diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-marketing-task b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-marketing-task
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71ecb38cb41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-marketing-task
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: minor
+Type: update
+
+Remove remote API call from marketing task
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Admin/Features/OnboardingTasks/Tasks/Marketing.php b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Admin/Features/OnboardingTasks/Tasks/Marketing.php
index d50b387e9ad..347e8986f2d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Admin/Features/OnboardingTasks/Tasks/Marketing.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Admin/Features/OnboardingTasks/Tasks/Marketing.php
@@ -56,79 +56,40 @@ class Marketing extends Task {
 		return __( '2 minutes', 'woocommerce' );
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Task completion.
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public function is_complete() {
-		if ( null === $this->is_complete_result ) {
-			$this->is_complete_result = self::has_installed_extensions();
-		}
-
-		return $this->is_complete_result;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Task visibility.
 	 *
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function can_view() {
-		return Features::is_enabled( 'remote-free-extensions' ) && count( self::get_plugins() ) > 0;
+		return Features::is_enabled( 'remote-free-extensions' );
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the marketing plugins.
 	 *
+	 * @deprecated 9.3.0 Removed to improve performance.
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public static function get_plugins() {
-		$bundles = RemoteFreeExtensions::get_extensions(
-			array(
-				'task-list/reach',
-				'task-list/grow',
-			)
-		);
-
-		return array_reduce(
-			$bundles,
-			function( $plugins, $bundle ) {
-				$visible = array();
-				foreach ( $bundle['plugins'] as $plugin ) {
-					if ( $plugin->is_visible ) {
-						$visible[] = $plugin;
-					}
-				}
-				return array_merge( $plugins, $visible );
-			},
-			array()
+		wc_deprecated_function(
+			__METHOD__,
+			'9.3.0'
 		);
+		return array();
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Check if the store has installed marketing extensions.
 	 *
+	 * @deprecated 9.3.0 Removed to improve performance.
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public static function has_installed_extensions() {
-		$plugins   = self::get_plugins();
-		$remaining = array();
-		$installed = array();
-
-		foreach ( $plugins as $plugin ) {
-			if ( ! $plugin->is_installed ) {
-				$remaining[] = $plugin;
-			} else {
-				$installed[] = $plugin;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Make sure the task has been actioned and a marketing extension has been installed.
-		if ( count( $installed ) > 0 && Task::is_task_actioned( 'marketing' ) ) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
+		wc_deprecated_function(
+			__METHOD__,
+			'9.3.0'
+		);
 		return false;
 	}
 }