In MySQL 5.5, the InnoDB Plugin is the default version and it's compiled in.
In this case, the plugin cannot be uninstalled and we get error when trying
to do so:

mysql> uninstall plugin innodb;
ERROR 1305 (42000): PLUGIN innodb does not exist

But the error message is misleading. The plugin does exist, it just cannot
be installed because it's not dynamically loaded.

MySQL bug report: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=51771
MariaDB bug report: https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-4573
MariaDB fix: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~maria-captains/maria/5.5/revision/3802

diff -up mysql-5.5.33/include/mysql.h.p30 mysql-5.5.33/include/mysql.h
--- mysql-5.5.33/include/mysql.h.p30	2013-07-15 14:01:50.000000000 +0200
+++ mysql-5.5.33/include/mysql.h	2013-08-20 17:26:56.745334059 +0200
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long my_ulonglong;
 
 /* backward compatibility define - to be removed eventually */
 #define ER_WARN_DATA_TRUNCATED WARN_DATA_TRUNCATED
+#define WARN_PLUGIN_DELETE_BUILTIN ER_PLUGIN_DELETE_BUILTIN
 
 typedef struct st_mysql_rows {
   struct st_mysql_rows *next;		/* list of rows */
diff -up mysql-5.5.33/mysql-test/r/plugin.result.p30 mysql-5.5.33/mysql-test/r/plugin.result
--- mysql-5.5.33/mysql-test/r/plugin.result.p30	2013-07-15 14:01:49.000000000 +0200
+++ mysql-5.5.33/mysql-test/r/plugin.result	2013-08-20 17:26:56.746334059 +0200
@@ -143,3 +143,5 @@ SELECT @@SESSION.example_double_thdvar;
 @@SESSION.example_double_thdvar
 1000.500000
 UNINSTALL PLUGIN example;
+UNINSTALL PLUGIN MyISAM;
+ERROR HY000: Built-in plugins cannot be deleted
diff -up mysql-5.5.33/mysql-test/t/plugin.test.p30 mysql-5.5.33/mysql-test/t/plugin.test
--- mysql-5.5.33/mysql-test/t/plugin.test.p30	2013-07-15 14:01:49.000000000 +0200
+++ mysql-5.5.33/mysql-test/t/plugin.test	2013-08-20 17:26:56.746334059 +0200
@@ -137,3 +137,10 @@ SET SESSION example_double_thdvar = 1000
 SELECT @@SESSION.example_double_thdvar;
 
 UNINSTALL PLUGIN example;
+
+#
+# MDEV-4573 UNINSTALL PLUGIN misleading error message for non-dynamic plugins
+#
+--error ER_PLUGIN_DELETE_BUILTIN
+UNINSTALL PLUGIN MyISAM;
+
diff -up mysql-5.5.33/sql/share/errmsg-utf8.txt.p30 mysql-5.5.33/sql/share/errmsg-utf8.txt
--- mysql-5.5.33/sql/share/errmsg-utf8.txt.p30	2013-07-15 14:01:50.000000000 +0200
+++ mysql-5.5.33/sql/share/errmsg-utf8.txt	2013-08-20 17:26:56.750334057 +0200
@@ -6161,7 +6161,7 @@ WARN_NO_MASTER_INFO
 WARN_OPTION_IGNORED
   eng "<%-.64s> option ignored"
   ger "Option <%-.64s> ignoriert"
-WARN_PLUGIN_DELETE_BUILTIN
+ER_PLUGIN_DELETE_BUILTIN
   eng "Built-in plugins cannot be deleted"
   ger "Eingebaute Plugins können nicht gelöscht werden"
 WARN_PLUGIN_BUSY
diff -up mysql-5.5.33/sql/sql_plugin.cc.p30 mysql-5.5.33/sql/sql_plugin.cc
--- mysql-5.5.33/sql/sql_plugin.cc.p30	2013-08-20 17:26:56.640334104 +0200
+++ mysql-5.5.33/sql/sql_plugin.cc	2013-08-20 17:26:56.752334057 +0200
@@ -1909,9 +1909,7 @@ bool mysql_uninstall_plugin(THD *thd, co
   }
   if (!plugin->plugin_dl)
   {
-    push_warning(thd, MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_WARN,
-                 WARN_PLUGIN_DELETE_BUILTIN, ER(WARN_PLUGIN_DELETE_BUILTIN));
-    my_error(ER_SP_DOES_NOT_EXIST, MYF(0), "PLUGIN", name->str);
+    my_error(ER_PLUGIN_DELETE_BUILTIN, MYF(0));
     goto err;
   }
   if (plugin->load_option == PLUGIN_FORCE_PLUS_PERMANENT)