diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b627426daf1..e9c8700f477d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2157,10 +2157,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-table",
  "nu-term-grid",
  "nu-test-support",
- "nu_plugin_example",
- "nu_plugin_gstat",
- "nu_plugin_inc",
- "nu_plugin_query",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "rayon",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f5f48de66aff..aae05162197c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ chrono = "0.4.19"
 crossterm = "0.23.0"
 crossterm_winapi = "0.9.0"
 ctrlc = "3.2.1"
-# lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 miette = "4.1.0"
 nu-ansi-term = "0.42.0"
@@ -56,14 +55,6 @@ rayon = "1.5.1"
 reedline = { git = "https://github.com/nushell/reedline", branch = "main" }
 is_executable = "1.0.1"
 
-# mimalloc = { version = "*", default-features = false }
-
-# Plugins
-nu_plugin_example = { version = "0.59.1", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_example", optional = true }
-nu_plugin_gstat = { version = "0.59.1", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_gstat", optional = true }
-nu_plugin_inc = { version = "0.59.1", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_inc", optional = true }
-nu_plugin_query = { version = "0.59.1", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_query", optional = true }
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 nu-test-support = { path="./crates/nu-test-support" }
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
@@ -79,21 +70,17 @@ embed-resource = "1"
 
 [features]
 plugin = ["nu-plugin", "nu-parser/plugin", "nu-command/plugin", "nu-protocol/plugin", "nu-engine/plugin"]
-default = ["plugin", "inc", "example", "which"]
+default = ["plugin", "which"]
 stable = ["default"]
-extra = ["default", "dataframe", "gstat", "zip-support", "query", "trash-support"]
-wasi = ["inc"]
+extra = ["default", "dataframe", "zip-support", "trash-support"]
+wasi = []
 trash-support = ["nu-command/trash-support"]
 
 # Stable (Default)
-inc = ["nu_plugin_inc"]
-example = ["nu_plugin_example"]
 which = ["nu-command/which"]
 
 # Extra
-gstat = ["nu_plugin_gstat"]
 zip-support = ["nu-command/zip"]
-query = ["nu_plugin_query"]
 
 # Dataframe feature for nushell
 dataframe = ["nu-command/dataframe"]
@@ -101,6 +88,7 @@ dataframe = ["nu-command/dataframe"]
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = "s" # Optimize for size
 strip = "debuginfo"
+lto = "fat"
 
 # build with `cargo build --profile profiling` 
 # to analyze performance with tooling like linux perf