diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49eec254f..1084fe37c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Removed
 
 - hive: Remove `4.0.0` ([#1340]).
+- opensearch: Remove the `performance-analyzer` plugin from the OpenSearch image ([#1357]).
 
 [#1336]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/1336
 [#1337]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/1337
-[#1343]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/1343
 [#1340]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/1340
+[#1343]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/1343
 [#1354]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/1354
+[#1357]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/1357
 
 ## [25.11.0] - 2025-11-07
 
diff --git a/opensearch/Dockerfile b/opensearch/Dockerfile
index a901971a6..1e5ab7454 100644
--- a/opensearch/Dockerfile
+++ b/opensearch/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ ARG OPENSEARCH_NEURAL_SEARCH_PLUGIN_VERSION
 ARG OPENSEARCH_NOTIFICATIONS_CORE_PLUGIN_VERSION
 ARG OPENSEARCH_NOTIFICATIONS_PLUGIN_VERSION
 ARG OPENSEARCH_OBSERVABILITY_PLUGIN_VERSION
-ARG OPENSEARCH_PERFORMANCE_ANALYZER_PLUGIN_VERSION
 ARG OPENSEARCH_REPORTS_SCHEDULER_PLUGIN_VERSION
 ARG OPENSEARCH_SEARCH_RELEVANCE_PLUGIN_VERSION
 ARG OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_ANALYTICS_PLUGIN_VERSION
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ rm -r jdk
     "org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-notifications-core:${OPENSEARCH_NOTIFICATIONS_CORE_PLUGIN_VERSION}" \
     "org.opensearch.plugin:notifications:${OPENSEARCH_NOTIFICATIONS_PLUGIN_VERSION}" \
     "org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-observability:${OPENSEARCH_OBSERVABILITY_PLUGIN_VERSION}" \
-    "org.opensearch.plugin:performance-analyzer:${OPENSEARCH_PERFORMANCE_ANALYZER_PLUGIN_VERSION}" \
     "org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-reports-scheduler:${OPENSEARCH_REPORTS_SCHEDULER_PLUGIN_VERSION}" \
     "org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-search-relevance:${OPENSEARCH_SEARCH_RELEVANCE_PLUGIN_VERSION}" \
     "org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security-analytics:${OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_ANALYTICS_PLUGIN_VERSION}" \
@@ -152,9 +150,7 @@ find /stackable/opensearch-${PRODUCT_VERSION}/config -type f -exec chmod 660 {}
 
 EOF
 
-# The OpenSearch Performance Analyzer needs a JDK, not just a JRE.
-# With a JRE, the following exception is thrown:
-# java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine
+# The upstream image is built with a bundled JDK and not just a JRE, so we also ship OpenSearch with a JDK.
 FROM local-image/jdk-base AS final
 
 ARG PRODUCT_VERSION
diff --git a/opensearch/boil-config.toml b/opensearch/boil-config.toml
index 5297464ec..a8f8c8fb2 100644
--- a/opensearch/boil-config.toml
+++ b/opensearch/boil-config.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ jdk-base = "21"
 "opensearch-notifications-core-plugin-version" = "3.1.0.0"
 "opensearch-notifications-plugin-version" = "3.1.0.0"
 "opensearch-observability-plugin-version" = "3.1.0.0"
-"opensearch-performance-analyzer-plugin-version" = "3.1.0.0"
 "opensearch-reports-scheduler-plugin-version" = "3.1.0.0"
 "opensearch-search-relevance-plugin-version" = "3.1.0.0"
 "opensearch-security-analytics-plugin-version" = "3.1.0.0"