diff --git a/script/noosfero-plugins b/script/noosfero-plugins
index a8ded5f..90f8b05 100755
--- a/script/noosfero-plugins
+++ b/script/noosfero-plugins
@@ -18,14 +18,8 @@ enabled_plugins=$(find -L "$enabled_plugins_dir" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d
 disabled_plugins=$(printf "%s\n" $available_plugins $enabled_plugins_dir | sort | uniq -u)
 
 # operation defaults
-read_only=true
 quiet=false
 
-# initialization
-if [ -w "$enabled_plugins_dir" ]; then
-  read_only=false
-fi
-
 _list() {
   for plugin in $available_plugins; do
     echo "$plugin"
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