diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php b/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
index b8090e1cf29..7931686c92e 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php
@@ -283,16 +283,9 @@ class ViewController extends Controller {
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('templates_path', $this->templateManager->hasTemplateDirectory() ? $this->templateManager->getTemplatePath() : false);
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('templates', $this->templateManager->listCreators());
 
-		$params = [
-			'fileNotFound' => $fileNotFound ? 1 : 0,
-			'id-app-content' => '#app-content-vue',
-			'id-app-navigation' => '#app-navigation-vue',
-		];
-
 		$response = new TemplateResponse(
 			Application::APP_ID,
 			'index',
-			$params
 		);
 		$policy = new ContentSecurityPolicy();
 		$policy->addAllowedFrameDomain('\'self\'');
diff --git a/apps/files/src/FilesApp.vue b/apps/files/src/FilesApp.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2a7f495c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files/src/FilesApp.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<template>
+	<NcContent app-name="files">
+		<Navigation />
+		<FilesList />
+	</NcContent>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import { defineComponent } from 'vue'
+
+import NcContent from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcContent.js'
+
+import Navigation from './views/Navigation.vue'
+import FilesList from './views/FilesList.vue'
+
+export default defineComponent({
+	name: 'FilesApp',
+
+	components: {
+		NcContent,
+		FilesList,
+		Navigation,
+	},
+})
+</script>
diff --git a/apps/files/src/main.ts b/apps/files/src/main.ts
index 1206b9cc711..08fb3f562ab 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/files/src/main.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import router from './router/router'
 import RouterService from './services/RouterService'
 import SettingsModel from './models/Setting.js'
 import SettingsService from './services/Settings.js'
+import FilesApp from './FilesApp.vue'
 
 // @ts-expect-error __webpack_nonce__ is injected by webpack
 __webpack_nonce__ = btoa(getRequestToken())
@@ -42,23 +43,8 @@ const Settings = new SettingsService()
 Object.assign(window.OCA.Files, { Settings })
 Object.assign(window.OCA.Files.Settings, { Setting: SettingsModel })
 
-// Init Navigation View
-const View = Vue.extend(NavigationView)
-const FilesNavigationRoot = new View({
-	name: 'FilesNavigationRoot',
-	propsData: {
-		Navigation,
-	},
+const FilesAppVue = Vue.extend(FilesApp)
+new FilesAppVue({
 	router,
 	pinia,
-})
-FilesNavigationRoot.$mount('#app-navigation-files')
-
-// Init content list view
-const ListView = Vue.extend(FilesListView)
-const FilesList = new ListView({
-	name: 'FilesListRoot',
-	router,
-	pinia,
-})
-FilesList.$mount('#app-content-vue')
+}).$mount('#content')
diff --git a/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.cy.ts b/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.cy.ts
index cf3512bce0e..07d9eee80cb 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.cy.ts
+++ b/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.cy.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ import router from '../router/router'
 import { useViewConfigStore } from '../store/viewConfig'
 import { Folder, View, getNavigation } from '@nextcloud/files'
 
+import Vue from 'vue'
+
 describe('Navigation renders', () => {
 	delete window._nc_navigation
 	const Navigation = getNavigation()
 
 	before(() => {
+		Vue.prototype.$navigation = Navigation
+
 		cy.mockInitialState('files', 'storageStats', {
 			used: 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
 			quota: -1,
@@ -22,9 +26,6 @@ describe('Navigation renders', () => {
 
 	it('renders', () => {
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
-			propsData: {
-				Navigation,
-			},
 			global: {
 				plugins: [createTestingPinia({
 					createSpy: cy.spy,
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ describe('Navigation API', () => {
 	delete window._nc_navigation
 	const Navigation = getNavigation()
 
+	before(() => {
+		Vue.prototype.$navigation = Navigation
+	})
+
 	it('Check API entries rendering', () => {
 		Navigation.register(new View({
 			id: 'files',
@@ -52,9 +57,6 @@ describe('Navigation API', () => {
 		}))
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
-			propsData: {
-				Navigation,
-			},
 			global: {
 				plugins: [createTestingPinia({
 					createSpy: cy.spy,
@@ -79,9 +81,6 @@ describe('Navigation API', () => {
 		}))
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
-			propsData: {
-				Navigation,
-			},
 			global: {
 				plugins: [createTestingPinia({
 					createSpy: cy.spy,
@@ -107,9 +106,6 @@ describe('Navigation API', () => {
 		}))
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
-			propsData: {
-				Navigation,
-			},
 			global: {
 				plugins: [createTestingPinia({
 					createSpy: cy.spy,
@@ -159,13 +155,14 @@ describe('Quota rendering', () => {
 	delete window._nc_navigation
 	const Navigation = getNavigation()
 
+	before(() => {
+		Vue.prototype.$navigation = Navigation
+	})
+
 	afterEach(() => cy.unmockInitialState())
 
 	it('Unknown quota', () => {
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
-			propsData: {
-				Navigation,
-			},
 			global: {
 				plugins: [createTestingPinia({
 					createSpy: cy.spy,
@@ -183,9 +180,6 @@ describe('Quota rendering', () => {
 		})
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
-			propsData: {
-				Navigation,
-			},
 			global: {
 				plugins: [createTestingPinia({
 					createSpy: cy.spy,
@@ -206,9 +200,6 @@ describe('Quota rendering', () => {
 		})
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
-			propsData: {
-				Navigation,
-			},
 			global: {
 				plugins: [createTestingPinia({
 					createSpy: cy.spy,
@@ -230,9 +221,6 @@ describe('Quota rendering', () => {
 		})
 
 		cy.mount(NavigationView, {
-			propsData: {
-				Navigation,
-			},
 			global: {
 				plugins: [createTestingPinia({
 					createSpy: cy.spy,
diff --git a/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.vue b/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.vue
index 9e7a630128e..0895bd060ab 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/views/Navigation.vue
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts">
-import { emit, subscribe } from '@nextcloud/event-bus'
+import { emit } from '@nextcloud/event-bus'
 import { translate } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
 import Cog from 'vue-material-design-icons/Cog.vue'
 import NcAppNavigation from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcAppNavigation.js'
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ import NcIconSvgWrapper from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcIconSvgWrapper.js
 import { setPageHeading } from '../../../../core/src/OCP/accessibility.js'
 import { useViewConfigStore } from '../store/viewConfig.ts'
 import logger from '../logger.js'
-import type { Navigation, View } from '@nextcloud/files'
+import type { View } from '@nextcloud/files'
 import NavigationQuota from '../components/NavigationQuota.vue'
 import SettingsModal from './Settings.vue'
 
@@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ export default {
 		SettingsModal,
 	},
 
-	props: {
-		// eslint-disable-next-line vue/prop-name-casing
-		Navigation: {
-			type: Object as Navigation,
-			required: true,
-		},
-	},
-
 	setup() {
 		const viewConfigStore = useViewConfigStore()
 		return {
@@ -132,7 +124,7 @@ export default {
 		},
 
 		views(): View[] {
-			return this.Navigation.views
+			return this.$navigation.views
 		},
 
 		parentViews(): View[] {
@@ -164,7 +156,7 @@ export default {
 	watch: {
 		currentView(view, oldView) {
 			if (view.id !== oldView?.id) {
-				this.Navigation.setActive(view)
+				this.$navigation.setActive(view)
 				logger.debug('Navigation changed', { id: view.id, view })
 
 				this.showView(view)
@@ -183,7 +175,7 @@ export default {
 		showView(view: View) {
 			// Closing any opened sidebar
 			window?.OCA?.Files?.Sidebar?.close?.()
-			this.Navigation.setActive(view)
+			this.$navigation.setActive(view)
 			setPageHeading(view.name)
 			emit('files:navigation:changed', view)
 		},
@@ -191,6 +183,7 @@ export default {
 		/**
 		 * Expand/collapse a a view with children and permanently
 		 * save this setting in the server.
+		 * @param view
 		 */
 		onToggleExpand(view: View) {
 			// Invert state
@@ -203,6 +196,7 @@ export default {
 		/**
 		 * Check if a view is expanded by user config
 		 * or fallback to the default value.
+		 * @param view
 		 */
 		isExpanded(view: View): boolean {
 			return typeof this.viewConfigStore.getConfig(view.id)?.expanded === 'boolean'
@@ -212,6 +206,7 @@ export default {
 
 		/**
 		 * Generate the route to a view
+		 * @param view
 		 */
 		generateToNavigation(view: View) {
 			if (view.params) {
diff --git a/apps/files/templates/index.php b/apps/files/templates/index.php
index c974a37aa5b..9e4d6e56ec5 100644
--- a/apps/files/templates/index.php
+++ b/apps/files/templates/index.php
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-<!-- File navigation -->
-<div id="app-navigation-files" role="navigation"></div>
+<?php
 
-<!-- File list vue container -->
-<div id="app-content-vue" class="hidden"></div>
-
-<!-- config hints for javascript -->
-<input type="hidden" name="filesApp" id="filesApp" value="1" />
-<input type="hidden" name="fileNotFound" id="fileNotFound" value="<?php p($_['fileNotFound']); ?>" />
+// Empty template
diff --git a/apps/files/tests/Controller/ViewControllerTest.php b/apps/files/tests/Controller/ViewControllerTest.php
index 8b6fc5a05a9..588c93f8316 100644
--- a/apps/files/tests/Controller/ViewControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/files/tests/Controller/ViewControllerTest.php
@@ -184,11 +184,6 @@ class ViewControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		$expected = new Http\TemplateResponse(
 			'files',
 			'index',
-			[
-				'fileNotFound' => 0,
-				'id-app-content' => '#app-content-vue',
-				'id-app-navigation' => '#app-navigation-vue',
-			]
 		);
 		$policy = new Http\ContentSecurityPolicy();
 		$policy->addAllowedWorkerSrcDomain('\'self\'');