diff --git a/command/plugin.go b/command/plugin.go
index ae42d6b61..8f8b0903d 100644
--- a/command/plugin.go
+++ b/command/plugin.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	hcppackerimagedatasource "github.com/hashicorp/packer/datasource/hcp-packer-image"
 	hcppackeriterationdatasource "github.com/hashicorp/packer/datasource/hcp-packer-iteration"
 	nulldatasource "github.com/hashicorp/packer/datasource/null"
-	packerimageiterationdatasource "github.com/hashicorp/packer/datasource/packer-image-iteration"
 	artificepostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/artifice"
 	checksumpostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/checksum"
 	compresspostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/compress"
@@ -63,10 +62,9 @@ var PostProcessors = map[string]packersdk.PostProcessor{
 }
 
 var Datasources = map[string]packersdk.Datasource{
-	"hcp-packer-image":       new(hcppackerimagedatasource.Datasource),
-	"hcp-packer-iteration":   new(hcppackeriterationdatasource.Datasource),
-	"null":                   new(nulldatasource.Datasource),
-	"packer-image-iteration": new(packerimageiterationdatasource.Datasource),
+	"hcp-packer-image":     new(hcppackerimagedatasource.Datasource),
+	"hcp-packer-iteration": new(hcppackeriterationdatasource.Datasource),
+	"null":                 new(nulldatasource.Datasource),
 }
 
 var pluginRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("packer-(builder|post-processor|provisioner|datasource)-(.+)")
diff --git a/datasource/packer-image-iteration/data.go b/datasource/packer-image-iteration/data.go
index 0748b8ba9..6bc6f95f3 100644
--- a/datasource/packer-image-iteration/data.go
+++ b/datasource/packer-image-iteration/data.go
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import (
 	packerregistry "github.com/hashicorp/packer/internal/registry"
 )
 
-type Datasource struct {
+// Type for Packer datasource has been renamed temporarily to prevent it from being
+// automatically registered as a viable datasource plugin in command/plugin.go.
+// In the future this type will be renamed to allow for the use of the datasource.
+type DeactivatedDatasource struct {
 	config Config
 }
 
@@ -32,11 +35,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	// TODO: Label          string `mapstructure:"label"`
 }
 
-func (d *Datasource) ConfigSpec() hcldec.ObjectSpec {
+func (d *DeactivatedDatasource) ConfigSpec() hcldec.ObjectSpec {
 	return d.config.FlatMapstructure().HCL2Spec()
 }
 
-func (d *Datasource) Configure(raws ...interface{}) error {
+func (d *DeactivatedDatasource) Configure(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	err := config.Decode(&d.config, nil, raws...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -125,11 +128,11 @@ type DatasourceOutput struct {
 	Builds []ParBuild `mapstructure:"builds"`
 }
 
-func (d *Datasource) OutputSpec() hcldec.ObjectSpec {
+func (d *DeactivatedDatasource) OutputSpec() hcldec.ObjectSpec {
 	return (&DatasourceOutput{}).FlatMapstructure().HCL2Spec()
 }
 
-func (d *Datasource) Execute() (cty.Value, error) {
+func (d *DeactivatedDatasource) Execute() (cty.Value, error) {
 	cli, err := packerregistry.NewClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return cty.NullVal(cty.EmptyObject), err