diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/manager_windows.go b/cli-plugins/manager/manager_windows.go
index e8b5598e5960..b42b713e9988 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/manager_windows.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/manager_windows.go
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ import (
 //
 // [ConfigFile.CLIPluginsExtraDirs]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/docker/cli@v26.1.4+incompatible/cli/config/configfile#ConfigFile.CLIPluginsExtraDirs
 var defaultSystemPluginDirs = []string{
-	filepath.Join(os.Getenv("ProgramData"), "Docker", "cli-plugins"),
 	filepath.Join(os.Getenv("ProgramFiles"), "Docker", "cli-plugins"),
 }