diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugins.go b/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
index ee69c10f32b..e06b8c4385a 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -144,26 +144,8 @@ func ReadPluginJSON(reader io.Reader) (JSONData, error) {
 		return JSONData{}, err
 	}
 
-	// Hardcoded changes
-	switch plugin.ID {
-	case "grafana-piechart-panel":
+	if plugin.ID == "grafana-piechart-panel" {
 		plugin.Name = "Pie Chart (old)"
-	case "grafana-pyroscope-datasource":
-		fallthrough
-	case "grafana-testdata-datasource":
-		fallthrough
-	case "grafana-postgresql-datasource":
-		fallthrough
-	case "annolist":
-		fallthrough
-	case "debug":
-		if len(plugin.AliasIDs) == 0 {
-			return plugin, fmt.Errorf("expected alias to be set")
-		}
-	default: // TODO: when gcom validates the alias, this condition can be removed
-		if len(plugin.AliasIDs) > 0 {
-			return plugin, ErrUnsupportedAlias
-		}
 	}
 
 	if len(plugin.Dependencies.Plugins) == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugins_test.go b/pkg/plugins/plugins_test.go
index 797c39a8ef0..b3922755603 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugins_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugins_test.go
@@ -159,24 +159,6 @@ func Test_ReadPluginJSON(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name: "do not allow alias except for our hardcoded set",
-			pluginJSON: func(t *testing.T) io.ReadCloser {
-				pJSON := `{
-					"id": "my-custom-app",
-					"type": "app",
-					"aliasIDs": ["phlare"]
-				}`
-				return io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(pJSON))
-			},
-			err: ErrUnsupportedAlias,
-			expected: JSONData{
-				ID:           "my-custom-app",
-				AliasIDs:     []string{"phlare"}, // Hardcoded from the parser
-				Type:         "app",
-				Dependencies: Dependencies{},
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name: "can read the latest versions of extensions information (v2)",
 			pluginJSON: func(t *testing.T) io.ReadCloser {