diff --git a/build/setup.mk b/build/setup.mk
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-# Ensure that go is installed. Note that this is independent of whether or not a server is being
-# built, since the build script itself uses go.
-ifeq ($(GO),)
-    $(error "go is not available: see https://golang.org/doc/install")
-endif
-
-# Gather build variables to inject into the manifest tool
-BUILD_HASH_SHORT = $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-BUILD_TAG_LATEST = $(shell git describe --tags --match 'v*' --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null)
-BUILD_TAG_CURRENT = $(shell git tag --points-at HEAD)
-
-# Ensure that the build tools are compiled. Go's caching makes this quick.
-$(shell cd build/manifest && $(GO) build -ldflags '-X "main.BuildHashShort=$(BUILD_HASH_SHORT)" -X "main.BuildTagLatest=$(BUILD_TAG_LATEST)" -X "main.BuildTagCurrent=$(BUILD_TAG_CURRENT)"' -o ../bin/manifest)
-
-# Ensure that the deployment tools are compiled. Go's caching makes this quick.
-$(shell cd build/pluginctl && $(GO) build -o ../bin/pluginctl)
-
-# Extract the plugin id from the manifest.
-PLUGIN_ID ?= $(shell build/bin/manifest id)
-ifeq ($(PLUGIN_ID),)
-    $(error "Cannot parse id from $(MANIFEST_FILE)")
-endif
-
-# Extract the plugin version from the manifest.
-PLUGIN_VERSION ?= $(shell build/bin/manifest version)
-ifeq ($(PLUGIN_VERSION),)
-    $(error "Cannot parse version from $(MANIFEST_FILE)")
-endif
-
-# Determine if a server is defined in the manifest.
-HAS_SERVER ?= $(shell build/bin/manifest has_server)
-
-# Determine if a webapp is defined in the manifest.
-HAS_WEBAPP ?= $(shell build/bin/manifest has_webapp)
-
-# Determine if a /public folder is in use
-HAS_PUBLIC ?= $(wildcard public/.)
-
-# Determine if the mattermost-utilities repo is present
-HAS_MM_UTILITIES ?= $(wildcard $(MM_UTILITIES_DIR)/.)
-
-# Store the current path for later use
-PWD ?= $(shell pwd)
-
-# Ensure that npm (and thus node) is installed.
-ifneq ($(HAS_WEBAPP),)
-ifeq ($(NPM),)
-    $(error "npm is not available: see https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm")
-endif
-endif