Index: pluginconf.py
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--- pluginconf.py
+++ pluginconf.py
@@ -421,10 +421,12 @@
         id = newpl.get("$name", "__invalid")
         have_ver = self.have.get(id, {}).get("version", "0")
         if id.find("__") == 0:
             pass
         elif newpl.get("api") not in ("python", "streamtuner2"):
+            pass
+        elif newpl.get("status") not in ("obsolete", "broken"):
             pass
         elif have_ver >= newpl.get("version", "0.0"):
             pass
         else:
             return True