diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Admin/Sharing.php b/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Admin/Sharing.php
index ffc40790a0f..d4ebf1fedd0 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Admin/Sharing.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Admin/Sharing.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Sharing implements IDelegatedSettings {
 			'restrictUserEnumerationFullMatchDisplayname' => $this->shareManager->matchDisplayName(),
 			'restrictUserEnumerationFullMatchEmail' => $this->shareManager->matchEmail(),
 			'restrictUserEnumerationFullMatchIgnoreSecondDN' => $this->shareManager->ignoreSecondDisplayName(),
-			'enforceLinksPassword' => Util::isPublicLinkPasswordRequired(false),
+			'enforceLinksPassword' => $this->shareManager->shareApiLinkEnforcePassword(false),
 			'enforceLinksPasswordExcludedGroups' => json_decode($excludedPasswordGroups) ?? [],
 			'enforceLinksPasswordExcludedGroupsEnabled' => $this->config->getSystemValueBool('sharing.allow_disabled_password_enforcement_groups', false),
 			'onlyShareWithGroupMembers' => $this->shareManager->shareWithGroupMembersOnly(),
diff --git a/lib/public/Util.php b/lib/public/Util.php
index 7cb22368c1e..c175ca42567 100644
--- a/lib/public/Util.php
+++ b/lib/public/Util.php
@@ -547,15 +547,18 @@ class Util {
 	 * @param bool $checkGroupMembership Check group membership exclusion
 	 * @return boolean
 	 * @since 7.0.0
+	 * @deprecated 34.0.0 use OCP\Share\IManager's shareApiLinkEnforcePassword directly
 	 */
 	public static function isPublicLinkPasswordRequired(bool $checkGroupMembership = true) {
 		return \OC_Util::isPublicLinkPasswordRequired($checkGroupMembership);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * check if share API enforces a default expire date
+	 * Check if share API enforces a default expire date
+	 *
 	 * @return boolean
 	 * @since 8.0.0
+	 * @deprecated 34.0.0 use OCP\Share\IManager's shareApiLinkDefaultExpireDateEnforced directly
 	 */
 	public static function isDefaultExpireDateEnforced() {
 		return \OC_Util::isDefaultExpireDateEnforced();