diff --git a/client/gulpfile.js b/client/gulpfile.js
index d533d544d89..458273e876e 100644
--- a/client/gulpfile.js
+++ b/client/gulpfile.js
@@ -63,26 +63,11 @@ function stagePlugins(callback) {
     // Flatten the glob patterns to actual directory paths
     const dirs = [...globSync(visualizationDirs)];
 
-    // Get list of installed visualization plugin names to filter out
-    const installedVisualizationNames = Object.keys(VISUALIZATION_PLUGINS);
-
     // Process each directory
     const copyPromises = dirs.map((sourceDir) => {
         // Get the relative path from the plugin base dir
         const relativeDir = path.relative(PATHS.pluginBaseDir, sourceDir);
 
-        // Extract the plugin name from the path (e.g., "visualizations/myvis/static" -> "myvis")
-        const pathParts = relativeDir.split(path.sep);
-        const pluginName = pathParts[1]; // visualizations/[pluginName]/static
-
-        // Skip if this is an installed visualization plugin
-        if (installedVisualizationNames.includes(pluginName)) {
-            console.log(`Skipping plugin staging for '${pluginName}' (already installed via npm package)`);
-            return Promise.resolve();
-        } else {
-            console.log(`Staging filesystem plugin '${pluginName}' from ${sourceDir}`);
-        }
-
         // The target should preserve the full path including 'static'
         const targetDir = path.join(staticPluginDir, relativeDir);
 
@@ -117,7 +102,7 @@ function stagePlugins(callback) {
  * Produce plugins from fully self-contained npm packages
  */
 async function installVisualizations(callback, forceReinstall = false) {
-    const visualizationsDir = path.join(staticPluginDir, "visualizations");
+    const visualizationsDir = path.join(PATHS.pluginBaseDir, "visualizations");
     fs.ensureDirSync(visualizationsDir);
     for (const pluginName of Object.keys(VISUALIZATION_PLUGINS)) {
         const { package: pluginPackage, version } = VISUALIZATION_PLUGINS[pluginName];