diff --git a/cura/CuraApplication.py b/cura/CuraApplication.py
index dfb5c6cac1..bae212917a 100755
--- a/cura/CuraApplication.py
+++ b/cura/CuraApplication.py
@@ -756,7 +756,6 @@ class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
         if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
             self._plugin_registry.addPluginLocation(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "..", "plugins"))
             self._plugin_registry.loadPlugin("ConsoleLogger")
-            self._plugin_registry.loadPlugin("CuraEngineBackend")
 
         self._plugin_registry.loadPlugins()