diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index bfef708858..21daaf47bf 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ build/_workspace
 build/_bin
 tests/testdata
 
-plugins/**/
 !plugins/build.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-and-build-plugins.yaml b/.github/workflows/sync-and-build-plugins.yaml
index 14e941b5a9..ccd1f8aff2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-and-build-plugins.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-and-build-plugins.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - "pgeth"
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 * * * *" # every hour
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions: write-all
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.plugins b/Dockerfile.plugins
index 95bfac74a2..c1f1e15f40 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.plugins
+++ b/Dockerfile.plugins
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ ARG BUILDNUM=""
 # Build Geth in a stock Go builder container
 FROM golang:1.21-alpine as builder
 
-ARG PLUGIN_REPOSITORIES=""
-
 RUN apk add --no-cache gcc musl-dev linux-headers git bash
 
 # Get dependencies - will also be cached if we won't change go.mod/go.sum
@@ -18,12 +16,8 @@ RUN cd /go-ethereum && go mod download
 ADD . /go-ethereum
 RUN cd /go-ethereum
 
-ENV PLUGIN_REPOSITORIES=${PLUGIN_REPOSITORIES}
-
 RUN env
 
-RUN cd /go-ethereum && /go-ethereum/pull_plugins.sh
-
 RUN cd /go-ethereum && /go-ethereum/plugins/build.sh
 RUN cd /go-ethereum && go run build/ci.go install ./cmd/geth
 
diff --git a/pull_plugins.sh b/pull_plugins.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 57c9f7d5ca..0000000000
--- a/pull_plugins.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-arrPLUGINS=(${PLUGIN_REPOSITORIES//;/ })
-
-mkdir -p /tmp/plugins
-CWD=$(pwd)
-cd ./plugins
-
-for i in "${arrPLUGINS[@]}"
-do
-	echo "cloning $i"
-	git clone "$i"
-done
-
-cd $CWD
\ No newline at end of file