diff --git a/changelog/763.bugfix.rst b/changelog/763.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61ae6c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/763.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Remove distribution metadata for unregistered entry-point plugins, so
+``list_plugin_distinfo()`` and ``list_plugin_distributions()`` only include
+registered plugins and reloading a plugin does not duplicate its metadata.
diff --git a/src/pluggy/_manager.py b/src/pluggy/_manager.py
index 33009344..15649c72 100644
--- a/src/pluggy/_manager.py
+++ b/src/pluggy/_manager.py
@@ -303,7 +303,12 @@ def unregister(
         # if self._name2plugin[name] == None registration was blocked: ignore
         if self._name2plugin.get(name):
             assert name is not None
-            del self._name2plugin[name]
+            registered_plugin = self._name2plugin.pop(name)
+            self._plugin_distinfo[:] = [
+                (registered, dist)
+                for registered, dist in self._plugin_distinfo
+                if registered is not registered_plugin
+            ]
 
         return plugin
 
diff --git a/testing/test_pluginmanager.py b/testing/test_pluginmanager.py
index 7e5058b2..30b7050d 100644
--- a/testing/test_pluginmanager.py
+++ b/testing/test_pluginmanager.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 import importlib.metadata
+from pathlib import Path
 import types
 from typing import Any
 from typing import cast
@@ -939,6 +940,70 @@ def my_distributions():
     assert ret_distributions == [(plugin, dist)]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "method", ["plugin", "name", "both", "equal_plugin", "blocked"]
+)
+def test_unregister_entrypoint_distribution(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, pm: PluginManager, tmp_path: Path, method: str
+) -> None:
+    module = f"unregister_entrypoint_{method}"
+    (tmp_path / f"{module}.py").write_text("first = (1,)\nsecond = (2,)\n")
+    dist_info = tmp_path / "unregister_example-1.0.dist-info"
+    dist_info.mkdir()
+    (dist_info / "METADATA").write_text(
+        "Metadata-Version: 2.1\nName: unregister-example\nVersion: 1.0\n"
+    )
+    (dist_info / "entry_points.txt").write_text(
+        f"[pluggy_test_unregister]\nfirst = {module}:first\nsecond = {module}:second\n"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.syspath_prepend(tmp_path)
+
+    assert pm.load_setuptools_entrypoints("pluggy_test_unregister") == 2
+    first = pm.get_plugin("first")
+    second = pm.get_plugin("second")
+    assert first is not None
+    assert second is not None
+    original = pm.list_plugin_distributions()
+    assert len(original) == 2
+    second_info = next(info for info in original if info[0] is second)
+    assert original[0][1] is original[1][1]
+
+    assert pm.unregister(name="missing") is None
+    assert pm.list_plugin_distributions() == original
+    if method == "plugin":
+        assert pm.unregister(first) is first
+    elif method == "name":
+        assert pm.unregister(name="first") is first
+    elif method == "both":
+        assert pm.unregister(first, "first") is first
+    elif method == "equal_plugin":
+        equal_plugin = tuple(iter(first))
+        assert equal_plugin is not first
+        assert pm.unregister(equal_plugin) is equal_plugin
+    else:
+        pm.set_blocked("first")
+        assert pm.is_blocked("first")
+
+    assert not pm.has_plugin("first")
+    assert pm.get_plugin("second") is second
+    assert pm.list_plugin_distributions() == [second_info]
+    legacy_info = pm.list_plugin_distinfo()
+    assert len(legacy_info) == 1
+    assert legacy_info[0][0] is second
+    assert legacy_info[0][1]._dist is second_info[1]
+    assert len(original) == 2
+
+    if method == "blocked":
+        assert pm.unregister(name="first") is None
+        assert pm.load_setuptools_entrypoints("pluggy_test_unregister") == 0
+        assert pm.list_plugin_distributions() == [second_info]
+        assert pm.unblock("first")
+    assert pm.load_setuptools_entrypoints("pluggy_test_unregister") == 1
+    assert pm.get_plugin("first") is first
+    assert len(pm.list_plugin_distributions()) == 2
+    assert len(pm.list_plugin_distinfo()) == 2
+
+
 def test_add_tracefuncs(he_pm: PluginManager) -> None:
     out: list[Any] = []