diff --git a/settings/ajax/addRootCertificate.php b/settings/ajax/addRootCertificate.php
index 9be8fd0025b7611207c34e63b886eeef2cb88da9..f055a4066eafdc065976d1ea63083075a17ed6a7 100644
--- a/settings/ajax/addRootCertificate.php
+++ b/settings/ajax/addRootCertificate.php
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-
-OCP\JSON::checkAppEnabled('files_external');
 OCP\JSON::callCheck();
 
 $l = new OC_L10N('core');
diff --git a/settings/ajax/removeRootCertificate.php b/settings/ajax/removeRootCertificate.php
index 0931138ad4b5b0f58b0f9588e913af2931df7ce7..a3de035269e1ab34d09462e506bae547455e0af4 100644
--- a/settings/ajax/removeRootCertificate.php
+++ b/settings/ajax/removeRootCertificate.php
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-
-OCP\JSON::checkAppEnabled('files_external');
 OCP\JSON::checkLoggedIn();
 OCP\JSON::callCheck();