From 362956dd7c2e9e2f4e5e5d84ed70f2f7a361b573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 22:39:31 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] do not scan (discover) (new) plugins when running without a
 GUI

---
 libs/ardour/globals.cc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libs/ardour/globals.cc b/libs/ardour/globals.cc
index 9c6aa6ba4a..05d170768d 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/globals.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/globals.cc
@@ -625,7 +625,9 @@ ARDOUR::init_post_engine (uint32_t start_cnt)
 
 		/* find plugins */
 
-		ARDOUR::PluginManager::instance().refresh (!Config->get_discover_vst_on_start());
+		if (!running_from_gui) {
+			ARDOUR::PluginManager::instance().refresh (false);
+		}
 
 		if ((node = Config->control_protocol_state()) != 0) {
 			ControlProtocolManager::instance().set_state (*node, 0 /* here: global-config state */);