diff --git a/lib/private/repair.php b/lib/private/repair.php
index c74283896f..d9fd99707e 100644
--- a/lib/private/repair.php
+++ b/lib/private/repair.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use OC\Hooks\Emitter;
 use OC\Repair\AssetCache;
 use OC\Repair\CleanTags;
 use OC\Repair\Collation;
-use OC\Repair\EnableFilesApp;
 use OC\Repair\FillETags;
 use OC\Repair\InnoDB;
 use OC\Repair\RepairConfig;
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ class Repair extends BasicEmitter {
 			new AssetCache(),
 			new FillETags(\OC_DB::getConnection()),
 			new CleanTags(\OC_DB::getConnection()),
-			new EnableFilesApp(\OC::$server->getConfig()),
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/repair/enablefilesapp.php b/lib/repair/enablefilesapp.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a3298cf76b..0000000000
--- a/lib/repair/enablefilesapp.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2015 Morris Jobke <hey@morrisjobke.de>
- * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
- * later.
- * See the COPYING-README file.
- */
-
-namespace OC\Repair;
-
-use OC\Hooks\BasicEmitter;
-use OC\RepairStep;
-use OCP\IConfig;
-
-/**
- * Class EnableFilesApp - enables files app if disabled
- *
- * TODO: remove this with ownCloud 8.1 - this isn't possible anymore with 8.0
- *
- * @package OC\Repair
- */
-class EnableFilesApp extends BasicEmitter implements RepairStep {
-
-	/** @var IConfig */
-	protected $config;
-
-	/**
-	 * @param IConfig $config
-	 */
-	public function __construct(IConfig $config) {
-		$this->config = $config;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public function getName() {
-		return 'Re-enable file app';
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Enables the files app if it is disabled
-	 */
-	public function run() {
-		if ($this->config->getAppValue('files', 'enabled', 'no') !== 'yes') {
-			$this->config->setAppValue('files', 'enabled', 'yes');
-			$this->emit('\OC\Repair', 'info', ['Files app was disabled - re-enabled']);
-		}
-	}
-}