Index: wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(revision 19625)
+++ wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(working copy)
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
 		wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_incoming_links', __( 'Incoming Links' ), 'wp_dashboard_incoming_links', 'wp_dashboard_incoming_links_control' );
 	}
 
-	// WP Plugins Widget
-	if ( ( ! is_multisite() && is_blog_admin() && current_user_can( 'install_plugins' ) ) || ( is_network_admin() && current_user_can( 'manage_network_plugins' ) && current_user_can( 'install_plugins' ) ) )
-		wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_plugins', __( 'Plugins' ), 'wp_dashboard_plugins' );
-
 	// QuickPress Widget
 	if ( is_blog_admin() && current_user_can('edit_posts') )
 		wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_quick_press', __( 'QuickPress' ), 'wp_dashboard_quick_press' );
@@ -934,96 +930,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-function wp_dashboard_plugins() {
-	wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget( 'dashboard_plugins', 'wp_dashboard_plugins_output', array(
-		'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/popular/',
-		'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/new/',
-		'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/updated/'
-	) );
-}
-
 /**
- * Display plugins most popular, newest plugins, and recently updated widget text.
- *
- * @since 2.5.0
- */
-function wp_dashboard_plugins_output() {
-	$popular = fetch_feed( 'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/popular/' );
-	$new     = fetch_feed( 'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/new/' );
-	$updated = fetch_feed( 'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/updated/' );
-
-	if ( false === $plugin_slugs = get_transient( 'plugin_slugs' ) ) {
-		$plugin_slugs = array_keys( get_plugins() );
-		set_transient( 'plugin_slugs', $plugin_slugs, 86400 );
-	}
-
-	foreach ( array( 'popular' => __('Most Popular'), 'new' => __('Newest Plugins'), 'updated' => __('Recently Updated') ) as $feed => $label ) {
-		if ( is_wp_error($$feed) || !$$feed->get_item_quantity() )
-			continue;
-
-		$items = $$feed->get_items(0, 5);
-
-		// Pick a random, non-installed plugin
-		while ( true ) {
-			// Abort this foreach loop iteration if there's no plugins left of this type
-			if ( 0 == count($items) )
-				continue 2;
-
-			$item_key = array_rand($items);
-			$item = $items[$item_key];
-
-			list($link, $frag) = explode( '#', $item->get_link() );
-
-			$link = esc_url($link);
-			if ( preg_match( '|/([^/]+?)/?$|', $link, $matches ) )
-				$slug = $matches[1];
-			else {
-				unset( $items[$item_key] );
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			// Is this random plugin's slug already installed? If so, try again.
-			reset( $plugin_slugs );
-			foreach ( $plugin_slugs as $plugin_slug ) {
-				if ( $slug == substr( $plugin_slug, 0, strlen( $slug ) ) ) {
-					unset( $items[$item_key] );
-					continue 2;
-				}
-			}
-
-			// If we get to this point, then the random plugin isn't installed and we can stop the while().
-			break;
-		}
-
-		// Eliminate some common badly formed plugin descriptions
-		while ( ( null !== $item_key = array_rand($items) ) && false !== strpos( $items[$item_key]->get_description(), 'Plugin Name:' ) )
-			unset($items[$item_key]);
-
-		if ( !isset($items[$item_key]) )
-			continue;
-
-		// current bbPress feed item titles are: user on "topic title"
-		if ( preg_match( '/&quot;(.*)&quot;/s', $item->get_title(), $matches ) )
-			$title = $matches[1];
-		else // but let's make it forward compatible if things change
-			$title = $item->get_title();
-		$title = esc_html( $title );
-
-		$description = esc_html( strip_tags(@html_entity_decode($item->get_description(), ENT_QUOTES, get_option('blog_charset'))) );
-
-		$ilink = wp_nonce_url('plugin-install.php?tab=plugin-information&plugin=' . $slug, 'install-plugin_' . $slug) .
-							'&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;width=600&amp;height=800';
-
-		echo "<h4>$label</h4>\n";
-		echo "<h5><a href='$link'>$title</a></h5>&nbsp;<span>(<a href='$ilink' class='thickbox' title='$title'>" . __( 'Install' ) . "</a>)</span>\n";
-		echo "<p>$description</p>\n";
-
-		$$feed->__destruct();
-		unset($$feed);
-	}
-}
-
-/**
  * Checks to see if all of the feed url in $check_urls are cached.
  *
  * If $check_urls is empty, look for the rss feed url found in the dashboard
Index: wp-admin/js/plugin-install.dev.js
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/js/plugin-install.dev.js	(revision 19625)
+++ wp-admin/js/plugin-install.dev.js	(working copy)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 	$(window).resize(function(){ tb_position(); });
 
-	 $('#dashboard_plugins a.thickbox, .plugins a.thickbox').click( function() {
+	 $('.plugins a.thickbox').click( function() {
 		tb_click.call(this);
 
 		$('#TB_title').css({'background-color':'#222','color':'#cfcfcf'});
Index: wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js	(revision 19625)
+++ wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js	(working copy)
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 		'dashboard_incoming_links',
 		'dashboard_primary',
 		'dashboard_secondary',
-		'dashboard_plugins'
 	];
 
 	ajaxPopulateWidgets = function(el) {
Index: wp-admin/index-extra.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/index-extra.php	(revision 19625)
+++ wp-admin/index-extra.php	(working copy)
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
 	wp_dashboard_secondary();
 	break;
 
-case 'dashboard_plugins' :
-	wp_dashboard_plugins();
-	break;
-
 }
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: wp-admin/css/wp-admin-rtl.dev.css
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/css/wp-admin-rtl.dev.css	(revision 19625)
+++ wp-admin/css/wp-admin-rtl.dev.css	(working copy)
@@ -1749,8 +1749,6 @@
 #dashboard_right_now p.sub,
 #dashboard-widgets h4,
 a.rsswidget,
-#dashboard_plugins h4,
-#dashboard_plugins h5,
 #dashboard_recent_comments .comment-meta .approve {
 	font-family: Tahoma, Arial;
 }
@@ -1789,11 +1787,6 @@
 	clear: left;
 }
 
-#dashboard_plugins .inside span {
-	 padding-left: 0;
-	 padding-right: 5px;
-}
-
 #dashboard-widgets h3 .postbox-title-action {
 	right: auto;
 	left: 30px;
Index: wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css	(revision 19625)
+++ wp-admin/css/wp-admin.dev.css	(working copy)
@@ -683,7 +683,6 @@
 
 div.sidebar-name h3,
 #menu-management .nav-tab,
-#dashboard_plugins h5,
 a.rsswidget,
 #dashboard_right_now td.b,
 #dashboard-widgets h4,
@@ -5840,33 +5839,6 @@
 	content: '\2014';
 }
 
-/* Plugins */
-#dashboard_plugins h4 {
-	line-height: 1.7em;
-}
-
-#dashboard_plugins h5 {
-	font-weight: normal;
-	font-size: 13px;
-	margin: 0;
-	display: inline;
-	line-height: 1.4em;
-}
-
-#dashboard_plugins h5 a {
-	line-height: 1.4em;
-}
-
-#dashboard_plugins .inside span {
-	font-size: 12px;
-	padding-left: 5px;
-}
-
-#dashboard_plugins p {
-	margin: 0.3em 0 1.4em;
-	line-height: 1.4em;
-}
-
 .dashboard-comment-wrap {
 	overflow: hidden;
 	word-wrap: break-word;
Index: wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.dev.css
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.dev.css	(revision 19625)
+++ wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.dev.css	(working copy)
@@ -103,14 +103,6 @@
 	margin-right: 335px !important;
 }
 
-#dashboard_plugins {
-	direction: ltr;
-}
-
-#dashboard_plugins h3.hndle {
-	direction: rtl;
-}
-
 #dashboard_incoming_links ul li,
 #dashboard_secondary ul li,
 #dashboard_primary ul li,
