diff --git a/datasette/app.py b/datasette/app.py
index 919a0a51..df6b6d60 100644
--- a/datasette/app.py
+++ b/datasette/app.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from .utils import (
     escape_css_string,
     escape_sqlite,
     format_bytes,
-    get_plugins,
     module_from_path,
     sqlite3,
     to_css_class,
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ from .utils.asgi import (
     asgi_send_redirect,
 )
 from .tracer import AsgiTracer
-from .plugins import pm, DEFAULT_PLUGINS
+from .plugins import pm, DEFAULT_PLUGINS, get_plugins
 from .version import __version__
 
 app_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
@@ -459,7 +458,7 @@ class Datasette:
         }
 
     def plugins(self, show_all=False):
-        ps = list(get_plugins(pm))
+        ps = list(get_plugins())
         if not show_all:
             ps = [p for p in ps if p["name"] not in DEFAULT_PLUGINS]
         return [
@@ -613,13 +612,12 @@ class Datasette:
         template_paths = []
         if self.template_dir:
             template_paths.append(self.template_dir)
-        template_paths.extend(
-            [
-                plugin["templates_path"]
-                for plugin in get_plugins(pm)
-                if plugin["templates_path"]
-            ]
-        )
+        plugin_template_paths = [
+            plugin["templates_path"]
+            for plugin in get_plugins()
+            if plugin["templates_path"]
+        ]
+        template_paths.extend(plugin_template_paths)
         template_paths.append(default_templates)
         template_loader = ChoiceLoader(
             [
@@ -661,7 +659,7 @@ class Datasette:
             add_route(asgi_static(dirname), r"/" + path + "/(?P<path>.*)$")
 
         # Mount any plugin static/ directories
-        for plugin in get_plugins(pm):
+        for plugin in get_plugins():
             if plugin["static_path"]:
                 add_route(
                     asgi_static(plugin["static_path"]),
diff --git a/datasette/plugins.py b/datasette/plugins.py
index 6e7cfccd..6e1e785e 100644
--- a/datasette/plugins.py
+++ b/datasette/plugins.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import importlib
 import pluggy
+import pkg_resources
 import sys
 from . import hookspecs
 
@@ -22,3 +23,35 @@ if not hasattr(sys, "_called_from_test"):
 for plugin in DEFAULT_PLUGINS:
     mod = importlib.import_module(plugin)
     pm.register(mod, plugin)
+
+
+def get_plugins():
+    plugins = []
+    plugin_to_distinfo = dict(pm.list_plugin_distinfo())
+    for plugin in pm.get_plugins():
+        static_path = None
+        templates_path = None
+        if plugin.__name__ not in DEFAULT_PLUGINS:
+            try:
+                if pkg_resources.resource_isdir(plugin.__name__, "static"):
+                    static_path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+                        plugin.__name__, "static"
+                    )
+                if pkg_resources.resource_isdir(plugin.__name__, "templates"):
+                    templates_path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+                        plugin.__name__, "templates"
+                    )
+            except (KeyError, ImportError):
+                # Caused by --plugins_dir= plugins - KeyError/ImportError thrown in Py3.5
+                pass
+        plugin_info = {
+            "name": plugin.__name__,
+            "static_path": static_path,
+            "templates_path": templates_path,
+        }
+        distinfo = plugin_to_distinfo.get(plugin)
+        if distinfo:
+            plugin_info["version"] = distinfo.version
+            plugin_info["name"] = distinfo.project_name
+        plugins.append(plugin_info)
+    return plugins
diff --git a/datasette/utils/__init__.py b/datasette/utils/__init__.py
index 79ac8e02..be99f890 100644
--- a/datasette/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/datasette/utils/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import click
 import hashlib
 import json
 import os
-import pkg_resources
 import re
 import shlex
 import tempfile
@@ -616,35 +615,6 @@ def module_from_path(path, name):
     return mod
 
 
-def get_plugins(pm):
-    plugins = []
-    plugin_to_distinfo = dict(pm.list_plugin_distinfo())
-    for plugin in pm.get_plugins():
-        static_path = None
-        templates_path = None
-        try:
-            if pkg_resources.resource_isdir(plugin.__name__, "static"):
-                static_path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(plugin.__name__, "static")
-            if pkg_resources.resource_isdir(plugin.__name__, "templates"):
-                templates_path = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
-                    plugin.__name__, "templates"
-                )
-        except (KeyError, ImportError):
-            # Caused by --plugins_dir= plugins - KeyError/ImportError thrown in Py3.5
-            pass
-        plugin_info = {
-            "name": plugin.__name__,
-            "static_path": static_path,
-            "templates_path": templates_path,
-        }
-        distinfo = plugin_to_distinfo.get(plugin)
-        if distinfo:
-            plugin_info["version"] = distinfo.version
-            plugin_info["name"] = distinfo.project_name
-        plugins.append(plugin_info)
-    return plugins
-
-
 async def resolve_table_and_format(table_and_format, table_exists, allowed_formats=[]):
     if "." in table_and_format:
         # Check if a table exists with this exact name
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins.py b/tests/test_plugins.py
index 44ac0b8e..7d734056 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as Soup
 from .fixtures import app_client, make_app_client, TEMP_PLUGIN_SECRET_FILE  # noqa
+from datasette.plugins import get_plugins, DEFAULT_PLUGINS
 from datasette.utils import sqlite3
 import base64
 import json
@@ -241,3 +242,13 @@ def test_plugins_async_template_function(restore_working_directory):
             sqlite3.connect(":memory:").execute("select sqlite_version()").fetchone()[0]
         )
         assert expected == extra_from_awaitable_function
+
+
+def test_default_plugins_have_no_templates_path_or_static_path():
+    # The default plugins that ship with Datasette should have their static_path and
+    # templates_path all set to None
+    plugins = get_plugins()
+    for plugin in plugins:
+        if plugin["name"] in DEFAULT_PLUGINS:
+            assert None is plugin["static_path"]
+            assert None is plugin["templates_path"]