diff --git a/geyser-plugin-manager/src/geyser_plugin_manager.rs b/geyser-plugin-manager/src/geyser_plugin_manager.rs
index 2f55978ca5999d..08354df0440ba2 100644
--- a/geyser-plugin-manager/src/geyser_plugin_manager.rs
+++ b/geyser-plugin-manager/src/geyser_plugin_manager.rs
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@ pub struct GeyserPluginManager {
 }
 
 impl GeyserPluginManager {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        GeyserPluginManager {
-            plugins: Vec::default(),
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Unload all plugins and loaded plugin libraries, making sure to fire
     /// their `on_plugin_unload()` methods so they can do any necessary cleanup.
     pub fn unload(&mut self) {
@@ -497,7 +491,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_geyser_reload() {
         // Initialize empty manager
-        let plugin_manager = Arc::new(RwLock::new(GeyserPluginManager::new()));
+        let plugin_manager = Arc::new(RwLock::new(GeyserPluginManager::default()));
 
         // No plugins are loaded, this should fail
         let mut plugin_manager_lock = plugin_manager.write().unwrap();
@@ -536,7 +530,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_plugin_list() {
         // Initialize empty manager
-        let plugin_manager = Arc::new(RwLock::new(GeyserPluginManager::new()));
+        let plugin_manager = Arc::new(RwLock::new(GeyserPluginManager::default()));
         let mut plugin_manager_lock = plugin_manager.write().unwrap();
 
         // Load two plugins
@@ -558,7 +552,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_plugin_load_unload() {
         // Initialize empty manager
-        let plugin_manager = Arc::new(RwLock::new(GeyserPluginManager::new()));
+        let plugin_manager = Arc::new(RwLock::new(GeyserPluginManager::default()));
         let mut plugin_manager_lock = plugin_manager.write().unwrap();
 
         // Load rpc call
diff --git a/geyser-plugin-manager/src/geyser_plugin_service.rs b/geyser-plugin-manager/src/geyser_plugin_service.rs
index b866470a7e0717..29c9cc03a46f56 100644
--- a/geyser-plugin-manager/src/geyser_plugin_service.rs
+++ b/geyser-plugin-manager/src/geyser_plugin_service.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl GeyserPluginService {
         )>,
     ) -> Result<Self, GeyserPluginServiceError> {
         info!("Starting GeyserPluginService from config files: {geyser_plugin_config_files:?}");
-        let mut plugin_manager = GeyserPluginManager::new();
+        let mut plugin_manager = GeyserPluginManager::default();
 
         for geyser_plugin_config_file in geyser_plugin_config_files {
             Self::load_plugin(&mut plugin_manager, geyser_plugin_config_file)?;
diff --git a/test-validator/src/lib.rs b/test-validator/src/lib.rs
index cb40bea40f9aa0..cede3bacdbc785 100644
--- a/test-validator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/test-validator/src/lib.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ impl Default for TestValidatorGenesis {
             log_messages_bytes_limit: Option::<usize>::default(),
             transaction_account_lock_limit: Option::<usize>::default(),
             tpu_enable_udp: DEFAULT_TPU_ENABLE_UDP,
-            geyser_plugin_manager: Arc::new(RwLock::new(GeyserPluginManager::new())),
+            geyser_plugin_manager: Arc::new(RwLock::new(GeyserPluginManager::default())),
             admin_rpc_service_post_init:
                 Arc::<RwLock<Option<AdminRpcRequestMetadataPostInit>>>::default(),
         }