diff --git a/classes/pluginhost.php b/classes/pluginhost.php
index 2708099c8..e96bbaa7c 100755
--- a/classes/pluginhost.php
+++ b/classes/pluginhost.php
@@ -274,16 +274,14 @@ class PluginHost {
 			$class = trim($class);
 			$class_file = strtolower(basename(clean($class)));
 
-			if (!is_dir(__DIR__ . "/../plugins/$class_file") &&
-					!is_dir(__DIR__ . "/../plugins.local/$class_file")) continue;
-
 			// try system plugin directory first
-			$file = __DIR__ . "/../plugins/$class_file/init.php";
-			$vendor_dir = __DIR__ . "/../plugins/$class_file/vendor";
+			$file = dirname(__DIR__) . "/plugins/$class_file/init.php";
 
 			if (!file_exists($file)) {
-				$file = __DIR__ . "/../plugins.local/$class_file/init.php";
-				$vendor_dir = __DIR__ . "/../plugins.local/$class_file/vendor";
+				$file = dirname(__DIR__) . "/plugins.local/$class_file/init.php";
+
+				if (!file_exists($file))
+					continue;
 			}
 
 			if (!isset($this->plugins[$class])) {
@@ -296,27 +294,7 @@ class PluginHost {
 
 				if (class_exists($class) && is_subclass_of($class, "Plugin")) {
 
-					// register plugin autoloader if necessary, for namespaced classes ONLY
-					// layout corresponds to tt-rss main /vendor/author/Package/Class.php
-
-					if (file_exists($vendor_dir)) {
-						spl_autoload_register(function($class) use ($vendor_dir) {
-
-							if (strpos($class, '\\') !== false) {
-								list ($namespace, $class_name) = explode('\\', $class, 2);
-
-								if ($namespace && $class_name) {
-									$class_file = "$vendor_dir/$namespace/" . str_replace('\\', '/', $class_name) . ".php";
-
-									if (file_exists($class_file))
-										require_once $class_file;
-								}
-							}
-						});
-					}
-
 					$plugin = new $class($this);
-
 					$plugin_api = $plugin->api_version();
 
 					if ($plugin_api < self::API_VERSION) {