diff --git a/core/app/assets/config/refinery_core_manifest.js b/core/app/assets/config/refinery_core_manifest.js
index b82383850c..76c86c1514 100644
--- a/core/app/assets/config/refinery_core_manifest.js
+++ b/core/app/assets/config/refinery_core_manifest.js
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 //= link refinery/site_bar.css
 //= link refinery/theme.css
 
-//= link refinery/plugins/cropper.css
-//= link refinery/plugins/cropper.js
+//= link cropper.css
+//= link cropper.js
 //= link refinery/image_crop.js
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diff --git a/core/app/assets/stylesheets/refinery/refinery.scss b/core/app/assets/stylesheets/refinery/refinery.scss
index 629df9e63c..15ed8a80b7 100644
--- a/core/app/assets/stylesheets/refinery/refinery.scss
+++ b/core/app/assets/stylesheets/refinery/refinery.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 @import 'mixins/rounded';
 
 @import 'plugins/ui';
-@import 'plugins/cropper';
 
 @import 'components/icons';
 @import 'components/dialog';
diff --git a/core/app/assets/javascripts/refinery/plugins/cropper.js b/core/vendor/assets/javascripts/cropper.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/app/assets/javascripts/refinery/plugins/cropper.js
rename to core/vendor/assets/javascripts/cropper.js
diff --git a/core/app/assets/stylesheets/refinery/plugins/cropper.css b/core/vendor/assets/stylesheets/cropper.css
similarity index 100%
rename from core/app/assets/stylesheets/refinery/plugins/cropper.css
rename to core/vendor/assets/stylesheets/cropper.css
diff --git a/images/app/views/refinery/admin/images/_form.html.erb b/images/app/views/refinery/admin/images/_form.html.erb
index 074f88e449..f9e6291ab1 100644
--- a/images/app/views/refinery/admin/images/_form.html.erb
+++ b/images/app/views/refinery/admin/images/_form.html.erb
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@
   </div>
 
   <% content_for :after_javascript_libraries do %>
-    <%= javascript_include_tag 'refinery/plugins/cropper' %>
+    <%= javascript_include_tag 'cropper' %>
     <%= javascript_include_tag 'refinery/image_crop' %>
   <% end %>
 
-  <% content_for :stylesheets, stylesheet_link_tag('refinery/plugins/cropper') -%>
+  <% content_for :stylesheets, stylesheet_link_tag('cropper') -%>
 <% end %>
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