diff --git a/runtime/features/org.eclipse.core.runtime.feature/feature.xml b/runtime/features/org.eclipse.core.runtime.feature/feature.xml
index 18370942154..9c6b3a8972d 100644
--- a/runtime/features/org.eclipse.core.runtime.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/runtime/features/org.eclipse.core.runtime.feature/feature.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,4 @@
          id="org.eclipse.core.jobs"
          version="0.0.0"/>
 
-   <plugin
-         id="org.osgi.service.prefs"
-         version="0.0.0"/>
-
 </feature>