diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php b/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
index 91f8271c143bb..f86aeedd2c22d 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@
 			'verb' => 'GET',
 			'root' => '',
 		],
-
-		[
-			'name' => 'externalShares#testRemote',
-			'url' => '/testremote',
-			'verb' => 'GET'
-		],
 		[
 			'name' => 'PublicPreview#getPreview',
 			'url' => '/publicpreview/{token}',
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ExternalSharesController.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ExternalSharesController.php
index e7189dabfbd95..9d15b03c6cdc7 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ExternalSharesController.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ExternalSharesController.php
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
 
 use OCP\AppFramework\Controller;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Attribute\NoAdminRequired;
-use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Attribute\PublicPage;
-use OCP\AppFramework\Http\DataResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
-use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
-use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 
 /**
@@ -25,8 +21,6 @@ public function __construct(
 		string $appName,
 		IRequest $request,
 		private \OCA\Files_Sharing\External\Manager $externalManager,
-		private IClientService $clientService,
-		private IConfig $config,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct($appName, $request);
 	}
@@ -64,64 +58,4 @@ public function destroy($id) {
 		$this->externalManager->declineShare($id);
 		return new JSONResponse();
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test whether the specified remote is accessible
-	 *
-	 * @param string $remote
-	 * @param bool $checkVersion
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	protected function testUrl($remote, $checkVersion = false) {
-		try {
-			$client = $this->clientService->newClient();
-			$response = json_decode($client->get(
-				$remote,
-				[
-					'timeout' => 3,
-					'connect_timeout' => 3,
-					'verify' => !$this->config->getSystemValueBool('sharing.federation.allowSelfSignedCertificates', false),
-				]
-			)->getBody());
-
-			if ($checkVersion) {
-				return !empty($response->version) && version_compare($response->version, '7.0.0', '>=');
-			} else {
-				return is_object($response);
-			}
-		} catch (\Exception $e) {
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @NoOutgoingFederatedSharingRequired
-	 * @NoIncomingFederatedSharingRequired
-	 *
-	 * @param string $remote
-	 * @return DataResponse
-	 * @AnonRateThrottle(limit=5, period=120)
-	 */
-	#[PublicPage]
-	public function testRemote($remote) {
-		if (preg_match('%[!#$&\'()*+,;=?@[\]]%', $remote)) {
-			return new DataResponse(false);
-		}
-
-		if (
-			$this->testUrl('https://' . $remote . '/ocm-provider/') ||
-			$this->testUrl('https://' . $remote . '/ocm-provider/index.php') ||
-			$this->testUrl('https://' . $remote . '/status.php', true)
-		) {
-			return new DataResponse('https');
-		} elseif (
-			$this->testUrl('http://' . $remote . '/ocm-provider/') ||
-			$this->testUrl('http://' . $remote . '/ocm-provider/index.php') ||
-			$this->testUrl('http://' . $remote . '/status.php', true)
-		) {
-			return new DataResponse('http');
-		} else {
-			return new DataResponse(false);
-		}
-	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ExternalShareControllerTest.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ExternalShareControllerTest.php
index eac37a3f3a5a3..5e8e32c06d8f7 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ExternalShareControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ExternalShareControllerTest.php
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@
 
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\Controller\ExternalSharesController;
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\Manager;
-use OCP\AppFramework\Http\DataResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
-use OCP\Http\Client\IClient;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
-use OCP\Http\Client\IResponse;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
@@ -79,90 +76,4 @@ public function testDestroy(): void {
 
 		$this->assertEquals(new JSONResponse(), $this->getExternalShareController()->destroy(4));
 	}
-
-	public function testRemoteWithValidHttps(): void {
-		$client = $this->createMock(IClient::class);
-		$response = $this->createMock(IResponse::class);
-		$response
-			->expects($this->exactly(2))
-			->method('getBody')
-			->willReturnOnConsecutiveCalls(
-				'Certainly not a JSON string',
-				'{"installed":true,"maintenance":false,"version":"8.1.0.8","versionstring":"8.1.0","edition":""}'
-			);
-		$client
-			->expects($this->any())
-			->method('get')
-			->willReturn($response);
-
-		$this->clientService
-			->expects($this->exactly(2))
-			->method('newClient')
-			->willReturn($client);
-
-		$this->assertEquals(new DataResponse('https'), $this->getExternalShareController()->testRemote('nextcloud.com'));
-	}
-
-	public function testRemoteWithWorkingHttp(): void {
-		$client = $this->createMock(IClient::class);
-		$response = $this->createMock(IResponse::class);
-		$client
-			->method('get')
-			->willReturn($response);
-		$response
-			->expects($this->exactly(5))
-			->method('getBody')
-			->willReturnOnConsecutiveCalls(
-				'Certainly not a JSON string',
-				'Certainly not a JSON string',
-				'Certainly not a JSON string',
-				'Certainly not a JSON string',
-				'{"installed":true,"maintenance":false,"version":"8.1.0.8","versionstring":"8.1.0","edition":""}'
-			);
-		$this->clientService
-			->expects($this->exactly(5))
-			->method('newClient')
-			->willReturn($client);
-
-		$this->assertEquals(new DataResponse('http'), $this->getExternalShareController()->testRemote('nextcloud.com'));
-	}
-
-	public function testRemoteWithInvalidRemote(): void {
-		$client = $this->createMock(IClient::class);
-		$response = $this->createMock(IResponse::class);
-		$client
-			->expects($this->exactly(6))
-			->method('get')
-			->willReturn($response);
-		$response
-			->expects($this->exactly(6))
-			->method('getBody')
-			->willReturn('Certainly not a JSON string');
-		$this->clientService
-			->expects($this->exactly(6))
-			->method('newClient')
-			->willReturn($client);
-
-		$this->assertEquals(new DataResponse(false), $this->getExternalShareController()->testRemote('nextcloud.com'));
-	}
-
-	public function dataRemoteWithInvalidRemoteURLs(): array {
-		return [
-			['nextcloud.com?query'],
-			['nextcloud.com/#anchor'],
-			['nextcloud.com/;tomcat'],
-		];
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @dataProvider dataRemoteWithInvalidRemoteURLs
-	 * @param string $remote
-	 */
-	public function testRemoteWithInvalidRemoteURLs(string $remote): void {
-		$this->clientService
-			->expects($this->never())
-			->method('newClient');
-
-		$this->assertEquals(new DataResponse(false), $this->getExternalShareController()->testRemote($remote));
-	}
 }