diff --git a/__tests__/variantsAtRule.test.js b/__tests__/variantsAtRule.test.js
index 2e7627a8e..edb1a8083 100644
--- a/__tests__/variantsAtRule.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/variantsAtRule.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import postcss from 'postcss'
 import plugin from '../src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules'
 import config from '../defaultConfig.stub.js'
+import processPlugins from '../src/util/processPlugins'
 
 function run(input, opts = config) {
-  return postcss([plugin(opts)]).process(input, { from: undefined })
+  return postcss([plugin(opts, processPlugins(opts))]).process(input, { from: undefined })
 }
 
 test('it can generate hover variants', () => {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 22863659c..7a67368e5 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import registerConfigAsDependency from './lib/registerConfigAsDependency'
 import processTailwindFeatures from './processTailwindFeatures'
 import mergeConfigWithDefaults from './util/mergeConfigWithDefaults'
 
-
 const plugin = postcss.plugin('tailwind', config => {
   const plugins = []
 
diff --git a/src/lib/substituteTailwindAtRules.js b/src/lib/substituteTailwindAtRules.js
index 74badd406..0d7365426 100644
--- a/src/lib/substituteTailwindAtRules.js
+++ b/src/lib/substituteTailwindAtRules.js
@@ -3,14 +3,9 @@ import postcss from 'postcss'
 import utilityModules from '../utilityModules'
 import prefixTree from '../util/prefixTree'
 import generateModules from '../util/generateModules'
-import processPlugins from '../util/processPlugins'
 
-export default function(config) {
+export default function(config, { components: pluginComponents, utilities: pluginUtilities }) {
   return function(css) {
-    const { components: pluginComponents, utilities: pluginUtilities } = processPlugins(
-      config
-    )
-
     css.walkAtRules('tailwind', atRule => {
       if (atRule.params === 'preflight') {
         const preflightTree = postcss.parse(
diff --git a/src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules.js b/src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules.js
index 0ba5ab4f3..9e3f5fc60 100644
--- a/src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules.js
+++ b/src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import _ from 'lodash'
 import postcss from 'postcss'
 import buildSelectorVariant from '../util/buildSelectorVariant'
 import generateVariantFunction from '../util/generateVariantFunction'
-import processPlugins from '../util/processPlugins'
 
 function generatePseudoClassVariant(pseudoClass) {
   return generateVariantFunction(({ className, separator }) => {
@@ -29,11 +28,11 @@ const defaultVariantGenerators = {
   active: generatePseudoClassVariant('active'),
 }
 
-export default function(config) {
+export default function(config, { variantGenerators: pluginVariantGenerators }) {
   return function(css) {
     const variantGenerators = {
       ...defaultVariantGenerators,
-      ...processPlugins(config).variantGenerators,
+      ...pluginVariantGenerators,
     }
 
     css.walkAtRules('variants', atRule => {
diff --git a/src/processTailwindFeatures.js b/src/processTailwindFeatures.js
index f65007c89..49f097a7b 100644
--- a/src/processTailwindFeatures.js
+++ b/src/processTailwindFeatures.js
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
-import path from 'path'
-
-import _ from 'lodash'
 import postcss from 'postcss'
 
-import registerConfigAsDependency from './lib/registerConfigAsDependency'
 import substituteTailwindAtRules from './lib/substituteTailwindAtRules'
 import evaluateTailwindFunctions from './lib/evaluateTailwindFunctions'
 import substituteVariantsAtRules from './lib/substituteVariantsAtRules'
 import substituteResponsiveAtRules from './lib/substituteResponsiveAtRules'
 import substituteScreenAtRules from './lib/substituteScreenAtRules'
 import substituteClassApplyAtRules from './lib/substituteClassApplyAtRules'
+import processPlugins from './util/processPlugins'
 
 export default function(lazyConfig) {
   const config = lazyConfig()
+  const plugins = processPlugins(config)
 
   return postcss([
-    substituteTailwindAtRules(config),
+    substituteTailwindAtRules(config, plugins),
     evaluateTailwindFunctions(config),
-    substituteVariantsAtRules(config),
+    substituteVariantsAtRules(config, plugins),
     substituteResponsiveAtRules(config),
     substituteScreenAtRules(config),
     substituteClassApplyAtRules(config),