diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2850fb80..4b13a985 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 
 # install requirements
 COPY ./backend/requirements.txt /requirements.txt
-COPY ./backend/requirements.plugins.txt /requirements.plugins.txt
-RUN pip install --user -r /requirements.txt \
-    && python -m pip install --target /opt/yt_plugins/bgutil -r /requirements.plugins.txt
+RUN pip install --user -r requirements.txt
 
 # build ffmpeg
 FROM python:3.13.11-slim-trixie AS ffmpeg-builder
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ COPY --from=denoland/deno:bin /deno /usr/local/bin/deno
 
 # copy build requirements
 COPY --from=builder /root/.local /root/.local
-COPY --from=builder /opt/yt_plugins /opt/yt_plugins
 ENV PATH=/root/.local/bin:$PATH
 
 # copy ffmpeg
diff --git a/backend/download/src/yt_dlp_base.py b/backend/download/src/yt_dlp_base.py
index ea65ca77..152d1b3a 100644
--- a/backend/download/src/yt_dlp_base.py
+++ b/backend/download/src/yt_dlp_base.py
@@ -78,9 +78,17 @@ class YtWrap:
                     }
                 },
             )
-            if EnvironmentSettings.APP_DIR == "/app":
-                # container internal only
-                self.obs["plugin_dirs"].append("/opt/yt_plugins/bgutil")
+            return
+
+        # from fork: https://github.com/bbilly1/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider
+        deep_merge(
+            self.obs,
+            {
+                "extractor_args": {
+                    "youtubepot-bgutilhttp": {"disable": ["True"]}
+                }
+            },
+        )
 
     def download(self, url):
         """make download request"""
diff --git a/backend/requirements.plugins.txt b/backend/requirements.plugins.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index eaaf09fd..00000000
--- a/backend/requirements.plugins.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# install plugins in separate folder for runtime whitelisting
-bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider==1.3.1
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c22e4a5c..2188c23b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apprise==1.9.9
+bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider @ git+https://github.com/bbilly1/bgutil-ytdlp-pot-provider@68578674650bade31cd77fb80ce84f7045191ba7#subdirectory=plugin
 celery==5.6.3
 deepdiff==9.0.0
 django-auth-ldap==5.3.0
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 4954f398..ca88ff7e 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
--r backend/requirements.plugins.txt
 -r backend/requirements.txt
 ipython==9.12.0
 pre-commit==4.5.1