diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/updater.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/updater.php
index de68e2ea0fc4492a4dfb9e0eed6fe7944df24bec..dc47009c14b262ae7264675bd189e6f3b0e9b90e 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/updater.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/updater.php
@@ -84,21 +84,6 @@ class Shared_Updater {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * clean up oc_share table from files which are no longer exists
-	 *
-	 * This fixes issues from updates from files_sharing < 0.3.5.6 (ownCloud 4.5)
-	 * It will just be called during the update of the app
-	 */
-	static public function fixBrokenSharesOnAppUpdate() {
-		// delete all shares where the original file no longer exists
-		$findAndRemoveShares = \OCP\DB::prepare('DELETE FROM `*PREFIX*share` ' .
-			'WHERE `item_type` IN (\'file\', \'folder\') ' .
-			'AND `file_source` NOT IN (SELECT `fileid` FROM `*PREFIX*filecache`)'
-		);
-		$findAndRemoveShares->execute(array());
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * rename mount point from the children if the parent was renamed
 	 *