diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/controllers/sharecontroller.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/controllers/sharecontroller.php
index e5fd0f401c..da0761837d 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/controllers/sharecontroller.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/controllers/sharecontroller.php
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class ShareController extends Controller {
 		$shareTmpl['sharingToken'] = $token;
 		$shareTmpl['server2serversharing'] = Helper::isOutgoingServer2serverShareEnabled();
 		$shareTmpl['protected'] = isset($linkItem['share_with']) ? 'true' : 'false';
-		$shareTmpl['dir'] = $dir;
+		$shareTmpl['dir'] = '';
 		$shareTmpl['fileSize'] = \OCP\Util::humanFileSize(\OC\Files\Filesystem::filesize($originalSharePath));
 
 		// Show file list
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/controller/sharecontroller.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/controller/sharecontroller.php
index 8dcb247556..f13e5b2e49 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/controller/sharecontroller.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/controller/sharecontroller.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class ShareControllerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'sharingToken' => $this->token,
 			'server2serversharing' => true,
 			'protected' => 'true',
-			'dir' => '/',
+			'dir' => '',
 			'downloadURL' => null,
 			'fileSize' => '33 B'
 		);