diff --git a/app/actions/dialogs-actions.c b/app/actions/dialogs-actions.c
index bf3d240c6f..3f1964c607 100644
--- a/app/actions/dialogs-actions.c
+++ b/app/actions/dialogs-actions.c
@@ -372,12 +372,14 @@ static const GimpStringActionEntry dialogs_toplevel_actions[] =
     "gimp-action-search-dialog",
     GIMP_HELP_ACTION_SEARCH_DIALOG },
 
+#ifndef GIMP_RELEASE
   { "dialogs-extensions", GIMP_ICON_PLUGIN,
     NC_("dialogs-action", "Manage _Extensions"), NULL,
     { NULL },
     NC_("dialogs-action", "Manage Extensions: search, install, uninstall, update."),
     "gimp-extensions-dialog",
     GIMP_HELP_EXTENSIONS_DIALOG }
+#endif
 };
 
 
diff --git a/menus/image-menu.ui.in.in b/menus/image-menu.ui.in.in
index 209bc8d646..15acba58cf 100644
--- a/menus/image-menu.ui.in.in
+++ b/menus/image-menu.ui.in.in
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@
           <attribute name="hidden-when">macos-menubar</attribute>
           <attribute name="action">app.dialogs-preferences</attribute>
         </item>
+        <!-- TODO: re-enable this when extensions are publicly released.
         <item><attribute name="action">app.dialogs-extensions</attribute></item>
+        -->
         <item>
           <attribute name="hidden-when">macos-menubar</attribute>
           <attribute name="action">app.dialogs-input-devices</attribute>