# plugins.scanDirs is deprecated and is no longer used

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugins-scandirs-is-deprecated-and-is-no-longer-used/297457>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 17, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugins-scandirs-is-deprecated-and-is-no-longer-used/297457 "2022-02-17T09:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Usman18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/0ea827/32.png) [@Usman18](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Usman18)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugins-scandirs-is-deprecated-and-is-no-longer-used/297457/1 "2022-02-17T09:01:44Z")

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How to get rid of this deprecation warning. I am using kibana 7.15.2

```auto
"type":"log","@timestamp":"2022-02-17T08:10:42+00:00","tags":["warning","config","deprecation"],"pid":8,"message":"plugins.scanDirs is deprecated and is no longer used"}

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**Author:** ![majagrubic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/majagrubic/32/74459_2.png) [@majagrubic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/majagrubic)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugins-scandirs-is-deprecated-and-is-no-longer-used/297457/2 "2022-02-17T09:04:31Z")

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Warnings are not something you can remove. If it is not actionable from your side, nothing to worry about.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugins-scandirs-is-deprecated-and-is-no-longer-used/297457/3 "2022-03-17T09:04:59Z")

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