack.name || pluginData.name;
-		soundpack.id = pluginData.id;
-		soundpack.dir = path.join(pluginData.path, soundpack.dir);
-		async.each(Object.keys(soundpack.sounds), function (key, next) {
-			file.exists(path.join(soundpack.dir, soundpack.sounds[key]), function (err, exists) {
-				if (!exists) {
-					delete soundpack.sounds[key];
-				}
-
-				next(err);
-			});
-		}, function (err) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-
-			if (Object.keys(soundpack.sounds).length) {
-				Plugins.soundpacks.push(soundpack);
-			}
-
-			callback();
-		});
-	}
-
-	function resolveModulePath(fullPath, relPath) {
-		/**
-		  * With npm@3, dependencies can become flattened, and appear at the root level.
-		  * This method resolves these differences if it can.
-		  */
-		var matches = fullPath.match(/node_modules/g);
-		var atRootLevel = !matches || matches.length === 1;
-
-		try {
-			fs.statSync(fullPath);
-			winston.verbose('[plugins/load] File found: ' + fullPath);
-			return fullPath;
-		} catch (e) {
-			// File not visible to the calling process, ascend to root level if possible and try again
-			if (!atRootLevel && relPath) {
-				winston.verbose('[plugins/load] File not found: ' + fullPath + ' (Ascending)');
-				return resolveModulePath(path.join(__dirname, '../..', relPath));
-			}
-				// Already at root level, file was simply not found
-			winston.warn('[plugins/load] File not found: ' + fullPath + ' (Ignoring)');
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
-	Plugins.loadPluginInfo = function (pluginPath, callback) {
-		async.parallel({
-			package: function (next) {
-				fs.readFile(path.join(pluginPath, 'package.json'), next);
-			},
-			plugin: function (next) {
-				fs.readFile(path.join(pluginPath, 'plugin.json'), next);
-			},
-		}, function (err, results) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-			var pluginData;
-			var packageData;
-			try {
-				pluginData = JSON.parse(results.plugin);
-				packageData = JSON.parse(results.package);
-
-				pluginData.id = packageData.name;
-				pluginData.name = packageData.name;
-				pluginData.description = packageData.description;
-				pluginData.version = packageData.version;
-				pluginData.repository = packageData.repository;
-				pluginData.nbbpm = packageData.nbbpm;
-				pluginData.path = pluginPath;
-			} catch (err) {
-				var pluginDir = pluginPath.split(path.sep);
-				pluginDir = pluginDir[pluginDir.length - 1];
-
-				winston.error('[plugins/' + pluginDir + '] Error in plugin.json or package.json! ' + err.message);
-
-				return callback(new Error('[[error:parse-error]]'));
-			}
-
-			callback(null, pluginData);
-		});
-	};
 };