diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php b/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
index 44ab5c0de9..dd9509575b 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -56,10 +56,3 @@ $this->create('sharing_external_test_remote', '/testremote')
 		'/apps/files_sharing/api/v1/shares/{id}',
 		array('\OCA\Files_Sharing\API\Local', 'deleteShare'),
 		'files_sharing');
-
-// Register with the capabilities API
-\OC_API::register('get',
-		'/cloud/capabilities',
-		array('OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities', 'getCapabilities'),
-		'files_sharing',
-		\OC_API::USER_AUTH);
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/capabilities.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/capabilities.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ff01770719..0000000000
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/capabilities.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Roeland Jago Douma <roeland@famdouma.nl>
- * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
- * later.
- * See the COPYING-README file.
- */
- 
-namespace OCA\Files_Sharing;
-
-
-/**
- * Class Capabilities
- *
- * @package OCA\Files_Sharing
- */
-class Capabilities {
-
-	private $config;
-
-	/*
-	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
-	 */
-	public function __construct($config) {
-		$this->config = $config;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
-	 */
-	public static function getCapabilities() {
-		$config = \OC::$server->getConfig();
-		$cap = new Capabilities($config);
-		return $cap->getCaps();
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * @return \OC_OCS_Result
-	 */
-	public function getCaps() {
-		$res = array();
-
-		$public = false;;
-		if ($this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes') === 'yes') {
-			$public = array();
-			$public['password_enforced'] = ($this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_enforce_links_password', 'yes') === 'yes');
-
-			$public['expire_date'] = false;
-			if ($this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_default_expire_date', 'yes') === 'yes') {
-				$public['expire_date'] = array();
-				$public['expire_date']['days'] = $this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_expire_after_n_days', false);
-				$public['expire_date']['enforce'] = $this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_enforce_expire_date', 'yes') === 'yes';
-			}
-
-			$public['send_mail'] = $this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_allow_public_notification', 'yes') === 'yes';
-		}
-		$res["public"] = $public;
-
-		$res['user']['send_mail'] = $this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_allow_mail_notification', 'yes') === 'yes';
-
-		$res['resharing'] = $this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_allow_resharing', 'yes') === 'yes';
-
-
-		return new \OC_OCS_Result(array(
-			'capabilities' => array(
-				'files_sharing' => $res
-				),
-			));
-	}
-	
-}
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/capabilities.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/capabilities.php
deleted file mode 100644
index cafd5c4652..0000000000
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/capabilities.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
-  * Copyright (c) 2015 Roeland Jago Douma <roeland@famdouma.nl>
-  * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
-  * later.
-  * See the COPYING-README file.
-  */
-
-use OCA\Files\Share\Tests;
-use OCA\Files_sharing\Tests\TestCase;
-
-/**
- * Class Test_Files_Sharing_Capabilties
- */
-class Test_Files_Sharing_Capabilities extends \Test\TestCase {
-
-	/**
-	 * Test for the general part in each return statement and assert
-	 */
-	function getFilesSharingPart($data) {
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('capabilities', $data);
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('files_sharing', $data['capabilities']);
-		return $data['capabilities']['files_sharing'];
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a mock config object and insert the values in $map tot the getAppValue
-	 * function. Then obtain the capabilities and extract the first few
-	 * levels in the array
-	 */
-	function getResults($map) {
-		$stub = $this->getMockBuilder('\OCP\IConfig')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
-		$stub->method('getAppValue')->will($this->returnValueMap($map));
-		$cap = new \OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities($stub);
-		$result = $this->getFilesSharingPart($cap->getCaps()->getData());
-		return $result;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_no_link_sharing() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'no'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertFalse($result['public']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_only_link_sharing() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'yes'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertInternalType('array', $result['public']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_link_password() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_enforce_links_password', 'yes', 'yes'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('password_enforced', $result['public']);
-		$this->assertTrue($result['public']['password_enforced']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_link_no_password() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_enforce_links_password', 'yes', 'no'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('password_enforced', $result['public']);
-		$this->assertFalse($result['public']['password_enforced']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_link_no_expire_date() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_default_expire_date', 'yes', 'no'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('expire_date', $result['public']);
-		$this->assertFalse($result['public']['expire_date']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_link_expire_date() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_default_expire_date', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_expire_after_n_days', false, 0),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_enforce_expire_date', 'yes', 'no'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('expire_date', $result['public']);
-		$this->assertInternalType('array', $result['public']['expire_date']);
-		$this->assertInternalType('int', $result['public']['expire_date']['days']);
-		$this->assertFalse($result['public']['expire_date']['enforce']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_link_expire_date_enforced() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_default_expire_date', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_expire_after_n_days', false, 0),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_enforce_expire_date', 'yes', 'yes'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('expire_date', $result['public']);
-		$this->assertInternalType('array', $result['public']['expire_date']);
-		$this->assertInternalType('int', $result['public']['expire_date']['days']);
-		$this->assertTrue($result['public']['expire_date']['enforce']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_link_send_mail() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_public_notification', 'yes', 'yes'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertTrue($result['public']['send_mail']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_link_no_send_mail() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_links', 'yes', 'yes'),
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_public_notification', 'yes', 'no'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertFalse($result['public']['send_mail']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_user_send_mail() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_mail_notification', 'yes', 'yes'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertTrue($result['user']['send_mail']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_user_no_send_mail() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_mail_notification', 'yes', 'no'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertFalse($result['user']['send_mail']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_resharing() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_resharing', 'yes', 'yes'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertTrue($result['resharing']);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @covers OCA\Files_Sharing\Capabilities::getCaps
-	 */
-	public function test_no_resharing() {
-		$map = array(
-			array('core', 'shareapi_allow_resharing', 'yes', 'no'),
-		);
-		$result = $this->getResults($map);
-		$this->assertFalse($result['resharing']);
-	}
-}