diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 7f8e5cb..7ac82ec 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -50,11 +50,8 @@ install_zeek_package() {
 
         build_command=$(zkg_meta package build_command)
         if [ "$build_command" ]; then
-            if [ "$OS" = Windows_NT ]; then
-                export LDFLAGS='-static -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition'
-            fi
-            sh -c "$build_command"
-            $sudo tar -xf build/*.tgz -C /usr/local/zeek/lib/zeek/plugins
+            echo "building plugins not currently supported"
+            exit 1
         fi
 
         test_command=$(zkg_meta package test_command)
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ echo "@load policy/protocols/conn/community-id-logging" | $sudo tee -a /usr/loca
 mkdir -p zeek/bin zeek/lib/zeek zeek/share/zeek
 cp zeekrunner$exe zeek/
 cp /usr/local/zeek/bin/zeek$exe zeek/bin/
-cp -R /usr/local/zeek/lib/zeek/plugins zeek/lib/zeek/
+cp -R zeek/lib/zeek/
 for d in base policy site builtin-plugins; do
     cp -R /usr/local/zeek/share/zeek/$d zeek/share/zeek/
 done
diff --git a/zeekrunner b/zeekrunner
index f26b785..ae095e7 100755
--- a/zeekrunner
+++ b/zeekrunner
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
 
 export ZEEKPATH=$dir/share/zeek:$dir/share/zeek/policy:$dir/share/zeek/site
-export ZEEK_PLUGIN_PATH=$dir/lib/zeek/plugins
 
 # The packet filter and loaded scripts are disabled because they emit either
 # timeless logs or logs with timestamp set to execution time rather than time
diff --git a/zeekrunner.go b/zeekrunner.go
index b74625c..d009448 100644
--- a/zeekrunner.go
+++ b/zeekrunner.go
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ var (
 		"share/zeek/policy",
 		"share/zeek/site",
 	}
-	zeekPluginRelPaths = []string{
-		"lib/zeek/plugins",
-	}
 )
 
 func pathEnvVar(name, topDir string, subdirs []string) string {
@@ -46,13 +43,12 @@ event zeek_init() {
 
 func launchZeek(zdepsZeekDir, zeekExecPath string) error {
 	zeekPath := pathEnvVar("ZEEKPATH", zdepsZeekDir, zeekPathRelPaths)
-	zeekPlugin := pathEnvVar("ZEEK_PLUGIN_PATH", zdepsZeekDir, zeekPluginRelPaths)
 
 	cmd := exec.Command(zeekExecPath, "-C", "-r", "-", "--exec", ExecScript, "local")
 	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), zeekPath, zeekPlugin)
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), zeekPath)
 
 	return cmd.Run()
 }