diff --git a/spine-godot/spine_godot/SpineEditorPlugin.cpp b/spine-godot/spine_godot/SpineEditorPlugin.cpp
index fe48777d2..34b3ad2f2 100644
--- a/spine-godot/spine_godot/SpineEditorPlugin.cpp
+++ b/spine-godot/spine_godot/SpineEditorPlugin.cpp
@@ -178,11 +178,24 @@ Error SpineBinaryResourceImportPlugin::import(const String &source_file, const S
 
 #ifdef SPINE_GODOT_EXTENSION
 SpineEditorPlugin::SpineEditorPlugin() {
-	add_import_plugin(memnew(SpineAtlasResourceImportPlugin));
-	add_import_plugin(memnew(SpineJsonResourceImportPlugin));
-	add_import_plugin(memnew(SpineBinaryResourceImportPlugin));
-	add_inspector_plugin(memnew(SpineSkeletonDataResourceInspectorPlugin));
-	// add_inspector_plugin(memnew(SpineSpriteInspectorPlugin));
+	atlas_import_plugin = Ref<EditorImportPlugin>(memnew(SpineAtlasResourceImportPlugin));
+	json_import_plugin = Ref<EditorImportPlugin>(memnew(SpineJsonResourceImportPlugin));
+	binary_import_plugin = Ref<EditorImportPlugin>(memnew(SpineBinaryResourceImportPlugin));
+	skeleton_data_inspector_plugin = Ref<EditorInspectorPlugin>(memnew(SpineSkeletonDataResourceInspectorPlugin));
+
+	add_import_plugin(atlas_import_plugin);
+	add_import_plugin(json_import_plugin);
+	add_import_plugin(binary_import_plugin);
+	add_inspector_plugin(skeleton_data_inspector_plugin);
+}
+
+void SpineEditorPlugin::_notification(int p_what) {
+	if (p_what == NOTIFICATION_PREDELETE) {
+		remove_import_plugin(atlas_import_plugin);
+		remove_import_plugin(json_import_plugin);
+		remove_import_plugin(binary_import_plugin);
+		remove_inspector_plugin(skeleton_data_inspector_plugin);
+	}
 }
 #else
 SpineEditorPlugin::SpineEditorPlugin(EditorNode *node) {
diff --git a/spine-godot/spine_godot/SpineEditorPlugin.h b/spine-godot/spine_godot/SpineEditorPlugin.h
index ea1aacd01..37493824e 100644
--- a/spine-godot/spine_godot/SpineEditorPlugin.h
+++ b/spine-godot/spine_godot/SpineEditorPlugin.h
@@ -287,11 +287,20 @@ class SpineEditorPlugin : public EditorPlugin {
 
 	static void _bind_methods() {}
 
+#ifdef SPINE_GODOT_EXTENSION
+	Ref<EditorImportPlugin> atlas_import_plugin;
+	Ref<EditorImportPlugin> json_import_plugin;
+	Ref<EditorImportPlugin> binary_import_plugin;
+	Ref<EditorInspectorPlugin> skeleton_data_inspector_plugin;
+#endif
+
 public:
 #ifdef SPINE_GODOT_EXTENSION
 	explicit SpineEditorPlugin();
 
 	String _get_plugin_name() const override { return "SpineEditorPlugin"; }
+
+	void _notification(int p_what);
 #else
 	explicit SpineEditorPlugin(EditorNode *node);