diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88a54ff8..aa5156e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Version 2.0.0
   instance is now three separate commands.
 - Removed oddball limits to slaves.json size.
 - Moved slave specific configuration into its own configuration file.
+- Removed unused binary option from plugin config.
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
index 3a215c87..eaea5f02 100644
--- a/client.js
+++ b/client.js
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ async function instanceManagement(slaveConfig, instance, instanceconfig, server,
 		if(!global.subscribedFiles) {
 			global.subscribedFiles = {};
 		}
-		if(pluginConfig.binary == "nodePackage" && pluginConfig.enabled){
+		if (pluginConfig.enabled) {
 			// require plugin class and execute it
 			let pluginClass = require(path.resolve(pluginConfig.pluginPath, "index"));
 			plugins[i] = new pluginClass(combinedConfig, async function(data, callback){
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/UPSdisplay/config.js b/sharedPlugins/UPSdisplay/config.js
index 436b204c..7abaacf9 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/UPSdisplay/config.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/UPSdisplay/config.js
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 /*
 	Example config file for example Clusterio plugin
-	Binary will be spawned using child_process.spawn and get input from stdin and text from stdout will be ran as
-	commands in the factorio server.
 */
 
 module.exports = {
 	// Name of package. For display somewhere I guess.
 	name: "UPSdisplay",
 	version: "2.0.0",
-	// Binary entrypoint for plugin. Don't let it crash. Stdout is sent to game as server chat (run /c commands from here for interface)
-	// Make sure its cross platform somehow.
-	binary: "nodePackage",
 	description: "Internal clusterio plugin to get the worlds UPS and display it on master",
 	// We'll send everything in this file to your stdin. Beware.
 	scriptOutputFileSubscription: "UPSdisplay.txt",
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/clusterioMod/config.js b/sharedPlugins/clusterioMod/config.js
index 01c46abf..3ffae1eb 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/clusterioMod/config.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/clusterioMod/config.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	// Name of package. For display somewhere I guess.
 	name: "clusterioMod",
 	version: "1.0.0",
-	binary: "nodePackage",
 	description: "Server side handling of functionality in the clusterio lua mod",
 	masterPlugin: "masterPlugin.js",
 }
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/globalChat/config.js b/sharedPlugins/globalChat/config.js
index ca394648..277032f6 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/globalChat/config.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/globalChat/config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ module.exports = {
 	// Name of package. For display somewhere I guess.
 	name: "globalChat",
 	version: "1.0.0",
-	binary: "nodePackage",
 	description: "Clusterio plugin to allow for chat between instances.",
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/config.js b/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/config.js
index 758d2b9d..71d76b0e 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/config.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/config.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	// Name of package. For display somewhere I guess.
 	name: "inventoryImports",
 	version: "1.0.0",
-	// Binary entrypoint for plugin. Don't let it crash. Stdout is sent to game as server chat (run /c commands from here for interface)
-	// Make sure its cross platform somehow.
-	binary: "nodePackage",
 	arguments: ["index.js"],
 	description: "Clusterio plugin to fill character logistic slots with master imports",
 	// We'll send everything in this file to your stdin. Beware.
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/researchSync/config.js b/sharedPlugins/researchSync/config.js
index 0c842f19..8d1210dd 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/researchSync/config.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/researchSync/config.js
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ module.exports = {
     // Name of package. For display somewhere I guess.
     name: "researchSync",
     version: "1.0.0",
-    // Binary entrypoint for plugin. Don't let it crash. Stdout is sent to game as server chat (run /c commands from here for interface)
-    // Make sure its cross platform somehow.
-    binary: "nodePackage",
     arguments: ["index.js"],
     description: "syncs research across servers",
     // We'll send everything in this file to your stdin. Beware.
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/config.js b/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/config.js
index bfa220de..9ebc0b4a 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/config.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/statisticsExporter/config.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 module.exports = {
 	name: "statisticsExporter",
 	version: "1.0.0",
-	binary: "nodePackage",
 	description: "Gathers ingame stats such as production, consumption, kills and buildings placed",
 	masterPlugin: "masterPlugin.js"
 }