diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 0d4ad5386..83441da08 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
                       "log4js"              : "0.4.1",
                       "jsdom-nocontextifiy" : "0.2.10",
                       "async-stacktrace"    : "0.0.2",
-		      "npm"		    : "1.1",
-		      "ejs"		    : "0.6.1",
-		      "node.extend"         : "1.0.0",
+                      "npm"                 : "1.1",
+                      "ejs"                 : "0.6.1",
                       "graceful-fs"         : "1.1.5",
                       "slide"               : "1.1.3",
                       "semver"              : "1.0.13",
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
index 058f1351f..3bc13ff60 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ if (!exports.isClient) {
   var fs = require("fs");
   var tsort = require("./tsort");
   var util = require("util");
-  var extend = require("node.extend");
   _ = require("underscore");
 }else{
   var $, jQuery
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ exports.getPackages = function (cb) {
     function flatten(deps) {
       _.chain(deps).keys().each(function (name) {
         if (name.indexOf(exports.prefix) == 0) {
-          packages[name] = extend({}, deps[name]);
+          packages[name] = _.clone(deps[name]);
           // Delete anything that creates loops so that the plugin
           // list can be sent as JSON to the web client
           delete packages[name].dependencies;