diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index eab4e226a1173e03e948ec295ad426308ee4db80..71b1c1fab85bfa0aac2aab31c306d9a8a322dd26 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ a.bookmarklet { background-color:#ddd; border:1px solid #ccc; padding:5px;paddin
 .ui-datepicker-prev,.ui-datepicker-next{ border:1px solid #ddd; background:#fff; }
 
 /* ---- DIALOGS ---- */
-#oc-dialog-filepicker-content .dirup {width:4%; font-weight: bold;}
 #oc-dialog-filepicker-content .dirtree {width:92%; overflow:hidden; }
 #oc-dialog-filepicker-content .dirtree span:not(:last-child) { cursor: pointer; }
 #oc-dialog-filepicker-content .dirtree span:last-child { font-weight: bold; }
diff --git a/core/js/oc-dialogs.js b/core/js/oc-dialogs.js
index 8f127bfb62b8be4f83fa9c3e8344d40fb0430624..43b698df68fe34af1a13bb7c63c3346fe8795f20 100644
--- a/core/js/oc-dialogs.js
+++ b/core/js/oc-dialogs.js
@@ -196,10 +196,8 @@ var OCdialogs = {
 
 			self.$filePicker.ready(function() {
 				self.$filelist = self.$filePicker.find('.filelist');
-				self.$dirUp = self.$filePicker.find('.dirup');
 				self.$dirTree = self.$filePicker.find('.dirtree');
 				self.$dirTree.on('click', 'span:not(:last-child)', self, self.handleTreeListSelect);
-				self.$dirUp.click(self, self.filepickerDirUp);
 				self.$filelist.on('click', 'li', function(event) {
 					self.handlePickerClick(event, $(this));
 				});
@@ -417,18 +415,6 @@ var OCdialogs = {
 		var dir = $(event.target).data('dir');
 		self.fillFilePicker(dir);
 	},
-	/**
-	 * go one directory up
-	*/
-	filepickerDirUp:function(event) {
-		var self = event.data;
-		var old_path = self.$filePicker.data('path');
-		if (old_path !== '') {
-			var splitted_path = old_path.split('/');
-			splitted_path.pop();
-			self.fillFilePicker(splitted_path.join('/'));
-		}
-	},
 	/**
 	 * handle clicks made in the filepicker
 	*/
diff --git a/core/templates/filepicker.html b/core/templates/filepicker.html
index e7aa77a732adea73722be3a6014d6cfaa7e3eb06..2b7942bd46abefa02e342c72bbf56451c13e48d9 100644
--- a/core/templates/filepicker.html
+++ b/core/templates/filepicker.html
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <div id="{dialog_name}" title="{title}">
-	<button class="dirup">↑</button>
 	<span class="dirtree"></span>
 	<ul class="filelist">
 		<li data-entryname="{filename}" data-type="{type}">