diff --git a/lib/private/Share/MailNotifications.php b/lib/private/Share/MailNotifications.php
index f71651e71f..afecff0b97 100644
--- a/lib/private/Share/MailNotifications.php
+++ b/lib/private/Share/MailNotifications.php
@@ -119,27 +119,9 @@ class MailNotifications {
 				}
 			}
 
-			// Link to folder, or root folder if a file
-
-			if ($itemType === 'folder') {
-				$args = array(
-					'dir' => $filename,
-				);
-			} else if (strpos($filename, '/')) {
-				$args = array(
-					'dir' => '/' . dirname($filename),
-					'scrollto' => basename($filename),
-				);
-			} else {
-				$args = array(
-					'dir' => '/',
-					'scrollto' => $filename,
-				);
-			}
-
 			$link = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute(
-				'files.view.index',
-				$args
+				'files.viewcontroller.showFile',
+				['fileId' => $items[0]['item_source']]
 			);
 
 			list($htmlBody, $textBody) = $this->createMailBody($filename, $link, $expiration, 'internal');
diff --git a/tests/lib/share/MailNotificationsTest.php b/tests/lib/share/MailNotificationsTest.php
index 8c8ca78f39..f160fed57a 100644
--- a/tests/lib/share/MailNotificationsTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/share/MailNotificationsTest.php
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class MailNotificationsTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$mailNotifications->method('getItemSharedWithUser')
 			->withAnyParameters()
 			->willReturn([
-				['file_target' => '/welcome.txt']
+				['file_target' => '/welcome.txt', 'item_source' => 123],
 			]);
 
 		$recipient = $this->getMockBuilder('\OCP\IUser')
@@ -239,10 +239,9 @@ class MailNotificationsTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->urlGenerator->expects($this->once())
 			->method('linkToRouteAbsolute')
 			->with(
-				$this->equalTo('files.view.index'),
+				$this->equalTo('files.viewcontroller.showFile'),
 				$this->equalTo([
-					'dir' => '/',
-					'scrollto' => 'welcome.txt'
+					'fileId' => 123,
 				])
 			);