diff --git a/bfd/plugin.c b/bfd/plugin.c
index 537ab60311..bfe7957f96 100644
--- a/bfd/plugin.c
+++ b/bfd/plugin.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ load_plugin (bfd *abfd)
   if (plugin_program_name == NULL)
     return found;
 
+#if 0
   /* Try not to search the same dir twice, by looking at st_dev and
      st_ino for the dir.  If we are on a file system that always sets
      st_ino to zero or the actual st_ino is zero we might waste some
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ load_plugin (bfd *abfd)
       if (found)
 	break;
     }
-
+#endif
   return found;
 }