diff --git a/scripts/start-dev-server.js b/scripts/start-dev-server.js
index 807d640ff..68500cd41 100644
--- a/scripts/start-dev-server.js
+++ b/scripts/start-dev-server.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ function launchElectron({bundleURL, electronURL}) {
   const args = [
     path.join(STATIC_DIR, 'index.js'),
     '--remote-debugging-port=9222',
-    '--dynamicPlugins=~/fbsource/xplat/sonar/src/plugins,~/fbsource/xplat/sonar/src/fb/plugins',
   ];
 
   const proc = child.spawn(electronBinary, args, {
diff --git a/src/MenuBar.js b/src/MenuBar.js
index e677fe922..02e654cb7 100644
--- a/src/MenuBar.js
+++ b/src/MenuBar.js
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 import type {SonarBasePlugin} from './plugin.js';
 
 import {devicePlugins} from './device-plugins/index.js';
-import {
-  isProduction,
-  loadsDynamicPlugins,
-  toggleDynamicPluginLoading,
-} from './utils/dynamicPluginLoading.js';
 import plugins from './plugins/index.js';
 import electron from 'electron';
 
@@ -332,15 +327,6 @@ function getTemplate(app: Object, shell: Object): Array<MenuItem> {
         {
           type: 'separator',
         },
-        {
-          label: `Restart in ${
-            loadsDynamicPlugins() ? 'Production' : 'Development'
-          } Mode`,
-          enabled: isProduction(),
-          click: function() {
-            toggleDynamicPluginLoading();
-          },
-        },
         {
           label: 'Quit',
           accelerator: 'Command+Q',
diff --git a/src/chrome/AutoUpdateVersion.js b/src/chrome/AutoUpdateVersion.js
index 9f57d8854..a7b008ed5 100644
--- a/src/chrome/AutoUpdateVersion.js
+++ b/src/chrome/AutoUpdateVersion.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import {FlexRow, Text, colors, LoadingIndicator, Glyph, Component} from 'sonar';
 import {remote} from 'electron';
-import {isProduction} from '../utils/dynamicPluginLoading';
+import isProduction from '../utils/isProduction.js';
 import config from '../fb-stubs/config.js';
 const version = remote.app.getVersion();
 
diff --git a/src/chrome/SonarTitleBar.js b/src/chrome/SonarTitleBar.js
index fa4baeac9..7f7e14dd1 100644
--- a/src/chrome/SonarTitleBar.js
+++ b/src/chrome/SonarTitleBar.js
@@ -10,16 +10,10 @@ import {
   Button,
   ButtonGroup,
   FlexRow,
-  FlexBox,
   Component,
   Spacer,
-  Glyph,
   GK,
 } from 'sonar';
-import {
-  loadsDynamicPlugins,
-  dynamicPluginPath,
-} from '../utils/dynamicPluginLoading.js';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 import {
   toggleBugDialogVisible,
@@ -60,10 +54,6 @@ const TitleBar = FlexRow.extends(
   },
 );
 
-const Icon = FlexBox.extends({
-  marginRight: 3,
-});
-
 type Props = {|
   windowIsFocused: boolean,
   leftSidebarVisible: boolean,
@@ -82,13 +72,6 @@ class SonarTitleBar extends Component<Props> {
       <TitleBar focused={this.props.windowIsFocused} className="toolbar">
         <DevicesButton />
         <Spacer />
-        {loadsDynamicPlugins() && (
-          <Icon
-            title={`Plugins are loaded dynamically from ${dynamicPluginPath() ||
-              ''}`}>
-            <Glyph color={colors.light30} name="flash-default" size={16} />
-          </Icon>
-        )}
         {process.platform === 'darwin' ? <AutoUpdateVersion /> : null}
         {config.bugReportButtonVisible && (
           <Button
diff --git a/src/chrome/WelcomeScreen.js b/src/chrome/WelcomeScreen.js
index 0885e49c2..e3d4a9030 100644
--- a/src/chrome/WelcomeScreen.js
+++ b/src/chrome/WelcomeScreen.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   colors,
   brandColors,
 } from 'sonar';
-import {isProduction} from '../utils/dynamicPluginLoading';
+import isProduction from '../utils/isProduction.js';
 import {shell, remote} from 'electron';
 
 const Container = FlexColumn.extends({
diff --git a/src/utils/dynamicPluginLoading.js b/src/utils/dynamicPluginLoading.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d883eff01..000000000
--- a/src/utils/dynamicPluginLoading.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- * @format
- */
-
-import electron from 'electron';
-
-const DP_ARG = '--dynamicPlugins=';
-/* Sometimes remote objects are missing intermittently. To reduce the chance of
- * this being a problem while in use. Only read it once at startup.
- * https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/8205 */
-const _argv = electron.remote.process.argv;
-const _loadsDynamicPlugins =
-  _argv.findIndex(arg => arg.startsWith(DP_ARG)) > -1;
-const _isProduction = !/node_modules[\\/]electron[\\/]/.test(
-  electron.remote.process.execPath,
-);
-
-export function isProduction(): boolean {
-  return _isProduction;
-}
-
-export function loadsDynamicPlugins(): boolean {
-  return _loadsDynamicPlugins;
-}
-
-export function toggleDynamicPluginLoading() {
-  const args = _argv.filter(arg => !arg.startsWith(DP_ARG));
-  if (!loadsDynamicPlugins()) {
-    args.push(DP_ARG + '~/fbsource/xplat/sonar/src/plugins');
-  }
-  const {app} = electron.remote;
-  app.relaunch({args: args.slice(1).concat(['--relaunch'])});
-  app.exit(0);
-}
-
-export function dynamicPluginPath(): ?string {
-  const index = _argv.findIndex(arg => arg.startsWith(DP_ARG));
-
-  if (index > -1) {
-    return _argv[index].replace(DP_ARG, '');
-  } else {
-    null;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/isProduction.js b/src/utils/isProduction.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b873b0ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/isProduction.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import electron from 'electron';
+
+const _isProduction = !/node_modules[\\/]electron[\\/]/.test(
+  electron.remote.process.execPath,
+);
+
+export default function isProduction(): boolean {
+  return _isProduction;
+}
diff --git a/static/compilePlugins.js b/static/compilePlugins.js
index d0d23a5d2..b60b14f14 100644
--- a/static/compilePlugins.js
+++ b/static/compilePlugins.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const metro = require('metro');
-const yargs = require('yargs');
 const HOME_DIR = require('os').homedir();
 
 module.exports = (reloadCallback, pluginPaths, pluginCache) => {
@@ -16,10 +15,7 @@ module.exports = (reloadCallback, pluginPaths, pluginCache) => {
   if (!fs.existsSync(pluginCache)) {
     fs.mkdirSync(pluginCache);
   }
-  if (yargs.argv.dynamicPlugins) {
-    // watch for changes on plugins if we are loading plugins dynamically
-    watchChanges(plugins, reloadCallback, pluginCache);
-  }
+  watchChanges(plugins, reloadCallback, pluginCache);
   return Promise.all(
     Object.values(plugins).map(plugin =>
       compilePlugin(plugin, false, pluginCache),
@@ -178,7 +174,12 @@ function compilePlugin(
           changeExport(out);
           resolve(result);
         })
-        .catch(console.error);
+        .catch(err => {
+          console.error(
+            `❌  Plugin ${name} is ignored, because it could not be compiled.`,
+          );
+          console.error(err);
+        });
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/static/index.js b/static/index.js
index 0c33d8c5e..655386be7 100644
--- a/static/index.js
+++ b/static/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const {app, BrowserWindow} = require('electron');
 const path = require('path');
 const url = require('url');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const yargs = require('yargs');
 const compilePlugins = require('./compilePlugins.js');
 
 // ensure .sonar folder and config exist
@@ -29,9 +28,12 @@ try {
   fs.writeFileSync(configPath, JSON.stringify(config));
 }
 
-const pluginPaths = config.pluginPaths.concat(
-  (yargs.argv.dynamicPlugins || '').split(',').filter(Boolean),
-);
+const pluginPaths = config.pluginPaths
+  .concat(
+    path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'plugins'),
+    path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'fb', 'plugins'),
+  )
+  .filter(fs.existsSync);
 
 process.env.CONFIG = JSON.stringify({
   ...config,