diff --git a/apps/files/ajax/delete.php b/apps/files/ajax/delete.php
index da7e9d6b2aa2858b4be3e9db49ed09ab4fc19f2f..5f4856ec790a64f8dc52f6bb86b42266945afe5d 100644
--- a/apps/files/ajax/delete.php
+++ b/apps/files/ajax/delete.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ OCP\JSON::callCheck();
 
 // Get data
 $dir = stripslashes($_POST["dir"]);
-$files = isset($_POST["file"]) ? stripslashes($_POST["file"]) : stripslashes($_POST["files"]);
+$files = isset($_POST["file"]) ? $_POST["file"] : $_POST["files"];
 
 $files = json_decode($files);
 $filesWithError = '';