diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/error.go b/cli-plugins/manager/error.go
index cb0bbb5abd..144c11fa28 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/error.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/error.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 package manager
 
 import (
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
 // pluginError is set as Plugin.Err by NewPlugin if the plugin
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ func (e *pluginError) MarshalText() (text []byte, err error) {
 }
 
 // wrapAsPluginError wraps an error in a pluginError with an
-// additional message, analogous to errors.Wrapf.
+// additional message.
 func wrapAsPluginError(err error, msg string) error {
 	if err == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return &pluginError{cause: errors.Wrap(err, msg)}
+	return &pluginError{cause: fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", msg, err)}
 }
 
 // NewPluginError creates a new pluginError, analogous to
 // errors.Errorf.
 func NewPluginError(msg string, args ...any) error {
-	return &pluginError{cause: errors.Errorf(msg, args...)}
+	return &pluginError{cause: fmt.Errorf(msg, args...)}
 }
diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/plugin.go b/cli-plugins/manager/plugin.go
index e73d535d51..ec196df16f 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/plugin.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/plugin.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package manager
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -10,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/metadata"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -45,14 +46,14 @@ func newPlugin(c Candidate, cmds []*cobra.Command) (Plugin, error) {
 	// which would fail here, so there are all real errors.
 	fullname := filepath.Base(path)
 	if fullname == "." {
-		return Plugin{}, errors.Errorf("unable to determine basename of plugin candidate %q", path)
+		return Plugin{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to determine basename of plugin candidate %q", path)
 	}
 	var err error
 	if fullname, err = trimExeSuffix(fullname); err != nil {
-		return Plugin{}, errors.Wrapf(err, "plugin candidate %q", path)
+		return Plugin{}, fmt.Errorf("plugin candidate %q: %w", path, err)
 	}
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(fullname, metadata.NamePrefix) {
-		return Plugin{}, errors.Errorf("plugin candidate %q: does not have %q prefix", path, metadata.NamePrefix)
+		return Plugin{}, fmt.Errorf("plugin candidate %q: does not have %q prefix", path, metadata.NamePrefix)
 	}
 
 	p := Plugin{
diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/suffix_windows.go b/cli-plugins/manager/suffix_windows.go
index 53b507c87d..a00be881f9 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/suffix_windows.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/suffix_windows.go
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 package manager
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-// This is made slightly more complex due to needing to be case insensitive.
+// This is made slightly more complex due to needing to be case-insensitive.
 func trimExeSuffix(s string) (string, error) {
 	ext := filepath.Ext(s)
-	if ext == "" {
-		return "", errors.Errorf("path %q lacks required file extension", s)
-	}
-
-	exe := ".exe"
-	if !strings.EqualFold(ext, exe) {
-		return "", errors.Errorf("path %q lacks required %q suffix", s, exe)
+	if ext == "" || !strings.EqualFold(ext, ".exe") {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("path %q lacks required file extension (.exe)", s)
 	}
 	return strings.TrimSuffix(s, ext), nil
 }