diff --git a/spyderlib/otherplugins.py b/spyderlib/otherplugins.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spyderlib/otherplugins.py
+++ b/spyderlib/otherplugins.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def _get_spyderplugins(plugin_path):
             continue

         plist.append(dirname.name)

     for name in plugin_path.files(pattern="*.py"):

-        plist.append(name.namebase)

+        if name.name != "__init__.py":

+            plist.append(name.namebase)

     return plist
Don't import __init__.py as a plugin