diff --git a/src/plugins/index.ts b/src/plugins/index.ts
index 6ac221da5..d0d16c234 100644
--- a/src/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/index.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ export function isPluginEnabled(p: string) {
 
 const pluginsValues = Object.values(Plugins);
 
-// First roundtrip to mark and force enable dependencies
-for (const p of pluginsValues) {
+// First roundtrip to mark and force enable dependencies (only for enabled plugins)
+//
+// FIXME: might need to revisit this if there's ever nested (dependencies of dependencies) dependencies since this only
+// goes for the top level and their children, but for now this works okay with the current API plugins
+for (const p of pluginsValues) if (settings[p.name]?.enabled) {
     p.dependencies?.forEach(d => {
         const dep = Plugins[d];
         if (dep) {