diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py b/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py
index 3a3e6f70ad..6283320aa2 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/registry.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from maintenance_mode.core import get_maintenance_mode, set_maintenance_mode
 
 from .integration import IntegrationPluginBase
 from .helpers import handle_error, log_error, get_plugins, IntegrationPluginError
-from InvenTree.config import get_plugin_file
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('inventree')
@@ -224,9 +223,8 @@ class PluginsRegistry:
             logger.info('Plugin file was already checked')
             return
 
-        plugin_file = pathlib.Path(get_plugin_file())
         try:
-            output = str(subprocess.check_output(['pip', 'install', '-r', str(plugin_file.absolute())], cwd=os.path.dirname(settings.BASE_DIR)), 'utf-8')
+            output = str(subprocess.check_output(['pip', 'install', '-r', settings.PLUGIN_FILE], cwd=os.path.dirname(settings.BASE_DIR)), 'utf-8')
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:  # pragma: no cover
             logger.error(f'Ran into error while trying to install plugins!\n{str(error)}')
             return False
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/serializers.py b/InvenTree/plugin/serializers.py
index 14c2c11ec6..6965f398f0 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/serializers.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/serializers.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from plugin.models import PluginConfig, PluginSetting
-from InvenTree.config import get_plugin_file
 from common.serializers import SettingsSerializer
 
 
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ class PluginConfigInstallSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 
         # save plugin to plugin_file if installed successfull
         if success:
-            with open(get_plugin_file(), "a") as plugin_file:
+            with open(settings.PLUGIN_FILE, "a") as plugin_file:
                 plugin_file.write(f'{" ".join(install_name)}  # Installed {timezone.now()} by {str(self.context["request"].user)}\n')
 
         return ret