diff --git a/frontend/pluginloader.lua b/frontend/pluginloader.lua
index 552575a1d..9b192c578 100644
--- a/frontend/pluginloader.lua
+++ b/frontend/pluginloader.lua
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ function PluginLoader:loadPlugins()
 
     local plugins_disabled = G_reader_settings:readSetting("plugins_disabled")
     if type(plugins_disabled) ~= "table" then
-        plugins_disabled = nil
+        plugins_disabled = {}
     end
+    --permanent remove storage stats plugin (#2926)
+    plugins_disabled["storagestat"] = true
     for _,lookup_path in ipairs(lookup_path_list) do
         logger.info('Loading plugins from directory:', lookup_path)
         for entry in lfs.dir(lookup_path) do
diff --git a/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua b/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
index 7bc962886..ad40660da 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/elements/filemanager_menu_order.lua
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ local order = {
         "calibre_wireless_connection",
         "evernote",
         "statistics",
-        "storage_stat",
         "cloud_storage",
         "read_timer",
         "news_downloader",
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ local order = {
         "synchronize_time",
         "keep_alive",
         "terminal",
-        "storage_stat",
     },
     search = {
         "dictionary_lookup",
diff --git a/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua b/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
index 44295c39d..9a92782a5 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/elements/reader_menu_order.lua
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ local order = {
         "synchronize_time",
         "keep_alive",
         "terminal",
-        "storage_stat",
     },
     search = {
         "dictionary_lookup",