diff --git a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
index 344c19b38..2279bb808 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ pub mod prelude {
         pad::PadExtManual,
         param_spec::GstParamSpecBuilderExt,
         pipeline::GstPipelineExtManual,
-        plugin::GstPluginExtManual,
         plugin_feature::PluginFeatureExtManual,
         tag_setter::TagSetterExtManual,
         tags::{CustomTag, Tag},
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/plugin.rs b/gstreamer/src/plugin.rs
index d0af1a36c..33f4aa79e 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/plugin.rs
@@ -17,15 +17,9 @@ impl Plugin {
             }
         }
     }
-}
 
-pub trait GstPluginExtManual: 'static {
     #[doc(alias = "get_plugin_flags")]
-    fn plugin_flags(&self) -> PluginFlags;
-}
-
-impl<O: IsA<crate::Plugin>> GstPluginExtManual for O {
-    fn plugin_flags(&self) -> PluginFlags {
+    pub fn plugin_flags(&self) -> PluginFlags {
         unsafe {
             let ptr: *mut ffi::GstObject = self.as_ptr() as *mut _;
             let _guard = crate::utils::MutexGuard::lock(&(*ptr).lock);