diff --git a/command/build.go b/command/build.go
index 94361807407..c9f7a537d1c 100644
--- a/command/build.go
+++ b/command/build.go
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ func (c *BuildCommand) RunContext(buildCtx context.Context, cla *BuildArgs) int
 	}
 
 	diags = packerStarter.Initialize(packer.InitializeOptions{})
-	bundledDiags := c.DetectBundledPlugins(packerStarter)
-	diags = append(bundledDiags, diags...)
 	ret = writeDiags(c.Ui, nil, diags)
 	if ret != 0 {
 		return ret
diff --git a/command/meta.go b/command/meta.go
index 455478e2188..0e464ccc36d 100644
--- a/command/meta.go
+++ b/command/meta.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclparse"
 	packersdk "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/template"
@@ -169,84 +168,6 @@ func (m *Meta) GetConfigFromJSON(cla *MetaArgs) (packer.Handler, int) {
 	return core, ret
 }
 
-func (m *Meta) DetectBundledPlugins(handler packer.Handler) hcl.Diagnostics {
-	var plugins []string
-
-	switch h := handler.(type) {
-	case *packer.Core:
-		plugins = m.detectBundledPluginsJSON(h)
-	case *hcl2template.PackerConfig:
-		plugins = m.detectBundledPluginsHCL2(handler.(*hcl2template.PackerConfig))
-	}
-
-	if len(plugins) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	packer.CheckpointReporter.SetBundledUsage()
-
-	buf := &strings.Builder{}
-	buf.WriteString("This template relies on the use of plugins bundled into the Packer binary.\n")
-	buf.WriteString("The practice of bundling external plugins into Packer will be removed in an upcoming version.\n\n")
-	switch h := handler.(type) {
-	case *packer.Core:
-		buf.WriteString("To remove this warning and ensure builds keep working you can install these external plugins with the 'packer plugins install' command\n\n")
-
-		for _, plugin := range plugins {
-			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "* packer plugins install %s\n", plugin)
-		}
-
-		buf.WriteString("\nAlternatively, if you upgrade your templates to HCL2, you can use 'packer init' with a 'required_plugins' block to automatically install external plugins.\n\n")
-		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "You can try HCL2 by running 'packer hcl2_upgrade %s'", h.Template.Path)
-	case *hcl2template.PackerConfig:
-		buf.WriteString("To remove this warning, add the following section to your template:\n")
-		buf.WriteString(m.fixRequiredPlugins(h))
-		buf.WriteString("\nThen run 'packer init' to manage installation of the plugins")
-	}
-
-	return hcl.Diagnostics{
-		&hcl.Diagnostic{
-			Severity: hcl.DiagWarning,
-			Summary:  "Bundled plugins used",
-			Detail:   buf.String(),
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-func (m *Meta) detectBundledPluginsJSON(core *packer.Core) []string {
-	bundledPlugins := map[string]struct{}{}
-
-	tmpl := core.Template
-	if tmpl == nil {
-		panic("No template parsed. This is a Packer bug which should be reported, please open an issue on the project's issue tracker.")
-	}
-
-	for _, b := range tmpl.Builders {
-		builderType := fmt.Sprintf("packer-builder-%s", b.Type)
-		if bundledStatus[builderType] {
-			bundledPlugins[builderType] = struct{}{}
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, p := range tmpl.Provisioners {
-		provisionerType := fmt.Sprintf("packer-provisioner-%s", p.Type)
-		if bundledStatus[provisionerType] {
-			bundledPlugins[provisionerType] = struct{}{}
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, pps := range tmpl.PostProcessors {
-		for _, pp := range pps {
-			postProcessorType := fmt.Sprintf("packer-post-processor-%s", pp.Type)
-			if bundledStatus[postProcessorType] {
-				bundledPlugins[postProcessorType] = struct{}{}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return compileBundledPluginList(bundledPlugins)
-}
-
 var knownPluginPrefixes = map[string]string{
 	"amazon":        "github.com/hashicorp/amazon",
 	"ansible":       "github.com/hashicorp/ansible",
@@ -306,44 +227,6 @@ func (m *Meta) fixRequiredPlugins(config *hcl2template.PackerConfig) string {
 	return generateRequiredPluginsBlock(retPlugins)
 }
 
-func (m *Meta) detectBundledPluginsHCL2(config *hcl2template.PackerConfig) []string {
-	bundledPlugins := map[string]struct{}{}
-
-	for _, b := range config.Builds {
-		for _, src := range b.Sources {
-			builderType := fmt.Sprintf("packer-builder-%s", src.Type)
-			if bundledStatus[builderType] {
-				bundledPlugins[builderType] = struct{}{}
-			}
-		}
-
-		for _, p := range b.ProvisionerBlocks {
-			provisionerType := fmt.Sprintf("packer-provisioner-%s", p.PType)
-			if bundledStatus[provisionerType] {
-				bundledPlugins[provisionerType] = struct{}{}
-			}
-		}
-
-		for _, pps := range b.PostProcessorsLists {
-			for _, pp := range pps {
-				postProcessorType := fmt.Sprintf("packer-post-processor-%s", pp.PType)
-				if bundledStatus[postProcessorType] {
-					bundledPlugins[postProcessorType] = struct{}{}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, ds := range config.Datasources {
-		dsType := fmt.Sprintf("packer-datasource-%s", ds.Type)
-		if bundledStatus[dsType] {
-			bundledPlugins[dsType] = struct{}{}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return compileBundledPluginList(bundledPlugins)
-}
-
 func generateRequiredPluginsBlock(plugins []string) string {
 	if len(plugins) == 0 {
 		return ""
diff --git a/command/validate.go b/command/validate.go
index 5e40a5f9530..9747dabf95c 100644
--- a/command/validate.go
+++ b/command/validate.go
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ func (c *ValidateCommand) RunContext(ctx context.Context, cla *ValidateArgs) int
 	diags = packerStarter.Initialize(packer.InitializeOptions{
 		SkipDatasourcesExecution: !cla.EvaluateDatasources,
 	})
-	bundledDiags := c.DetectBundledPlugins(packerStarter)
-	diags = append(bundledDiags, diags...)
 	ret = writeDiags(c.Ui, nil, diags)
 	if ret != 0 {
 		return ret
diff --git a/command/vendored_plugins.go b/command/vendored_plugins.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5853e34cac4..00000000000
--- a/command/vendored_plugins.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
-
-package command
-
-import (
-	"log"
-
-	packersdk "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer"
-	// Previously core-bundled components, split into their own plugins but
-	// still vendored with Packer for now. Importing as library instead of
-	// forcing use of packer init.
-)
-
-// VendoredDatasources are datasource components that were once bundled with the
-// Packer core, but are now being imported from their counterpart plugin repos
-var VendoredDatasources = map[string]packersdk.Datasource{}
-
-// VendoredBuilders are builder components that were once bundled with the
-// Packer core, but are now being imported from their counterpart plugin repos
-var VendoredBuilders = map[string]packersdk.Builder{}
-
-// VendoredProvisioners are provisioner components that were once bundled with the
-// Packer core, but are now being imported from their counterpart plugin repos
-var VendoredProvisioners = map[string]packersdk.Provisioner{}
-
-// VendoredPostProcessors are post-processor components that were once bundled with the
-// Packer core, but are now being imported from their counterpart plugin repos
-var VendoredPostProcessors = map[string]packersdk.PostProcessor{}
-
-// bundledStatus is used to know if one of the bundled components is loaded from
-// an external plugin, or from the bundled plugins.
-//
-// We keep track of this to produce a warning if a user relies on one
-// such plugin, as they will be removed in a later version of Packer.
-var bundledStatus = map[string]bool{}
-
-// TrackBundledPlugin marks a component as loaded from Packer's bundled plugins
-// instead of from an externally loaded plugin.
-//
-// NOTE: `pluginName' must be in the format `packer-<type>-<component_name>'
-func TrackBundledPlugin(pluginName string) {
-	_, exists := bundledStatus[pluginName]
-	if !exists {
-		return
-	}
-
-	bundledStatus[pluginName] = true
-}
-
-var componentPluginMap = map[string]string{}
-
-// compileBundledPluginList returns a list of plugins to import in a config
-//
-// This only works on bundled plugins and serves as a way to inform users that
-// they should not rely on a bundled plugin anymore, but give them recommendations
-// on how to manage those plugins instead.
-func compileBundledPluginList(componentMap map[string]struct{}) []string {
-	plugins := map[string]struct{}{}
-	for component := range componentMap {
-		plugin, ok := componentPluginMap[component]
-		if !ok {
-			log.Printf("Unknown bundled plugin component: %q", component)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		plugins[plugin] = struct{}{}
-	}
-
-	pluginList := make([]string, 0, len(plugins))
-	for plugin := range plugins {
-		pluginList = append(pluginList, plugin)
-	}
-
-	return pluginList
-}
-
-// Upon init lets load up any plugins that were vendored manually into the default
-// set of plugins.
-func init() {
-	for k, v := range VendoredDatasources {
-		if _, ok := Datasources[k]; ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		Datasources[k] = v
-	}
-
-	for k, v := range VendoredBuilders {
-		if _, ok := Builders[k]; ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		Builders[k] = v
-	}
-
-	for k, v := range VendoredProvisioners {
-		if _, ok := Provisioners[k]; ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		Provisioners[k] = v
-	}
-
-	for k, v := range VendoredPostProcessors {
-		if _, ok := PostProcessors[k]; ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		PostProcessors[k] = v
-	}
-}
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 6688d6a74a5..d4dab230e86 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ func (c *config) discoverInternalComponents() error {
 	for builder := range command.Builders {
 		builder := builder
 		if !c.Plugins.Builders.Has(builder) {
-			command.TrackBundledPlugin(fmt.Sprintf("packer-builder-%s", builder))
 			bin := fmt.Sprintf("%s%splugin%spacker-builder-%s",
 				packerPath, PACKERSPACE, PACKERSPACE, builder)
 			c.Plugins.Builders.Set(builder, func() (packersdk.Builder, error) {
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ func (c *config) discoverInternalComponents() error {
 	for provisioner := range command.Provisioners {
 		provisioner := provisioner
 		if !c.Plugins.Provisioners.Has(provisioner) {
-			command.TrackBundledPlugin(fmt.Sprintf("packer-provisioner-%s", provisioner))
 			bin := fmt.Sprintf("%s%splugin%spacker-provisioner-%s",
 				packerPath, PACKERSPACE, PACKERSPACE, provisioner)
 			c.Plugins.Provisioners.Set(provisioner, func() (packersdk.Provisioner, error) {
@@ -177,7 +175,6 @@ func (c *config) discoverInternalComponents() error {
 	for postProcessor := range command.PostProcessors {
 		postProcessor := postProcessor
 		if !c.Plugins.PostProcessors.Has(postProcessor) {
-			command.TrackBundledPlugin(fmt.Sprintf("packer-post-processor-%s", postProcessor))
 			bin := fmt.Sprintf("%s%splugin%spacker-post-processor-%s",
 				packerPath, PACKERSPACE, PACKERSPACE, postProcessor)
 			c.Plugins.PostProcessors.Set(postProcessor, func() (packersdk.PostProcessor, error) {
@@ -189,7 +186,6 @@ func (c *config) discoverInternalComponents() error {
 	for dataSource := range command.Datasources {
 		dataSource := dataSource
 		if !c.Plugins.DataSources.Has(dataSource) {
-			command.TrackBundledPlugin(fmt.Sprintf("packer-datasource-%s", dataSource))
 			bin := fmt.Sprintf("%s%splugin%spacker-datasource-%s",
 				packerPath, PACKERSPACE, PACKERSPACE, dataSource)
 			c.Plugins.DataSources.Set(dataSource, func() (packersdk.Datasource, error) {