diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php b/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
index 54a5b95f34..af5f085b2e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@ function get_plugins( $plugin_folder = '' ) {
 
 	$cache_plugins[ $plugin_folder ] = $wp_plugins;
 	wp_cache_set( 'plugins', $cache_plugins, 'plugins' );
-	update_option( 'plugin_data', $new_plugin_data );
+
+	if ( ! wp_installing() ) {
+		update_option( 'plugin_data', $new_plugin_data );
+	}
 
 	return $wp_plugins;
 }
diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index 78961bccec..c188598768 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -986,7 +986,6 @@ function wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() {
 
 	$network_plugins = is_multisite() ? wp_get_active_network_plugins() : false;
 
-	$invalid_plugins = array();
 	foreach ( $active_plugins as $plugin ) {
 		if ( ! validate_file( $plugin )                     // $plugin must validate as file.
 			&& str_ends_with( $plugin, '.php' )             // $plugin must end with '.php'.
@@ -995,20 +994,6 @@ function wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() {
 			&& ( ! $network_plugins || ! in_array( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin, $network_plugins, true ) )
 		) {
 			$plugins[] = WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin;
-		} else {
-			$invalid_plugins[] = $plugin;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if ( ! empty( $invalid_plugins ) ) {
-		$all_plugin_data = get_option( 'plugin_data', array() );
-
-		if ( ! empty( $all_plugin_data ) ) {
-			foreach ( $invalid_plugins as $invalid_plugin ) {
-				unset( $all_plugin_data[ $invalid_plugin ] );
-			}
-
-			update_option( 'plugin_data', $all_plugin_data );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 884dce47a7..af517defd0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.5-alpha-57591';
+$wp_version = '6.5-alpha-57592';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
diff --git a/wp-settings.php b/wp-settings.php
index 373408b620..3e01b7df4d 100644
--- a/wp-settings.php
+++ b/wp-settings.php
@@ -499,28 +499,18 @@ if ( ! is_multisite() && wp_is_fatal_error_handler_enabled() ) {
 }
 
 // Load active plugins.
-$all_plugin_data    = get_option( 'plugin_data', array() );
-$failed_plugins     = array();
-$update_plugin_data = false;
+$all_plugin_data = get_option( 'plugin_data', array() );
+$failed_plugins  = array();
 foreach ( wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() as $plugin ) {
-	$plugin_file = str_replace( trailingslashit( WP_PLUGIN_DIR ), '', $plugin );
-	if ( ! isset( $all_plugin_data[ $plugin_file ] ) ) {
-		require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php';
-		$all_plugin_data[ $plugin_file ] = get_plugin_data( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . "/$plugin_file" );
-
-		$update_plugin_data = true;
-	}
-
-	$plugin_headers   = $all_plugin_data[ $plugin_file ];
-	$errors           = array();
-	$requirements     = array(
-		'requires'         => ! empty( $plugin_headers['RequiresWP'] ) ? $plugin_headers['RequiresWP'] : '',
-		'requires_php'     => ! empty( $plugin_headers['RequiresPHP'] ) ? $plugin_headers['RequiresPHP'] : '',
-		'requires_plugins' => ! empty( $plugin_headers['RequiresPlugins'] ) ? $plugin_headers['RequiresPlugins'] : '',
+	$plugin_file    = str_replace( trailingslashit( WP_PLUGIN_DIR ), '', $plugin );
+	$plugin_headers = $all_plugin_data[ $plugin_file ];
+	$errors         = array();
+	$requirements   = array(
+		'requires'     => ! empty( $plugin_headers['RequiresWP'] ) ? $plugin_headers['RequiresWP'] : '',
+		'requires_php' => ! empty( $plugin_headers['RequiresPHP'] ) ? $plugin_headers['RequiresPHP'] : '',
 	);
-	$compatible_wp    = is_wp_version_compatible( $requirements['requires'] );
-	$compatible_php   = is_php_version_compatible( $requirements['requires_php'] );
-	$dependencies_met = ! WP_Plugin_Dependencies::has_unmet_dependencies( $plugin_file );
+	$compatible_wp  = is_wp_version_compatible( $requirements['requires'] );
+	$compatible_php = is_php_version_compatible( $requirements['requires_php'] );
 
 	$php_update_message = '</p><p>' . sprintf(
 		/* translators: %s: URL to Update PHP page. */
@@ -534,14 +524,6 @@ foreach ( wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() as $plugin ) {
 		$php_update_message .= '</p><p><em>' . $annotation . '</em>';
 	}
 
-	if ( ! $dependencies_met ) {
-		$errors[] = sprintf(
-			/* translators: %s: The plugin's name. */
-			_x( '%s has unmet dependencies.', 'plugin' ),
-			$plugin_headers['Name']
-		);
-	}
-
 	if ( ! $compatible_wp && ! $compatible_php ) {
 		$errors[] = sprintf(
 			/* translators: 1: Current WordPress version, 2: Current PHP version, 3: Plugin name, 4: Required WordPress version, 5: Required PHP version. */
@@ -601,10 +583,6 @@ foreach ( wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() as $plugin ) {
 }
 unset( $plugin, $_wp_plugin_file );
 
-if ( $update_plugin_data ) {
-	update_option( 'plugin_data', $all_plugin_data );
-}
-
 if ( ! empty( $failed_plugins ) ) {
 	add_action(
 		'admin_notices',