diff --git a/desktop/flipper-common/src/PluginDetails.tsx b/desktop/flipper-common/src/PluginDetails.tsx
index cf344348a..458c9cdaa 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-common/src/PluginDetails.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-common/src/PluginDetails.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ export interface PluginDetails {
     overview?: boolean;
     setup?: boolean;
   };
-  /** Provided by NPM. Allows developers to deprecated packages. Its value is the deprecation reason. */
+  /**
+   * Provided by NPM. Allows developers to deprecated packages. Its value is the deprecation reason.
+   * Alternatively, might be a part of the plugin's package JSON. In this case, the plugin is excluded from bundling.
+   */
   deprecated?: string;
 }
 
diff --git a/desktop/pkg/schemas/plugin-package-v2.json b/desktop/pkg/schemas/plugin-package-v2.json
index f8c89657d..7e168a115 100644
--- a/desktop/pkg/schemas/plugin-package-v2.json
+++ b/desktop/pkg/schemas/plugin-package-v2.json
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@
     "headless": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Specifies if plugin works in a headless mode. Default: false."
+    },
+    "deprecated": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "Mark plugin as deprecated and exclude it from the bundle. Optionally, provide a reason for deprecation. Set to '' to use the default deprecation reason."
     }
   },
   "required": [
diff --git a/desktop/plugin-lib/src/getSourcePlugins.tsx b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/getSourcePlugins.tsx
index 99104f2e1..4a370370c 100644
--- a/desktop/plugin-lib/src/getSourcePlugins.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/getSourcePlugins.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ async function entryPointForPluginFolder(
         }
       }),
     )
-    .then((plugins) => plugins.filter(notNull))
+    .then((plugins) =>
+      plugins
+        .filter(notNull)
+        .filter(({deprecated}) => typeof deprecated !== 'string'),
+    )
     .then((plugins) =>
       plugins.reduce<{[key: string]: InstalledPluginDetails}>((acc, cv) => {
         acc[cv!.name] = cv!;