diff --git a/components/packaging/Makefile b/components/packaging/Makefile
index 251d42f0a4..0545e2feaf 100644
--- a/components/packaging/Makefile
+++ b/components/packaging/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ SHELL:=/bin/bash
 ENGINE_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../engine
 CLI_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../cli
 VERSION=unknown
-PLUGIN_VERSION=unknown
 DOCKER_GITCOMMIT:=abcdefg
 
 .PHONY: help clean rpm deb static
@@ -18,18 +17,17 @@ clean: ## remove build artifacts
 rpm: DOCKER_BUILD_PKGS:=fedora-26 fedora-25 fedora-24 centos-7
 rpm: ## build rpm packages
 	for p in $(DOCKER_BUILD_PKGS); do \
-		$(MAKE) -C $@ VERSION=$(VERSION) PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) $${p}; \
+		$(MAKE) -C $@ VERSION=$(VERSION) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) $${p}; \
 	done
 
 deb: DOCKER_BUILD_PKGS:=ubuntu-zesty ubuntu-xenial ubuntu-trusty debian-stretch debian-wheezy debian-jessie raspbian-stretch raspbian-jessie
 deb: ## build deb packages
-	$(MAKE) -C $@ metrics_plugin
 	for p in $(DOCKER_BUILD_PKGS); do \
-		$(MAKE) -C $@ VERSION=$(VERSION) PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) $${p}; \
+		$(MAKE) -C $@ VERSION=$(VERSION) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) $${p}; \
 	done
 
 static: DOCKER_BUILD_PKGS:=static-linux cross-mac cross-win cross-arm
 static: ## build static-compiled packages
 	for p in $(DOCKER_BUILD_PKGS); do \
-		$(MAKE) -C $@ VERSION=$(VERSION) PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) $${p}; \
+		$(MAKE) -C $@ VERSION=$(VERSION) ENGINE_DIR=$(ENGINE_DIR) CLI_DIR=$(CLI_DIR) $${p}; \
 	done
diff --git a/components/packaging/common/load-telemetry-plugin b/components/packaging/common/load-telemetry-plugin
deleted file mode 100755
index 7264c20d27..0000000000
--- a/components/packaging/common/load-telemetry-plugin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-BASE=/var/lib/docker
-TAR_DIR=$BASE/plugins/tar
-
-# make sure that the directory exists
-mkdir -p $TAR_DIR
-
-# Create the engine UUID, if it doesn't exist
-# This will be eventually handled by the docker engine
-# ref. https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/33356
-if [ -f $BASE/engine_uuid ]; then
-    UUID=$(cat $BASE/engine_uuid)
-fi
-if [ -z ${UUID+x} ]; then
-    UUID=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid | tee $BASE/engine_uuid)
-fi
-
-# make sure that docker is running
-if ! printf "%s" "$DOCKER_OPTS" | grep -qE -e '-H|--host'; then
-        DOCKER_SOCKET=/var/run/docker.sock
-else
-        DOCKER_SOCKET=$(printf "%s" "$DOCKER_OPTS" | grep -oP -e '(-H|--host)\W*unix://\K(\S+)' | sed 1q)
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$DOCKER_SOCKET" ]; then
-        while ! [ -e "$DOCKER_SOCKET" ]; do
-                sleep 0.1
-        done
-fi
-
-# store the metrics plugin state
-plugin_name=$(docker plugin ls | grep docker/telemetry | awk 'NR==1{print $2}')
-plugin_metadata=$TAR_DIR/.plugin-metadata
-if docker inspect $plugin_name > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        plugin_state=$(docker plugin inspect $plugin_name | grep -o '"Enabled":.*' | sed 's/,/\\\}/g' | sed 's/ //g')
-        # remove previous plugin state
-        sed -i 's/,"Enabled":.*/\}/g' $plugin_metadata
-        # add new plugin state
-        sed -i "s/\}/,$plugin_state/g" $plugin_metadata
-fi
-
-# find plugin_name based on the tarball
-plugin_filename=$(ls $TAR_DIR/)
-plugin_tag=$(echo $plugin_filename | cut -d"_" -f2-)
-plugin_tag=${plugin_tag%.tgz}
-plugin_name=docker/telemetry:$plugin_tag
-# install/upgrade telemetry plugin in case it's not present (ignore stdout/stderror)
-if ! docker inspect $plugin_name > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        # remove old plugin versions
-        docker plugin rm -f `docker plugin ls | grep docker/telemetry | awk '{print $2}'` > /dev/null 2>&1
-        # create new plugin (disabled by default)
-        cd $TAR_DIR/ && tar -zxf $plugin_filename -C /tmp
-        docker plugin create $plugin_name /tmp/plugin > /dev/null 2>&1
-        rm -rf /tmp/plugin
-        # extract all the edition variables, including the engine uuid
-        uuid=$(cat /var/lib/docker/engine_uuid)
-        edition_version=$(cat $plugin_metadata | sed 's/{.*edition_version":"*\([0-9a-zA-Z.]*\)"*,*.*}/\1/')
-        edition_type=$(cat $plugin_metadata | sed 's/{.*edition_type":"*\([0-9a-zA-Z.]*\)"*,*.*}/\1/')
-        edition_name=$(cat $plugin_metadata | sed 's/{.*edition_name":"*\([0-9a-zA-Z.]*\)"*,*.*}/\1/')
-        docker plugin set $plugin_name edition_name=$edition_name edition_type=$edition_type edition_version=$edition_version anonymous_id=$uuid > /dev/null 2>&1
-        # set the metrics plugin to its previous state
-        if grep 'true' $plugin_metadata > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-                docker plugin enable $plugin_name > /dev/null 2>&1
-        fi
-fi
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/Makefile b/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
index f81ff0b615..10754515d8 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 SHELL:=/bin/bash
 ALPINE_IMG:=$(shell $(CURDIR)/../detect_alpine_image)
 ARCH:=$(shell uname -m)
-KERNEL:=$(shell docker version --format '{{.Server.Os}}')
 ENGINE_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../engine
 CLI_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../cli
-COMMON_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../common
-PLUGIN_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/plugin
 GITCOMMIT?=$(shell cd $(ENGINE_DIR) && git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 VERSION?=$(shell cat $(ENGINE_DIR)/VERSION)
-PLUGIN_VERSION?=1.0.0.$(KERNEL)-$(ARCH)-test
 DOCKER_EXPERIMENTAL:=0
 CHOWN:=docker run --rm -v $(CURDIR):/v -w /v $(ALPINE_IMG) chown
 
@@ -29,24 +25,15 @@ debian: debian-stretch debian-wheezy debian-jessie ## build all debian deb packa
 
 raspbian: raspbian-stretch debian-jessie ## build all raspbian deb packages
 
-metrics_plugin: ## pull telemetry plugin tarball
-	mkdir -p $(PLUGIN_DIR)
-	docker create --name tmp docker/telemetry-tgz:$(PLUGIN_VERSION)
-	docker export tmp | tar -x -C $(PLUGIN_DIR)
-	docker rm -f tmp
-
 ubuntu-xenial: ## build ubuntu xenial deb packages
 	docker build -t debbuild-$@/$(ARCH) -f $(CURDIR)/$@/Dockerfile.$(ARCH) .
 	docker run --rm -i \
 		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
-		-e PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) \
 		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
 		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
 		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		-v $(COMMON_DIR):/root/build-deb/common \
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
 
@@ -54,14 +41,11 @@ ubuntu-trusty: ## build ubuntu trusty deb packages
 	docker build -t debbuild-$@/$(ARCH) -f $(CURDIR)/$@/Dockerfile.$(ARCH) .
 	docker run --rm -i \
 		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
-		-e PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) \
 		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
 		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
 		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		-v $(COMMON_DIR):/root/build-deb/common \
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
 
@@ -70,13 +54,10 @@ ubuntu-zesty: ## build ubuntu zesty deb packages
 	docker run --rm -i \
 		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
 		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
-		-e PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
 		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
 		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		-v $(COMMON_DIR):/root/build-deb/common \
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
 
@@ -85,13 +66,10 @@ debian-jessie: ## build debian jessie deb packages
 	docker run --rm -i \
 		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
 		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
-		-e PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
 		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
 		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		-v $(COMMON_DIR):/root/build-deb/common \
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
 
@@ -100,13 +78,10 @@ debian-stretch: ## build debian stretch deb packages
 	docker run --rm -i \
 		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
 		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
-		-e PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
 		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
 		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		-v $(COMMON_DIR):/root/build-deb/common \
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
 
@@ -115,13 +90,10 @@ debian-wheezy: ## build debian wheezy deb packages
 	docker run --rm -i \
 		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
 		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
-		-e PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
 		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
 		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		-v $(COMMON_DIR):/root/build-deb/common \
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
 
@@ -130,13 +102,10 @@ raspbian-jessie: ## build raspbian jessie deb packages
 	docker run --rm -i \
 		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
 		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
-		-e PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
 		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
 		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		-v $(COMMON_DIR):/root/build-deb/common \
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
 
@@ -145,12 +114,9 @@ raspbian-stretch: ## build raspbian stretch deb packages
 	docker run --rm -i \
 		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
 		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
-		-e PLUGIN_VERSION=$(PLUGIN_VERSION) \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
 		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
 		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
 		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		-v $(COMMON_DIR):/root/build-deb/common \
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/common/docker-ce.docker.init b/components/packaging/deb/common/docker-ce.docker.init
index 53657ff407..9c8fa6be73 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/common/docker-ce.docker.init
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/common/docker-ce.docker.init
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ cgroupfs_mount() {
 case "$1" in
 	start)
 		check_init
-
+		
 		fail_unless_root
 
 		cgroupfs_mount
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ case "$1" in
 				$DOCKER_OPTS \
 					>> "$DOCKER_LOGFILE" 2>&1
 		log_end_msg $?
-		# load metrics plugin (disabled by default)
-		/usr/bin/load-telemetry-plugin
 		;;
 
 	stop)
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/common/docker-ce.docker.upstart b/components/packaging/deb/common/docker-ce.docker.upstart
index de6a65fd42..d58f7d6ac8 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/common/docker-ce.docker.upstart
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/common/docker-ce.docker.upstart
@@ -69,6 +69,4 @@ post-start script
 		done
 		echo "$DOCKER_SOCKET is up"
 	fi
-	# load metrics plugin (disabled by default)
-	/usr/bin/load-telemetry-plugin
 end script
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/common/rules b/components/packaging/deb/common/rules
index 4d5124e69e..e2962bb78e 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/common/rules
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/common/rules
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ override_dh_gencontrol:
 	dh_gencontrol
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	# create metrics plugin metadata
-	printf '{"edition_type":"ce","edition_name":"%s","edition_version":"%s"}\n' "$(DISTRO)" "$(VERSION)" > /plugin/.plugin-metadata
 	cd engine && ./hack/make.sh dynbinary
 	cd /go/src/github.com/docker/cli && LDFLAGS='' make VERSION=$(VERSION) GITCOMMIT=$(DOCKER_GITCOMMIT) dynbinary manpages
 
@@ -33,10 +31,6 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	cp -aT /usr/local/bin/docker-runc debian/docker-ce/usr/bin/docker-runc
 	cp -aT /usr/local/bin/docker-init debian/docker-ce/usr/bin/docker-init
 	mkdir -p debian/docker-ce/usr/lib/docker
-	mkdir -p debian/docker-ce/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-	cp -aTL /plugin/telemetry_$(PLUGIN_VERSION).tgz debian/docker-ce/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar/telemetry_$(PLUGIN_VERSION).tgz
-	cp -aTL /plugin/.plugin-metadata debian/docker-ce/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar/.plugin-metadata
-	cp -aTL /root/build-deb/common/load-telemetry-plugin debian/docker-ce/usr/bin/load-telemetry-plugin
 
 override_dh_installinit:
 	# use "docker" as our service name, not "docker-ce"
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/systemd/docker.service b/components/packaging/deb/systemd/docker.service
index 08494bebf1..517463172b 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/systemd/docker.service
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/systemd/docker.service
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Type=notify
 # for containers run by docker
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd://
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/load-telemetry-plugin
 LimitNOFILE=1048576
 # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
 # in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
diff --git a/components/packaging/rpm/Makefile b/components/packaging/rpm/Makefile
index f720177786..d894c950e1 100644
--- a/components/packaging/rpm/Makefile
+++ b/components/packaging/rpm/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 ARCH=$(shell uname -m)
 ALPINE_IMG:=$(shell $(CURDIR)/../detect_alpine_image)
-KERNEL:=$(shell docker version --format '{{.Server.Os}}')
 ENGINE_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../engine
-COMMON_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../common
-PLUGIN_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/plugin
 CLI_DIR:=$(CURDIR)/../../cli
 GITCOMMIT=$(shell cd $(ENGINE_DIR) && git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 VERSION=$(shell cat $(ENGINE_DIR)/VERSION)
-PLUGIN_VERSION?=1.0.0.$(KERNEL)-$(ARCH)-test
 DOCKER_EXPERIMENTAL=0
 GEN_RPM_VER=$(shell ./gen-rpm-ver $(ENGINE_DIR) $(VERSION))
 CHOWN=docker run --rm -i -v $(CURDIR):/v -w /v $(ALPINE_IMG) chown
@@ -17,13 +13,11 @@ RPMBUILD=docker run --privileged --rm -i\
 	-v $(CURDIR)/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT:/root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT \
 	-v $(CURDIR)/rpmbuild/RPMS:/root/rpmbuild/RPMS \
 	-v $(CURDIR)/rpmbuild/SRPMS:/root/rpmbuild/SRPMS \
-	-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/systemd \
-	-v $(COMMON_DIR):/common
+	-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/systemd
 RPMBUILD_FLAGS=-ba\
 	--define '_gitcommit $(word 3,$(GEN_RPM_VER))' \
 	--define '_release $(word 2,$(GEN_RPM_VER))' \
 	--define '_version $(word 1,$(GEN_RPM_VER))' \
-	--define '_plugin_version $(PLUGIN_VERSION)' \
 	--define '_origversion $(VERSION)' \
 	--define '_experimental $(DOCKER_EXPERIMENTAL)' \
 	SPECS/docker-ce.spec
@@ -43,22 +37,22 @@ fedora: fedora-26 fedora-25 fedora-24 ## build all fedora rpm packages
 
 centos: centos-7 ## build all centos rpm packages
 
-fedora-26: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/telemetry.tgz ## build fedora-26 rpm packages
+fedora-26: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz ## build fedora-26 rpm packages
 	docker build -t rpmbuild-$@/$(ARCH) -f $@/Dockerfile.$(ARCH) $@
 	$(RPMBUILD) rpmbuild-$@/$(ARCH) $(RPMBUILD_FLAGS)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) rpmbuild
 
-fedora-25: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/telemetry.tgz ## build fedora-25 rpm packages
+fedora-25: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz ## build fedora-25 rpm packages
 	docker build -t rpmbuild-$@/$(ARCH) -f $@/Dockerfile.$(ARCH) $@
 	$(RPMBUILD) rpmbuild-$@/$(ARCH) $(RPMBUILD_FLAGS)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) rpmbuild
 
-fedora-24: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/telemetry.tgz ## build fedora-24 rpm packages
+fedora-24: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz ## build fedora-24 rpm packages
 	docker build -t rpmbuild-$@/$(ARCH) -f $@/Dockerfile.$(ARCH) $@
 	$(RPMBUILD) rpmbuild-$@/$(ARCH) $(RPMBUILD_FLAGS)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) rpmbuild
 
-centos-7: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/telemetry.tgz ## build centos-7 rpm packages
+centos-7: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz ## build centos-7 rpm packages
 	docker build -t rpmbuild-$@/$(ARCH) -f $@/Dockerfile.$(ARCH) $@
 	$(RPMBUILD) rpmbuild-$@/$(ARCH) $(RPMBUILD_FLAGS)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) rpmbuild
@@ -78,15 +72,3 @@ rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz:
 		-v $(CURDIR)/rpmbuild/SOURCES:/v \
 		$(ALPINE_IMG) \
 		tar -C / -c -z -f /v/engine.tgz --exclude .git engine
-
-rpmbuild/SOURCES/telemetry.tgz:
-	mkdir -p rpmbuild/SOURCES
-	mkdir -p $(PLUGIN_DIR)
-	docker create --name tmp docker/telemetry-tgz:$(PLUGIN_VERSION)
-	docker export tmp | tar -x -C $(PLUGIN_DIR)
-	docker run --rm -i -w /plugin \
-		-v $(PLUGIN_DIR):/plugin \
-		-v $(CURDIR)/rpmbuild/SOURCES:/v \
-		alpine \
-		cp telemetry_$(PLUGIN_VERSION).tgz /v
-	docker rm -f tmp
diff --git a/components/packaging/rpm/centos-7/docker-ce.spec b/components/packaging/rpm/centos-7/docker-ce.spec
index 7c5e47bcea..82445d3333 100644
--- a/components/packaging/rpm/centos-7/docker-ce.spec
+++ b/components/packaging/rpm/centos-7/docker-ce.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Group: Tools/Docker
 License: ASL 2.0
 Source0: engine.tgz
 Source1: cli.tgz
-Source2: telemetry_%{_plugin_version}.tgz
 URL: https://www.docker.com
 Vendor: Docker
 Packager: Docker <support@docker.com>
@@ -69,8 +68,6 @@ pushd engine
 TMP_GOPATH="/go" hack/dockerfile/install-binaries.sh runc-dynamic containerd-dynamic proxy-dynamic tini
 hack/make.sh dynbinary
 popd
-mkdir -p plugin
-printf '{"edition_type":"ce","edition_name":"%s","edition_version":"%s"}\n' "${DISTRO}" "%{_version}" > plugin/.plugin-metadata
 
 %check
 cli/build/docker -v
@@ -141,12 +138,6 @@ for cli_file in LICENSE MAINTAINERS NOTICE README.md; do
     cp "cli/$cli_file" "build-docs/cli-$cli_file"
 done
 
-# add telemetry plugin
-install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 644 plugin/.plugin-metadata $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 755 /common/load-telemetry-plugin $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/load-telemetry-plugin
-
 # list files owned by the package here
 %files
 %doc build-docs/engine-AUTHORS build-docs/engine-CHANGELOG.md build-docs/engine-CONTRIBUTING.md build-docs/engine-LICENSE build-docs/engine-MAINTAINERS build-docs/engine-NOTICE build-docs/engine-README.md
@@ -172,9 +163,6 @@ install -p -m 755 /common/load-telemetry-plugin $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/load-
 /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/dockerfile.vim
 /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/dockerfile.vim
 /usr/share/nano/Dockerfile.nanorc
-/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar/telemetry_%{_plugin_version}.tgz
-/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar/.plugin-metadata
-/usr/bin/load-telemetry-plugin
 
 %pre
 if [ $1 -gt 0 ] ; then
diff --git a/components/packaging/rpm/fedora-24/docker-ce.spec b/components/packaging/rpm/fedora-24/docker-ce.spec
index 75948dceaa..84108421fc 100644
--- a/components/packaging/rpm/fedora-24/docker-ce.spec
+++ b/components/packaging/rpm/fedora-24/docker-ce.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Group: Tools/Docker
 License: ASL 2.0
 Source0: engine.tgz
 Source1: cli.tgz
-Source2: telemetry_%{_plugin_version}.tgz
 URL: https://www.docker.com
 Vendor: Docker
 Packager: Docker <support@docker.com>
@@ -70,8 +69,6 @@ pushd engine
 TMP_GOPATH="/go" hack/dockerfile/install-binaries.sh runc-dynamic containerd-dynamic proxy-dynamic tini
 hack/make.sh dynbinary
 popd
-mkdir -p plugin
-printf '{"edition_type":"ce","edition_name":"%s","edition_version":"%s"}\n' "${DISTRO}" "%{_version}" > plugin/.plugin-metadata
 
 %check
 cli/build/docker -v
@@ -142,12 +139,6 @@ for cli_file in LICENSE MAINTAINERS NOTICE README.md; do
     cp "cli/$cli_file" "build-docs/cli-$cli_file"
 done
 
-# add telemetry plugin
-install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 644 plugin/.plugin-metadata $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 755 /common/load-telemetry-plugin $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/load-telemetry-plugin
-
 # list files owned by the package here
 %files
 %doc build-docs/engine-AUTHORS build-docs/engine-CHANGELOG.md build-docs/engine-CONTRIBUTING.md build-docs/engine-LICENSE build-docs/engine-MAINTAINERS build-docs/engine-NOTICE build-docs/engine-README.md
@@ -173,9 +164,6 @@ install -p -m 755 /common/load-telemetry-plugin $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/load-
 /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/dockerfile.vim
 /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/dockerfile.vim
 /usr/share/nano/Dockerfile.nanorc
-/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar/telemetry_%{_plugin_version}.tgz
-/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar/.plugin-metadata
-/usr/bin/load-telemetry-plugin
 
 %pre
 if [ $1 -gt 0 ] ; then
diff --git a/components/packaging/rpm/fedora-25/docker-ce.spec b/components/packaging/rpm/fedora-25/docker-ce.spec
index 34fc85d0d7..09d1cbf465 100644
--- a/components/packaging/rpm/fedora-25/docker-ce.spec
+++ b/components/packaging/rpm/fedora-25/docker-ce.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Group: Tools/Docker
 License: ASL 2.0
 Source0: engine.tgz
 Source1: cli.tgz
-Source2: telemetry_%{_plugin_version}.tgz
 URL: https://www.docker.com
 Vendor: Docker
 Packager: Docker <support@docker.com>
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@ pushd engine
 TMP_GOPATH="/go" hack/dockerfile/install-binaries.sh runc-dynamic containerd-dynamic proxy-dynamic tini
 hack/make.sh dynbinary
 popd
-mkdir -p plugin
-printf '{"edition_type":"ce","edition_name":"%s","edition_version":"%s"}\n' "${DISTRO}" "%{_version}" > plugin/.plugin-metadata
 
 %check
 cli/build/docker -v
@@ -140,12 +137,6 @@ for cli_file in LICENSE MAINTAINERS NOTICE README.md; do
     cp "cli/$cli_file" "build-docs/cli-$cli_file"
 done
 
-# add telemetry plugin
-install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 644 plugin/.plugin-metadata $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar
-install -p -m 755 /common/load-telemetry-plugin $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/load-telemetry-plugin
-
 # list files owned by the package here
 %files
 %doc build-docs/engine-AUTHORS build-docs/engine-CHANGELOG.md build-docs/engine-CONTRIBUTING.md build-docs/engine-LICENSE build-docs/engine-MAINTAINERS build-docs/engine-NOTICE build-docs/engine-README.md
@@ -171,9 +162,6 @@ install -p -m 755 /common/load-telemetry-plugin $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/load-
 /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/dockerfile.vim
 /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/dockerfile.vim
 /usr/share/nano/Dockerfile.nanorc
-/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar/telemetry_%{_plugin_version}.tgz
-/var/lib/docker/plugins/tar/.plugin-metadata
-/usr/bin/load-telemetry-plugin
 
 %pre
 if [ $1 -gt 0 ] ; then
diff --git a/components/packaging/rpm/systemd/docker.service b/components/packaging/rpm/systemd/docker.service
index ac2e9cec6d..6c60646b56 100644
--- a/components/packaging/rpm/systemd/docker.service
+++ b/components/packaging/rpm/systemd/docker.service
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Type=notify
 # for containers run by docker
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/load-telemetry-plugin
 # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
 # in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
 LimitNOFILE=infinity