diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index d2e6dd6..0eb5ce8 100644
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const { installPlugin, uninstallPlugin, updateAll, listPlugins } = require('./in
 const { diagnose } = require('./doctor');
 const pkg = require('../package.json');
 
-const VALUE_FLAGS = new Set(['repo', 'ref', 'marketplace', 'targets', 'target']);
+const VALUE_FLAGS = new Set(['repo', 'ref', 'marketplace', 'targets']);
 const BOOL_FLAGS = new Set(['force', 'yes', 'long', 'verbose', 'quiet', 'json', 'help', 'version']);
 
 // A plugin id longer than this is treated as an outlier when sizing the list grid.
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ Options
   -y, --yes             Accept every detected harness without asking
   --force               Replace a plugin installed from another marketplace
   --long                Show plugin descriptions (list)
-  --target <name>       Show install status for one editor only (list): ${NAMES.join(', ')}
   --json                Machine-readable output (list, installed)
   --verbose             Show underlying git / CLI detail
   --quiet               Suppress progress output
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ Examples
   ${bin} install acme-payments --repo acme/plugin-marketplace
   ${bin} install paypal --targets cursor,vscode --ref v1.2.0
   ${bin} uninstall paypal
-  ${bin} list --target cursor
 `.trimStart();
 }
 
@@ -199,21 +197,19 @@ async function run(argv = process.argv.slice(2), profile = {}) {
         return result.failed.length ? 1 : 0;
       }
       case 'list': {
-        const target = flags.target || null;
-        const result = await listPlugins({ brand, target });
+        const result = await listPlugins({ brand });
         if (flags.json) {
           log.plain(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
           return 0;
         }
         const plugins = [...result.plugins].sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
-        const scope = target ? ` installed in ${byName(target).title}` : '';
-        log.banner(`${log.plural(plugins.length, 'plugin')} in ${result.label}${scope}`);
+        log.banner(`${log.plural(plugins.length, 'plugin')} in ${result.label}`);
         log.plain('');
 
         if (flags.long) {
-          // Full detail, one plugin per block. The mark answers "installed anywhere?"
-          // (or, with --target, "installed there?"); the line under it always names
-          // the actual editors on record, so it never reads as installed everywhere.
+          // Full detail, one plugin per block. The mark answers "installed anywhere?";
+          // the line under it always names the actual editors on record, so it never
+          // reads as installed everywhere.
           for (const p of plugins) {
             const mark = p.installed ? log.MARK : ' ';
             log.plain(`  ${mark} ${log.bold(p.name)}`);
@@ -248,7 +244,7 @@ async function run(argv = process.argv.slice(2), profile = {}) {
         log.plain('');
         const count = plugins.filter((p) => p.installed).length;
         if (count) {
-          log.info(`${log.MARK} installed${target ? ` in ${byName(target).title}` : ' on this machine'} (${count})`);
+          log.info(`${log.MARK} installed on this machine (${count})`);
         }
         if (!flags.long) log.info(`Run \`${bin} list --long\` for descriptions.`);
         log.info(`Install one with \`${bin} install <plugin>\`.`);
diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index 0eb792c..74288c7 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -352,10 +352,7 @@ async function updateAll({ brand, force = false, deps = {}, pathOpts } = {}) {
   return { updated, failed };
 }
 
-async function listPlugins({ brand, deps = {}, pathOpts, target } = {}) {
-  if (target && !NAMES.includes(target)) {
-    throw new UserError(`Unknown target: ${target}`, { hint: `Valid targets: ${NAMES.join(', ')}` });
-  }
+async function listPlugins({ brand, deps = {}, pathOpts } = {}) {
   const catalog = await loadCatalog({ repo: brand.repo, ref: brand.ref, deps });
   if (!catalog) {
     throw new UserError(`Could not read ${brand.label}.`, {
@@ -363,8 +360,8 @@ async function listPlugins({ brand, deps = {}, pathOpts, target } = {}) {
     });
   }
   // Per-plugin, not per-machine: a plugin recorded with targets: ['cursor'] is only
-  // installed in Cursor, so `installed` (and an optional --target filter) must read
-  // that list rather than "does this plugin appear anywhere in the manifest".
+  // installed in Cursor, so `installed` must read that list rather than "does this
+  // plugin appear anywhere in the manifest".
   const targetsByPlugin = new Map(
     manifest
       .list(paths.manifestPath(pathOpts))
@@ -382,7 +379,7 @@ async function listPlugins({ brand, deps = {}, pathOpts, target } = {}) {
         name,
         description: (typeof p === 'object' && p.description) || '',
         targets,
-        installed: target ? targets.includes(target) : targets.length > 0,
+        installed: targets.length > 0,
       };
     }),
   };
diff --git a/test/install.test.js b/test/install.test.js
index abb3321..06f61f5 100644
--- a/test/install.test.js
+++ b/test/install.test.js
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ test('list marks what is installed on this machine', async () => {
   );
 });
 
-test('list scopes installed status to the editor it was actually installed into', async () => {
+test('list reports the editors a plugin was actually installed into', async () => {
   const m = machine();
   const repo = 'context-plugins/plugin-marketplace';
   const srcDir = pluginSource();
@@ -601,18 +601,7 @@ test('list scopes installed status to the editor it was actually installed into'
     installPlugin({ brand, plugin: 'my-sdk', targets: ['cursor'], deps: d, pathOpts: m.pathOpts }),
   );
 
-  const unscoped = await listPlugins({ brand, deps: d, pathOpts: m.pathOpts });
-  assert.deepEqual(unscoped.plugins[0].targets, ['cursor']);
-  assert.equal(unscoped.plugins[0].installed, true, 'installed somewhere');
-
-  const inCursor = await listPlugins({ brand, deps: d, pathOpts: m.pathOpts, target: 'cursor' });
-  assert.equal(inCursor.plugins[0].installed, true);
-
-  const inVscode = await listPlugins({ brand, deps: d, pathOpts: m.pathOpts, target: 'vscode' });
-  assert.equal(inVscode.plugins[0].installed, false, 'never installed into VS Code');
-
-  await assert.rejects(
-    () => listPlugins({ brand, deps: d, pathOpts: m.pathOpts, target: 'not-a-real-target' }),
-    UserError,
-  );
+  const listing = await listPlugins({ brand, deps: d, pathOpts: m.pathOpts });
+  assert.deepEqual(listing.plugins[0].targets, ['cursor']);
+  assert.equal(listing.plugins[0].installed, true, 'installed somewhere');
 });