diff --git a/Koha/BackgroundJob.pm b/Koha/BackgroundJob.pm
index b0c084a6c5..14950d23ab 100644
--- a/Koha/BackgroundJob.pm
+++ b/Koha/BackgroundJob.pm
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ sub plugin_types_to_classes {
     my ($self) = @_;
 
     unless ( exists $self->{_plugin_mapping} ) {
-        require Koha::Plugins;
         my @plugins = Koha::Plugins->new()->GetPlugins( { method => 'background_tasks', } );
 
         foreach my $plugin (@plugins) {
diff --git a/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl b/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl
index 3a88a79c2c..8b3e8b0ba3 100755
--- a/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl
+++ b/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Koha::Authority::Types;
 use Koha::AuthorisedValueCategories;
 use Koha::Filter::MARC::ViewPolicy;
 use Koha::BiblioFrameworks;
+use Koha::Plugins;
 
 use List::MoreUtils qw( uniq );
 
@@ -128,7 +129,6 @@ if ( $op eq 'add_form' ) {
 
     # Add valuebuilders from plugins
     if ( C4::Context->config("enable_plugins") ) {
-        require Koha::Plugins;
         my $plugins = Koha::Plugins->new();
 
         # Use the dedicated get_valuebuilders_installed method
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index fa0acc38c2..9d1e08384b 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ use Koha;
 use Koha::DateUtils qw( dt_from_string output_pref );
 use Koha::Caches;
 use Koha::Installer::Output qw ( say_failure );
+use Koha::Plugins;
 
 use MARC::Record;
 use MARC::File::XML ( BinaryEncoding => 'utf8' );
@@ -23035,7 +23036,6 @@ if ( CheckVersion($DBversion) ) {
         );
     }
 
-    require Koha::Plugins;
     Koha::Plugins->new( { enable_plugins => 1 } )->InstallPlugins;
 
     SetVersion($DBversion);