diff --git a/src/commands/build.ts b/src/commands/build.ts
index b7e3534..951f7a5 100644
--- a/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { glob } from 'glob';
 import { configDotenv } from 'dotenv';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
-import { imageLoader, validExtensions } from '../plugins/imageLoader';
 import defaultEsbuild from '../utilities/defaultEsbuildConfig';
 import { require } from '../utilities/require';
 import { pathExists, pathExistsSync } from 'find-up';
 import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import * as Preprocessor from '../utilities/preprocessor';
 import { bold, magentaBright } from 'colorette';
+const validExtensions = ['.ts', '.js', '.json', '.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.webp'];
+
 
 type BuildOptions = {
     /**
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ export async function build(options: Record<string, any>) {
         //https://esbuild.github.io/content-types/#tsconfig-json
         await esbuild.build({
             entryPoints,
-            plugins: [imageLoader, ...(buildConfig.esbuildPlugins ?? [])],
+            plugins: [...(buildConfig.esbuildPlugins ?? [])],
             ...defaultEsbuild(buildConfig.format!, buildConfig.tsconfig),
             define,
             dropLabels: [buildConfig.mode === 'production' ? '__DEV__' : '__PROD__', ...buildConfig.dropLabels!],
diff --git a/src/plugins/imageLoader.ts b/src/plugins/imageLoader.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ec553d1..0000000
--- a/src/plugins/imageLoader.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'fs/promises';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import { require } from '../utilities/require.js';
-import { type Plugin } from 'esbuild';
-import { basename } from 'node:path';
-
-export const validExtensions = ['.ts', '.js', '.json', '.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.webp'];
-
-//https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/1051
-export const imageLoader = {
-    name: 'attachment-loader',
-    setup: (b) => {
-        const filter = new RegExp(`\.${validExtensions.slice(3).join('|')}$`);
-        b.onResolve({ filter }, (args) => {
-            //if the module is being imported, resolve the path and transform to the js stub
-            if (args.importer) {
-                const newPath = path
-                    .format({ ...path.parse(args.path), base: '', ext: '.js' })
-                    .split(path.sep)
-                    .join(path.posix.sep);
-                return { path: newPath, namespace: 'attachment-loader', external: true };
-            }
-            // if the file is actually the attachment, resolve the full dir
-            return { path: require.resolve(args.path, { paths: [args.resolveDir] }), namespace: 'attachment-loader' };
-        });
-
-        b.onLoad({ filter: /.*/, namespace: 'attachment-loader' }, async (args) => {
-            const base64 = await fs.readFile(args.path).then((s) => s.toString('base64'));
-            return {
-                contents: `
-                    var __toBuffer = (base64) => Buffer.from(base64, "base64");
-                    module.exports = {
-                        name: '${basename(args.path)}',
-                        attachment: __toBuffer("${base64}") 
-                    }`,
-            };
-        });
-    },
-} satisfies Plugin;