diff --git a/packages/embark/src/cmd/cmd_controller.js b/packages/embark/src/cmd/cmd_controller.js
index 2bf3bf3534..e2f66a8c3a 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/cmd/cmd_controller.js
+++ b/packages/embark/src/cmd/cmd_controller.js
@@ -370,9 +370,7 @@ class EmbarkController {
       engine.registerModulePackage('embark-deploy-tracker', {
         plugins: engine.plugins
       });
-      engine.registerModulePackage('embark-scripts-runner', {
-        plugins: engine.plugins
-      });
+      engine.registerModulePackage('embark-scripts-runner');
 
       engine.startEngine(async (err) => {
         if (err) {
diff --git a/packages/plugins/scripts-runner/src/index.ts b/packages/plugins/scripts-runner/src/index.ts
index 4308962425..1ed3db5bfd 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/scripts-runner/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/scripts-runner/src/index.ts
@@ -92,22 +92,6 @@ export default class ScriptsRunnerPlugin {
     })();
   }
 
-  get block() {
-    return (async () => {
-      if (this._block) {
-        return this._block;
-      }
-      const web3 = await this.web3;
-      try {
-        this._block = await web3.eth.getBlock(0, true);
-      } catch (err) {
-        // Retry with block 1 (Block 0 fails with Ganache-cli using the --fork option)
-        this._block = await web3.eth.getBlock(1, true);
-      }
-      return this._block;
-    })();
-  }
-
   private async execute(target: string, forceTracking = false, callback: Callback<any>) {
     const targetPath = !path.isAbsolute(target) ? dappPath(target) : target;
     try {