@@ -, +, @@ 
 backends
---
 Koha/ILL/Request.pm        |  9 ++++++---
 Koha/ILL/Request/Config.pm | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/Koha/ILL/Request.pm	
+++ a/Koha/ILL/Request.pm	
@@ -401,20 +401,23 @@ sub status {
 
     my $backend_plugin = $self->get_backend_plugin($backend_name);
 
-Returns the installed I<Koha::Plugin> corresponding to the given backend_id
+Returns the installed I<Koha::Plugin> corresponding to the given backend_id or undef if no plugin is found
 
 =cut
 
 sub get_backend_plugin {
     my ( $self, $backend_id ) = @_;
 
-    my @backend_plugins = Koha::Plugins->new()->GetPlugins(
+    my $koha_plugins    = Koha::Plugins->new();
+    my @backend_plugins = $koha_plugins
+        ? Koha::Plugins->new()->GetPlugins(
         {
             method   => 'ill_backend',
             metadata => { name => $backend_id },
             all      => 1,
         }
-    );
+        )
+        : ();
 
     return $backend_plugins[0];
 }
--- a/Koha/ILL/Request/Config.pm	
+++ a/Koha/ILL/Request/Config.pm	
@@ -113,15 +113,17 @@ Returns a list of names for all the installed ILL backend plugins.
 =cut
 
 sub get_backend_plugin_names {
-    my ( $self ) = @_;
+    my ($self) = @_;
 
-    return () unless C4::Context->config("enable_plugins");
-    my @backend_plugins = Koha::Plugins->new()->GetPlugins(
+    my $koha_plugins    = Koha::Plugins->new();
+    my @backend_plugins = $koha_plugins
+        ? $koha_plugins->GetPlugins(
         {
             method => 'ill_backend',
             all    => 1
         }
-    );
+        )
+        : ();
 
     return map { $_->{metadata}->{name} } @backend_plugins;
 }
--