diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 48fe59a9a51..6cecd7fd6a6 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ return array(
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\ConstraintViolationException' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Exceptions/ConstraintViolationException.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\NoMoreResults' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Exceptions/NoMoreResults.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\NotOnLDAP' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Exceptions/NotOnLDAP.php',
-    'OCA\\User_LDAP\\FilesystemHelper' => $baseDir . '/../lib/FilesystemHelper.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\GroupPluginManager' => $baseDir . '/../lib/GroupPluginManager.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Group_LDAP' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Group_LDAP.php',
     'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Group_Proxy' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Group_Proxy.php',
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index dd5ad0322af..b31ac98834f 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class ComposerStaticInitUser_LDAP
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\ConstraintViolationException' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Exceptions/ConstraintViolationException.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\NoMoreResults' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Exceptions/NoMoreResults.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Exceptions\\NotOnLDAP' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Exceptions/NotOnLDAP.php',
-        'OCA\\User_LDAP\\FilesystemHelper' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/FilesystemHelper.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\GroupPluginManager' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/GroupPluginManager.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Group_LDAP' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Group_LDAP.php',
         'OCA\\User_LDAP\\Group_Proxy' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Group_Proxy.php',
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index 3c1cb5daa12..59c88e06073 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use OCA\Files_External\Service\BackendService;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Controller\RenewPasswordController;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Events\GroupBackendRegistered;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Events\UserBackendRegistered;
-use OCA\User_LDAP\FilesystemHelper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Group_Proxy;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\GroupPluginManager;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Handler\ExtStorageConfigHandler;
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ class Application extends App implements IBootstrap {
 			function (ContainerInterface $c) {
 				return new Manager(
 					$c->get(IConfig::class),
-					$c->get(FilesystemHelper::class),
 					$c->get(LoggerInterface::class),
 					$c->get(IAvatarManager::class),
 					$c->get(Image::class),
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/FilesystemHelper.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/FilesystemHelper.php
deleted file mode 100644
index eea7ec62ad8..00000000000
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/FilesystemHelper.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 ownCloud, Inc.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-namespace OCA\User_LDAP;
-
-use OC\Files\Filesystem;
-
-/**
- * @brief wraps around static Nextcloud core methods
- */
-class FilesystemHelper {
-
-	/**
-	 * @brief states whether the filesystem was loaded
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public function isLoaded() {
-		return Filesystem::$loaded;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @brief initializes the filesystem for the given user
-	 * @param string $uid the Nextcloud username of the user
-	 */
-	public function setup($uid) {
-		\OC_Util::setupFS($uid);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/User/Manager.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/User/Manager.php
index 2b09d425721..125970de1e7 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/User/Manager.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/User/Manager.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 namespace OCA\User_LDAP\User;
 
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Access;
-use OCA\User_LDAP\FilesystemHelper;
 use OCP\Cache\CappedMemoryCache;
 use OCP\IAvatarManager;
 use OCP\IConfig;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ class Manager {
 
 	public function __construct(
 		protected IConfig $ocConfig,
-		protected FilesystemHelper $ocFilesystem,
 		protected LoggerInterface $logger,
 		protected IAvatarManager $avatarManager,
 		protected Image $image,
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ class Manager {
 	private function createAndCache($dn, $uid) {
 		$this->checkAccess();
 		$user = new User($uid, $dn, $this->access, $this->ocConfig,
-			$this->ocFilesystem, clone $this->image, $this->logger,
+			clone $this->image, $this->logger,
 			$this->avatarManager, $this->userManager,
 			$this->notificationManager);
 		$this->usersByDN[$dn] = $user;
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/User/User.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/User/User.php
index 1e3f7036955..ec06d1d8636 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/User/User.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/User/User.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use OC\Accounts\AccountManager;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Access;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Connection;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Exceptions\AttributeNotSet;
-use OCA\User_LDAP\FilesystemHelper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Service\BirthdateParserService;
 use OCP\Accounts\IAccountManager;
 use OCP\Accounts\PropertyDoesNotExistException;
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ class User {
 		protected string $dn,
 		protected Access $access,
 		protected IConfig $config,
-		protected FilesystemHelper $fs,
 		protected Image $image,
 		protected LoggerInterface $logger,
 		protected IAvatarManager $avatarManager,
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/tests/AccessTest.php b/apps/user_ldap/tests/AccessTest.php
index 5bb4a4657cb..1ecc5565bed 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/tests/AccessTest.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/tests/AccessTest.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use OC\ServerNotAvailableException;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Access;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Connection;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Exceptions\ConstraintViolationException;
-use OCA\User_LDAP\FilesystemHelper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Helper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\ILDAPWrapper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\LDAP;
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ class AccessTest extends TestCase {
 		$um = $this->getMockBuilder(Manager::class)
 			->setConstructorArgs([
 				$this->createMock(IConfig::class),
-				$this->createMock(FilesystemHelper::class),
 				$this->createMock(LoggerInterface::class),
 				$this->createMock(IAvatarManager::class),
 				$this->createMock(Image::class),
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/tests/Integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.php b/apps/user_ldap/tests/Integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.php
index 726342a88f7..12f97637618 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/tests/Integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/tests/Integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace OCA\User_LDAP\Tests\Integration;
 
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Access;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Connection;
-use OCA\User_LDAP\FilesystemHelper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\GroupPluginManager;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Helper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\LDAP;
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ abstract class AbstractIntegrationTest {
 	protected function initUserManager() {
 		$this->userManager = new Manager(
 			\OC::$server->getConfig(),
-			new FilesystemHelper(),
 			\OC::$server->get(LoggerInterface::class),
 			\OC::$server->get(IAvatarManager::class),
 			new Image(),
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/tests/Integration/Lib/User/IntegrationTestUserAvatar.php b/apps/user_ldap/tests/Integration/Lib/User/IntegrationTestUserAvatar.php
index 082c8ee46d4..75ce42e299c 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/tests/Integration/Lib/User/IntegrationTestUserAvatar.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/tests/Integration/Lib/User/IntegrationTestUserAvatar.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 namespace OCA\User_LDAP\Tests\Integration\Lib\User;
 
-use OCA\User_LDAP\FilesystemHelper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Mapping\UserMapping;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Tests\Integration\AbstractIntegrationTest;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\User\DeletedUsersIndex;
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ class IntegrationTestUserAvatar extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
 	protected function initUserManager() {
 		$this->userManager = new Manager(
 			\OC::$server->getConfig(),
-			new FilesystemHelper(),
 			\OC::$server->get(LoggerInterface::class),
 			\OC::$server->get(IAvatarManager::class),
 			new Image(),
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/tests/User/ManagerTest.php b/apps/user_ldap/tests/User/ManagerTest.php
index 449f159ec4d..4f504ff5f7a 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/tests/User/ManagerTest.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/tests/User/ManagerTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace OCA\User_LDAP\Tests\User;
 
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Access;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Connection;
-use OCA\User_LDAP\FilesystemHelper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\ILDAPWrapper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\User\Manager;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\User\User;
@@ -36,9 +35,6 @@ class ManagerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	/** @var IConfig|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
 	protected $config;
 
-	/** @var FilesystemHelper|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
-	protected $fileSystemHelper;
-
 	/** @var LoggerInterface|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
 	protected $logger;
 
@@ -73,7 +69,6 @@ class ManagerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		$this->access = $this->createMock(Access::class);
 		$this->config = $this->createMock(IConfig::class);
-		$this->fileSystemHelper = $this->createMock(FilesystemHelper::class);
 		$this->logger = $this->createMock(LoggerInterface::class);
 		$this->avatarManager = $this->createMock(IAvatarManager::class);
 		$this->image = $this->createMock(Image::class);
@@ -91,7 +86,6 @@ class ManagerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		/** @noinspection PhpUnhandledExceptionInspection */
 		$this->manager = new Manager(
 			$this->config,
-			$this->fileSystemHelper,
 			$this->logger,
 			$this->avatarManager,
 			$this->image,
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/tests/User/UserTest.php b/apps/user_ldap/tests/User/UserTest.php
index 7c39aa155dc..badbca7f476 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/tests/User/UserTest.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/tests/User/UserTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace OCA\User_LDAP\Tests\User;
 
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Access;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\Connection;
-use OCA\User_LDAP\FilesystemHelper;
 use OCA\User_LDAP\User\User;
 use OCP\IAvatar;
 use OCP\IAvatarManager;
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	protected $connection;
 	/** @var IConfig|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
 	protected $config;
-	/** @var FilesystemHelper|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
-	protected $filesystemhelper;
 	/** @var INotificationManager|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
 	protected $notificationManager;
 	/** @var IUserManager|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject */
@@ -67,7 +64,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->willReturn($this->connection);
 
 		$this->config = $this->createMock(IConfig::class);
-		$this->filesystemhelper = $this->createMock(FilesystemHelper::class);
 		$this->logger = $this->createMock(LoggerInterface::class);
 		$this->avatarManager = $this->createMock(IAvatarManager::class);
 		$this->image = $this->createMock(Image::class);
@@ -79,7 +75,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			$this->dn,
 			$this->access,
 			$this->config,
-			$this->filesystemhelper,
 			$this->image,
 			$this->logger,
 			$this->avatarManager,
@@ -508,10 +503,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->method('setUserValue')
 			->with($this->uid, 'user_ldap', 'lastAvatarChecksum', md5('this is a photo'));
 
-		$this->filesystemhelper->expects($this->once())
-			->method('isLoaded')
-			->willReturn(true);
-
 		$avatar = $this->createMock(IAvatar::class);
 		$avatar->expects($this->once())
 			->method('set')
@@ -559,9 +550,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->config->expects($this->never())
 			->method('setUserValue');
 
-		$this->filesystemhelper->expects($this->never())
-			->method('isLoaded');
-
 		$avatar = $this->createMock(IAvatar::class);
 		$avatar->expects($this->never())
 			->method('set');
@@ -626,10 +614,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->method('setUserValue')
 			->with($this->uid, 'user_ldap', 'lastAvatarChecksum', md5('this is a photo'));
 
-		$this->filesystemhelper->expects($this->once())
-			->method('isLoaded')
-			->willReturn(true);
-
 		$avatar = $this->createMock(IAvatar::class);
 		$avatar->expects($this->once())
 			->method('set')
@@ -681,9 +665,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->config->expects($this->never())
 			->method('setUserValue');
 
-		$this->filesystemhelper->expects($this->never())
-			->method('isLoaded');
-
 		$avatar = $this->createMock(IAvatar::class);
 		$avatar->expects($this->never())
 			->method('set');
@@ -739,10 +720,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->config->expects($this->never())
 			->method('setUserValue');
 
-		$this->filesystemhelper->expects($this->once())
-			->method('isLoaded')
-			->willReturn(true);
-
 		$avatar = $this->createMock(IAvatar::class);
 		$avatar->expects($this->once())
 			->method('set')
@@ -792,9 +769,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->config->expects($this->never())
 			->method('setUserValue');
 
-		$this->filesystemhelper->expects($this->never())
-			->method('isLoaded');
-
 		$this->avatarManager->expects($this->never())
 			->method('getAvatar');
 
@@ -917,7 +891,6 @@ class UserTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				$this->dn,
 				$this->access,
 				$this->config,
-				$this->filesystemhelper,
 				$this->image,
 				$this->logger,
 				$this->avatarManager,