diff --git a/Documentation/rest-api-config.txt b/Documentation/rest-api-config.txt
index a8d9b3d53f..6ca2b46265 100644
--- a/Documentation/rest-api-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rest-api-config.txt
@@ -1941,6 +1941,9 @@ extensions by plugins.
 |Field Name    ||Description
 |`has_avatars` |not set if `false`|
 Whether an avatar provider is registered.
+|`js_resource_paths`||
+A list of relative paths (strings). Each path points to a frontend plugin that
+should be loaded, e.g. `plugins/codemirror_editor/static/codemirror_editor.js`.
 |===========================
 
 [[receive-info]]
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/common/PluginConfigInfo.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/common/PluginConfigInfo.java
index 13fc9ec331..2d1d84044a 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/common/PluginConfigInfo.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/common/PluginConfigInfo.java
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class PluginConfigInfo {
   public Boolean hasAvatars;
   public List<String> jsResourcePaths;
-  public List<String> htmlResourcePaths;
 }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/JsPlugin.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/JsPlugin.java
index 12028b6032..c120cdda9e 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/JsPlugin.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/JsPlugin.java
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ class JsPlugin extends Plugin {
     String fileName = getSrcFile().getFileName().toString();
     int firstDash = fileName.indexOf("-");
     if (firstDash > 0) {
-      int extension =
-          fileName.endsWith(".js") ? fileName.lastIndexOf(".js") : fileName.lastIndexOf(".html");
+      int extension = fileName.lastIndexOf(".js");
       if (extension > 0) {
         return fileName.substring(firstDash + 1, extension);
       }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/PluginLoader.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/PluginLoader.java
index c4f4a1f22f..0a060813fd 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/PluginLoader.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/PluginLoader.java
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ public class PluginLoader implements LifecycleListener {
   }
 
   private boolean isUiPlugin(String name) {
-    return isPlugin(name, "js") || isPlugin(name, "html");
+    return isPlugin(name, "js");
   }
 
   private boolean isPlugin(String fileName, String ext) {
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/config/GetServerInfo.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/config/GetServerInfo.java
index 0a5692ed62..c3dd1b5a89 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/config/GetServerInfo.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/config/GetServerInfo.java
@@ -320,17 +320,12 @@ public class GetServerInfo implements RestReadView<ConfigResource> {
     PluginConfigInfo info = new PluginConfigInfo();
     info.hasAvatars = toBoolean(avatar.hasImplementation());
     info.jsResourcePaths = new ArrayList<>();
-    info.htmlResourcePaths = new ArrayList<>();
     plugins.runEach(
         plugin -> {
           String path =
               String.format(
                   "plugins/%s/%s", plugin.getPluginName(), plugin.getJavaScriptResourcePath());
-          if (path.endsWith(".html")) {
-            info.htmlResourcePaths.add(path);
-          } else {
-            info.jsResourcePaths.add(path);
-          }
+          info.jsResourcePaths.add(path);
         });
     return info;
   }
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/plugin/PluginIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/plugin/PluginIT.java
index 6838f8df1a..18eca2744a 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/plugin/PluginIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/plugin/PluginIT.java
@@ -48,18 +48,14 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 @NoHttpd
 public class PluginIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
   private static final String JS_PLUGIN = "Gerrit.install(function(self){});\n";
-  private static final String HTML_PLUGIN =
-      String.format("<dom-module id=\"test\"><script>%s</script></dom-module>", JS_PLUGIN);
   private static final RawInput JS_PLUGIN_CONTENT = RawInputUtil.create(JS_PLUGIN.getBytes(UTF_8));
-  private static final RawInput HTML_PLUGIN_CONTENT =
-      RawInputUtil.create(HTML_PLUGIN.getBytes(UTF_8));
 
   private static final ImmutableList<String> PLUGINS =
       ImmutableList.of(
           "plugin-a.js",
-          "plugin-b.html",
+          "plugin-b.js",
           "plugin-c.js",
-          "plugin-d.html",
+          "plugin-d.js",
           "plugin-normal.jar",
           "plugin-empty.jar",
           "plugin-unset.jar",
@@ -97,7 +93,7 @@ public class PluginIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
     assertPlugins(list().start(1).limit(2).get(), PLUGINS.subList(1, 3));
 
     // With prefix
-    assertPlugins(list().prefix("plugin-b").get(), ImmutableList.of("plugin-b.html"));
+    assertPlugins(list().prefix("plugin-b").get(), ImmutableList.of("plugin-b.js"));
     assertPlugins(list().prefix("PLUGIN-").get(), ImmutableList.of());
 
     // With substring
@@ -105,7 +101,7 @@ public class PluginIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
     assertPlugins(list().substring("lugin-").start(1).limit(2).get(), PLUGINS.subList(1, 3));
 
     // With regex
-    assertPlugins(list().regex(".*in-b").get(), ImmutableList.of("plugin-b.html"));
+    assertPlugins(list().regex(".*in-b").get(), ImmutableList.of("plugin-b.js"));
     assertPlugins(list().regex("plugin-.*").get(), PLUGINS.subList(0, PLUGINS.size() - 1));
     assertPlugins(list().regex("plugin-.*").start(1).limit(2).get(), PLUGINS.subList(1, 3));
 
@@ -147,7 +143,7 @@ public class PluginIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
     com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.InstallPluginInput input =
         new com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.InstallPluginInput();
     input.raw = JS_PLUGIN_CONTENT;
-    gApi.plugins().install("legacy.html", input);
+    gApi.plugins().install("legacy.js", input);
     gApi.plugins().name("legacy").get();
   }
 
@@ -198,9 +194,6 @@ public class PluginIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
     if (plugin.endsWith(".js")) {
       return JS_PLUGIN_CONTENT;
     }
-    if (plugin.endsWith(".html")) {
-      return HTML_PLUGIN_CONTENT;
-    }
     assertThat(plugin).endsWith(".jar");
     return pluginJarContent(plugin);
   }