diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index e7f86f8d2..010e6bcfc 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if is_bundle or is_local or is_android:
 from electrum import util
 from electrum import SimpleConfig, Network, Wallet, WalletStorage
 from electrum.util import print_msg, print_error, print_stderr, json_encode, json_decode, set_verbosity, InvalidPassword
-from electrum.plugins import Plugins, run_hook, always_hook
+from electrum.plugins import Plugins, run_hook
 from electrum.commands import get_parser, known_commands, Commands, config_variables
 from electrum.daemon import Daemon, get_daemon
 
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ def run_offline_command(config, config_options):
             sys.exit(1)
     if cmd.requires_network:
         print_stderr("Warning: running command offline")
-    # notify plugins
-    always_hook('cmdline_load_wallet', wallet)
     # arguments passed to function
     args = map(lambda x: config.get(x), cmd.params)
     # decode json arguments
diff --git a/lib/plugins.py b/lib/plugins.py
index 8fc84d114..959dd48c1 100644
--- a/lib/plugins.py
+++ b/lib/plugins.py
@@ -145,16 +145,10 @@ def hook(func):
     return func
 
 def run_hook(name, *args):
-    return _run_hook(name, False, *args)
-
-def always_hook(name, *args):
-    return _run_hook(name, True, *args)
-
-def _run_hook(name, always, *args):
     results = []
     f_list = hooks.get(name, [])
     for p, f in f_list:
-        if always or p.is_enabled():
+        if p.is_enabled():
             try:
                 r = f(*args)
             except Exception:
diff --git a/plugins/ledger/cmdline.py b/plugins/ledger/cmdline.py
index 274699421..cb9f12f0c 100644
--- a/plugins/ledger/cmdline.py
+++ b/plugins/ledger/cmdline.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from legder import LedgerPlugin
 from electrum.util import print_msg
-from electrum.plugins import hook
 
 class BTChipCmdLineHandler:
     def stop(self):
@@ -18,8 +17,4 @@ class BTChipCmdLineHandler:
         return response
 
 class Plugin(LedgerPlugin):
-    @hook
-    def cmdline_load_wallet(self, wallet):
-        wallet.plugin = self
-        if self.handler is None:
-            self.handler = BTChipCmdLineHandler()
+    handler = BTChipCmdLineHandler()