diff --git a/apps/files/js/favoritesfilelist.js b/apps/files/js/favoritesfilelist.js
index 4c2cf3ce818..c217b85f47b 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/favoritesfilelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/favoritesfilelist.js
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
 				return OCA.Files.FileList.prototype.reloadCallback.call(this, status, result);
 			},
-
-			_onUrlChanged: function (e) {
-				if (e && _.isString(e.dir)) {
-					this.changeDirectory(e.dir, false, true);
-				}
-			}
 		});
 
 		OCA.Files.FavoritesFileList = FavoritesFileList;
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/js/sharedfilelist.js b/apps/files_sharing/js/sharedfilelist.js
index b11b302c6c2..0de02448c3c 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/js/sharedfilelist.js
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/js/sharedfilelist.js
@@ -386,12 +386,6 @@
 			// Sort by expected sort comparator
 			return files.sort(this._sortComparator);
 		},
-
-		_onUrlChanged: function(e) {
-			if (e && _.isString(e.dir)) {
-				this.changeDirectory(e.dir, false, true);
-			}
-		}
 	});
 
 	/**