diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
index 235722e7d01c3..c710bd5c1712b 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import BuildManifestPlugin from './webpack/plugins/build-manifest-plugin'
 import { JsConfigPathsPlugin } from './webpack/plugins/jsconfig-paths-plugin'
 import { DropClientPage } from './webpack/plugins/next-drop-client-page-plugin'
 import { TraceEntryPointsPlugin } from './webpack/plugins/next-trace-entrypoints-plugin'
-import NextJsSsrImportPlugin from './webpack/plugins/nextjs-ssr-import'
 import PagesManifestPlugin from './webpack/plugins/pages-manifest-plugin'
 import { ProfilingPlugin } from './webpack/plugins/profiling-plugin'
 import { ReactLoadablePlugin } from './webpack/plugins/react-loadable-plugin'
@@ -1475,7 +1474,6 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
           isEdgeRuntime,
           pageExtensions: config.pageExtensions,
         }),
-      isServer && new NextJsSsrImportPlugin(),
       !isServer &&
         new BuildManifestPlugin({
           buildId,
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/nextjs-ssr-import.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/nextjs-ssr-import.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ad1874441ce0..0000000000000
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/nextjs-ssr-import.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import { join, resolve, relative, dirname } from 'path'
-import { webpack } from 'next/dist/compiled/webpack/webpack'
-
-// This plugin modifies the require-ensure code generated by Webpack
-// to work with Next.js SSR
-export default class NextJsSsrImportPlugin {
-  apply(compiler: webpack.Compiler) {
-    compiler.hooks.compilation.tap('NextJsSSRImport', (compilation: any) => {
-      compilation.mainTemplate.hooks.requireEnsure.tap(
-        'NextJsSSRImport',
-        (code: string, chunk: any) => {
-          // Update to load chunks from our custom chunks directory
-          const outputPath = resolve('/')
-          const pagePath = join('/', dirname(chunk.name))
-          const relativePathToBaseDir = relative(pagePath, outputPath)
-          // Make sure even in windows, the path looks like in unix
-          // Node.js require system will convert it accordingly
-          const relativePathToBaseDirNormalized = relativePathToBaseDir.replace(
-            /\\/g,
-            '/'
-          )
-          return code
-            .replace(
-              'require("./"',
-              `require("${relativePathToBaseDirNormalized}/"`
-            )
-            .replace(
-              'readFile(join(__dirname',
-              `readFile(join(__dirname, "${relativePathToBaseDirNormalized}"`
-            )
-        }
-      )
-    })
-  }
-}