diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Helper.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Helper.php
index 559386149ed281d07d0dfb521342e33f9a0fca99..72dea4b7dcb2c9f162ddd3d8c2a5c521da962cc4 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Helper.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Helper.php
@@ -43,176 +43,6 @@ class Helper {
 		\OCP\Util::connectHook('OC_User', 'post_deleteUser', '\OCA\Files_Sharing\Hooks', 'deleteUser');
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Sets up the filesystem and user for public sharing
-	 * @param string $token string share token
-	 * @param string $relativePath optional path relative to the share
-	 * @param string $password optional password
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	public static function setupFromToken($token, $relativePath = null, $password = null) {
-		\OC_User::setIncognitoMode(true);
-
-		$shareManager = \OC::$server->getShareManager();
-
-		try {
-			$share = $shareManager->getShareByToken($token);
-		} catch (ShareNotFound $e) {
-			\OC_Response::setStatus(404);
-			\OCP\Util::writeLog('core-preview', 'Passed token parameter is not valid', \OCP\Util::DEBUG);
-			exit;
-		}
-
-		\OCP\JSON::checkUserExists($share->getShareOwner());
-		\OC_Util::tearDownFS();
-		\OC_Util::setupFS($share->getShareOwner());
-
-
-		try {
-			$path = Filesystem::getPath($share->getNodeId());
-		} catch (NotFoundException $e) {
-			\OCP\Util::writeLog('share', 'could not resolve linkItem', \OCP\Util::DEBUG);
-			\OC_Response::setStatus(404);
-			\OCP\JSON::error(array('success' => false));
-			exit();
-		}
-
-		if ($share->getShareType() === \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_LINK && $share->getPassword() !== null) {
-			if (!self::authenticate($share, $password)) {
-				\OC_Response::setStatus(403);
-				\OCP\JSON::error(array('success' => false));
-				exit();
-			}
-		}
-
-		$basePath = $path;
-
-		if ($relativePath !== null && Filesystem::isReadable($basePath . $relativePath)) {
-			$path .= Filesystem::normalizePath($relativePath);
-		}
-
-		return array(
-			'share' => $share,
-			'basePath' => $basePath,
-			'realPath' => $path
-		);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Authenticate link item with the given password
-	 * or with the session if no password was given.
-	 * @param \OCP\Share\IShare $share
-	 * @param string $password optional password
-	 *
-	 * @return boolean true if authorized, false otherwise
-	 */
-	public static function authenticate($share, $password = null) {
-		$shareManager = \OC::$server->getShareManager();
-
-		if ($password !== null) {
-			if ($share->getShareType() === \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_LINK) {
-				if ($shareManager->checkPassword($share, $password)) {
-					\OC::$server->getSession()->set('public_link_authenticated', (string)$share->getId());
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			// not authenticated ?
-			if (\OC::$server->getSession()->exists('public_link_authenticated')
-				&& \OC::$server->getSession()->get('public_link_authenticated') !== (string)$share->getId()) {
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	public static function getSharesFromItem($target) {
-		$result = array();
-		$owner = Filesystem::getOwner($target);
-		Filesystem::initMountPoints($owner);
-		$info = Filesystem::getFileInfo($target);
-		$ownerView = new View('/'.$owner.'/files');
-		if ( $owner !== User::getUser() ) {
-			$path = $ownerView->getPath($info['fileid']);
-		} else {
-			$path = $target;
-		}
-
-
-		$ids = array();
-		while ($path !== dirname($path)) {
-			$info = $ownerView->getFileInfo($path);
-			if ($info instanceof \OC\Files\FileInfo) {
-				$ids[] = $info['fileid'];
-			} else {
-				\OCP\Util::writeLog('sharing', 'No fileinfo available for: ' . $path, \OCP\Util::WARN);
-			}
-			$path = dirname($path);
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($ids)) {
-
-			$idList = array_chunk($ids, 99, true);
-
-			foreach ($idList as $subList) {
-				$statement = "SELECT `share_with`, `share_type`, `file_target` FROM `*PREFIX*share` WHERE `file_source` IN (" . implode(',', $subList) . ") AND `share_type` IN (0, 1, 2)";
-				$query = \OCP\DB::prepare($statement);
-				$r = $query->execute();
-				$result = array_merge($result, $r->fetchAll());
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * get the UID of the owner of the file and the path to the file relative to
-	 * owners files folder
-	 *
-	 * @param $filename
-	 * @return array
-	 * @throws \OC\User\NoUserException
-	 */
-	public static function getUidAndFilename($filename) {
-		$uid = Filesystem::getOwner($filename);
-		$userManager = \OC::$server->getUserManager();
-		// if the user with the UID doesn't exists, e.g. because the UID points
-		// to a remote user with a federated cloud ID we use the current logged-in
-		// user. We need a valid local user to create the share
-		if (!$userManager->userExists($uid)) {
-			$uid = User::getUser();
-		}
-		Filesystem::initMountPoints($uid);
-		if ( $uid !== User::getUser() ) {
-			$info = Filesystem::getFileInfo($filename);
-			$ownerView = new View('/'.$uid.'/files');
-			try {
-				$filename = $ownerView->getPath($info['fileid']);
-			} catch (NotFoundException $e) {
-				$filename = null;
-			}
-		}
-		return [$uid, $filename];
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Format a path to be relative to the /user/files/ directory
-	 * @param string $path the absolute path
-	 * @return string e.g. turns '/admin/files/test.txt' into 'test.txt'
-	 */
-	public static function stripUserFilesPath($path) {
-		$trimmed = ltrim($path, '/');
-		$split = explode('/', $trimmed);
-
-		// it is not a file relative to data/user/files
-		if (count($split) < 3 || $split[1] !== 'files') {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$sliced = array_slice($split, 2);
-		return implode('/', $sliced);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * check if file name already exists and generate unique target
 	 *