diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 51c744a846..223338906a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2166,7 +2166,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-source",
  "nu-test-support",
  "nu-value-ext",
- "nu_plugin_average",
  "nu_plugin_binaryview",
  "nu_plugin_fetch",
  "nu_plugin_inc",
@@ -2414,17 +2413,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits 0.2.11",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nu_plugin_average"
-version = "0.14.1"
-dependencies = [
- "nu-build",
- "nu-errors",
- "nu-plugin",
- "nu-protocol",
- "nu-source",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nu_plugin_binaryview"
 version = "0.14.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 671341589c..3c78745c2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ nu-protocol = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu-protocol" }
 nu-errors = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu-errors" }
 nu-parser = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu-parser" }
 nu-value-ext = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu-value-ext" }
-nu_plugin_average = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_average", optional=true }
 nu_plugin_binaryview = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_binaryview", optional=true }
 nu_plugin_fetch = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_fetch", optional=true }
 nu_plugin_inc = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_inc", optional=true }
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ nu-build = { version = "0.14.1", path = "./crates/nu-build" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["sys", "ps", "textview", "inc"]
-stable = ["default", "starship-prompt", "binaryview", "match", "tree", "average", "parse", "post", "fetch", "clipboard-cli", "trash-support", "start"]
+stable = ["default", "starship-prompt", "binaryview", "match", "tree", "parse", "post", "fetch", "clipboard-cli", "trash-support", "start"]
 
 # Default
 textview = ["crossterm", "syntect", "url", "nu_plugin_textview"]
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ ps = ["nu_plugin_ps"]
 inc = ["semver", "nu_plugin_inc"]
 
 # Stable
-average = ["nu_plugin_average"]
 binaryview = ["nu_plugin_binaryview"]
 fetch = ["nu_plugin_fetch"]
 match = ["nu_plugin_match"]
@@ -107,11 +105,6 @@ path = "src/plugins/nu_plugin_core_sys.rs"
 required-features = ["sys"]
 
 # Stable plugins
-[[bin]]
-name = "nu_plugin_stable_average"
-path = "src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_average.rs"
-required-features = ["average"]
-
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu_plugin_stable_fetch"
 path = "src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_fetch.rs"
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
index f93a248db1..ccc109fbba 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ pub fn create_default_context(
             whole_stream_command(Headers),
             // Data processing
             whole_stream_command(Histogram),
+            whole_stream_command(Average),
             whole_stream_command(Sum),
             // File format output
             whole_stream_command(To),
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
index 0279d40bf0..71bdea9e6f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub(crate) mod alias;
 pub(crate) mod append;
 pub(crate) mod args;
 pub(crate) mod autoview;
+pub(crate) mod average;
 pub(crate) mod build_string;
 pub(crate) mod cal;
 pub(crate) mod calc;
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ pub(crate) use command::{
 
 pub(crate) use alias::Alias;
 pub(crate) use append::Append;
+pub(crate) use average::Average;
 pub(crate) use build_string::BuildString;
 pub(crate) use cal::Cal;
 pub(crate) use calc::Calc;
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/average.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/average.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3cbde194c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/average.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::utils::data_processing::{reducer_for, Reduce};
+use bigdecimal::FromPrimitive;
+use nu_errors::ShellError;
+use nu_protocol::hir::{convert_number_to_u64, Number, Operator};
+use nu_protocol::{
+    Dictionary, Primitive, ReturnSuccess, ReturnValue, Signature, UntaggedValue, Value,
+};
+use num_traits::identities::Zero;
+
+use indexmap::map::IndexMap;
+
+pub struct Average;
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl WholeStreamCommand for Average {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "average"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("average")
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Average the values."
+    }
+
+    async fn run(
+        &self,
+        args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        average(RunnableContext {
+            input: args.input,
+            registry: registry.clone(),
+            shell_manager: args.shell_manager,
+            host: args.host,
+            ctrl_c: args.ctrl_c,
+            name: args.call_info.name_tag,
+            raw_input: args.raw_input,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Average a list of numbers",
+            example: "echo [100 0 100 0] | average",
+            result: Some(vec![UntaggedValue::decimal(50).into()]),
+        }]
+    }
+}
+
+fn average(
+    RunnableContext {
+        mut input, name, ..
+    }: RunnableContext,
+) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
+        let mut values: Vec<Value> = input.drain_vec().await;
+        let action = reducer_for(Reduce::Sum);
+
+        if values.iter().all(|v| if let UntaggedValue::Primitive(_) = v.value {true} else {false}) {
+            match avg(&values, name) {
+                Ok(result) => yield ReturnSuccess::value(result),
+                Err(err) => yield Err(err),
+            }
+        } else {
+            let mut column_values = IndexMap::new();
+            for value in values {
+                match value.value {
+                    UntaggedValue::Row(row_dict) => {
+                        for (key, value) in row_dict.entries.iter() {
+                            column_values
+                                .entry(key.clone())
+                                .and_modify(|v: &mut Vec<Value>| v.push(value.clone()))
+                                .or_insert(vec![value.clone()]);
+                        }
+                    },
+                    table => {},
+                };
+            }
+
+            let mut column_totals = IndexMap::new();
+            for (col_name, col_vals) in column_values {
+                match avg(&col_vals, &name) {
+                    Ok(result) => {
+                        column_totals.insert(col_name, result);
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => yield Err(err),
+                }
+            }
+            yield ReturnSuccess::value(
+                UntaggedValue::Row(Dictionary {entries: column_totals}).into_untagged_value())
+        }
+    };
+
+    let stream: BoxStream<'static, ReturnValue> = stream.boxed();
+
+    Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
+}
+
+fn avg(values: &[Value], name: impl Into<Tag>) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+    let name = name.into();
+
+    let sum = reducer_for(Reduce::Sum);
+
+    let number = BigDecimal::from_usize(values.len()).expect("expected a usize-sized bigdecimal");
+
+    let total_rows = UntaggedValue::decimal(number);
+    let total = sum(Value::zero(), values.to_vec())?;
+
+    match total {
+        Value {
+            value: UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::Bytes(num)),
+            ..
+        } => {
+            let left = UntaggedValue::from(Primitive::Int(num.into()));
+            let result = crate::data::value::compute_values(Operator::Divide, &left, &total_rows);
+
+            match result {
+                Ok(UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::Decimal(result))) => {
+                    let number = Number::Decimal(result);
+                    let number = convert_number_to_u64(&number);
+                    Ok(UntaggedValue::bytes(number).into_value(name))
+                }
+                Ok(_) => Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    "could not calculate average of non-integer or unrelated types",
+                    "source",
+                    name,
+                )),
+                Err((left_type, right_type)) => Err(ShellError::coerce_error(
+                    left_type.spanned(name.span),
+                    right_type.spanned(name.span),
+                )),
+            }
+        }
+        Value {
+            value: UntaggedValue::Primitive(other),
+            ..
+        } => {
+            let left = UntaggedValue::from(other);
+            let result = crate::data::value::compute_values(Operator::Divide, &left, &total_rows);
+
+            match result {
+                Ok(value) => Ok(value.into_value(name)),
+                Err((left_type, right_type)) => Err(ShellError::coerce_error(
+                    left_type.spanned(name.span),
+                    right_type.spanned(name.span),
+                )),
+            }
+        }
+        _ => Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+            "could not calculate average of non-integer or unrelated types",
+            "source",
+            name,
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::Average;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn examples_work_as_expected() {
+        use crate::examples::test as test_examples;
+
+        test_examples(Average {})
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/plugins/decommission_average.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/average.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/plugins/decommission_average.rs
rename to crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/average.rs
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/mod.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/mod.rs
index d31304f188..e131e19b21 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod alias;
 mod append;
+mod average;
 mod cal;
 mod calc;
 mod cd;
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/hir.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/hir.rs
index 62d04cda26..f831f23d96 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/hir.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/hir.rs
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ impl PrettyDebug for Unit {
     }
 }
 
-fn convert_number_to_u64(number: &Number) -> u64 {
+pub fn convert_number_to_u64(number: &Number) -> u64 {
     match number {
         Number::Int(big_int) => {
             if let Some(x) = big_int.to_u64() {
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_average/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu_plugin_average/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 30429cec61..0000000000
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_average/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "nu_plugin_average"
-version = "0.14.1"
-authors = ["The Nu Project Contributors"]
-edition = "2018"
-description = "An average value plugin for Nushell"
-license = "MIT"
-
-[lib]
-doctest = false
-
-[dependencies]
-nu-plugin = { path = "../nu-plugin", version = "0.14.1" }
-nu-protocol = { path = "../nu-protocol", version = "0.14.1" }
-nu-source = { path = "../nu-source", version = "0.14.1" }
-nu-errors = { path = "../nu-errors", version = "0.14.1" }
-
-[build-dependencies]
-nu-build = { version = "0.14.1", path = "../nu-build" }
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_average/build.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_average/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b7511cfc6a..0000000000
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_average/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    nu_build::build()
-}
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/average.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/average.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b7092e1d3e..0000000000
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/average.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-use nu_errors::ShellError;
-use nu_protocol::{Primitive, UntaggedValue, Value};
-
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
-pub struct Average {
-    pub total: Option<Value>,
-    pub count: u64,
-}
-
-impl Average {
-    pub fn new() -> Average {
-        Average {
-            total: None,
-            count: 0,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn average(&mut self, value: Value) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
-        match &value.value {
-            UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::Int(i)) => match &self.total {
-                Some(Value {
-                    value: UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::Int(j)),
-                    tag,
-                }) => {
-                    self.total = Some(UntaggedValue::int(i + j).into_value(tag));
-                    self.count += 1;
-                    Ok(())
-                }
-                None => {
-                    self.total = Some(value.clone());
-                    self.count += 1;
-                    Ok(())
-                }
-                _ => Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                    "Could calculate average of non-integer or unrelated types",
-                    "source",
-                    value.tag,
-                )),
-            },
-            UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::Bytes(b)) => match &self.total {
-                Some(Value {
-                    value: UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::Bytes(j)),
-                    tag,
-                }) => {
-                    self.total = Some(UntaggedValue::bytes(b + j).into_value(tag));
-                    self.count += 1;
-                    Ok(())
-                }
-                None => {
-                    self.total = Some(value);
-                    self.count += 1;
-                    Ok(())
-                }
-                _ => Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                    "Could calculate average of non-integer or unrelated types",
-                    "source",
-                    value.tag,
-                )),
-            },
-            x => Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                format!("Unrecognized type in stream: {:?}", x),
-                "source",
-                value.tag,
-            )),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 187b241706..0000000000
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-mod average;
-mod nu;
-
-pub use average::Average;
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/main.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a48f82c9f5..0000000000
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-use nu_plugin::serve_plugin;
-use nu_plugin_average::Average;
-
-fn main() {
-    serve_plugin(&mut Average::new())
-}
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/nu/mod.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/nu/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d256a81d4..0000000000
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_average/src/nu/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-use crate::Average;
-use nu_errors::{CoerceInto, ShellError};
-use nu_plugin::Plugin;
-use nu_protocol::{
-    CallInfo, Primitive, ReturnSuccess, ReturnValue, Signature, UntaggedValue, Value,
-};
-use nu_source::TaggedItem;
-
-impl Plugin for Average {
-    fn config(&mut self) -> Result<Signature, ShellError> {
-        Ok(Signature::build("average")
-            .desc("Compute the average of a column of numerical values.")
-            .filter())
-    }
-
-    fn begin_filter(&mut self, _: CallInfo) -> Result<Vec<ReturnValue>, ShellError> {
-        Ok(vec![])
-    }
-
-    fn filter(&mut self, input: Value) -> Result<Vec<ReturnValue>, ShellError> {
-        self.average(input)?;
-        Ok(vec![])
-    }
-
-    fn end_filter(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<ReturnValue>, ShellError> {
-        match self.total {
-            None => Ok(vec![]),
-            Some(ref inner) => match &inner.value {
-                UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::Int(i)) => {
-                    let total: u64 = i
-                        .tagged(inner.tag.clone())
-                        .coerce_into("converting for average")?;
-                    let avg = total as f64 / self.count as f64;
-                    let primitive_value: UntaggedValue = Primitive::from(avg).into();
-                    let value = primitive_value.into_value(inner.tag.clone());
-                    Ok(vec![ReturnSuccess::value(value)])
-                }
-                UntaggedValue::Primitive(Primitive::Bytes(bytes)) => {
-                    let avg = *bytes as f64 / self.count as f64;
-                    let primitive_value: UntaggedValue = UntaggedValue::bytes(avg as u64);
-                    let tagged_value = primitive_value.into_value(inner.tag.clone());
-                    Ok(vec![ReturnSuccess::value(tagged_value)])
-                }
-                _ => Ok(vec![]),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_average.rs b/src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_average.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ac6824f28..0000000000
--- a/src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_average.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-use nu_plugin::serve_plugin;
-use nu_plugin_average::Average;
-
-fn main() {
-    serve_plugin(&mut Average::new());
-}
diff --git a/tests/plugins/mod.rs b/tests/plugins/mod.rs
index 7add8f932b..e3d59b2205 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/plugins/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 mod core_inc;
-mod decommission_average;