diff --git a/IONOS b/IONOS
index 30be7051586fa..7d2d1bb7bbfee 160000
--- a/IONOS
+++ b/IONOS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 30be7051586faae63a143d061925045dd800dba5
+Subproject commit 7d2d1bb7bbfee8e7fd0e3443a18bf4c303d53095
diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
index d76408010da79..370ff883a769f 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 use OCP\Files\SimpleFS\ISimpleFile;
 use OCP\Files\SimpleFS\ISimpleFolder;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
-use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IGroup;
 use OCP\IL10N;
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ public function __construct(
 		private IInitialState $initialState,
 		private AppDiscoverFetcher $discoverFetcher,
 		private IClientService $clientService,
-		private IAppConfig $appConfig,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct($appName, $request);
 		$this->appData = $appDataFactory->get('appstore');
@@ -92,12 +90,6 @@ public function viewApps(): TemplateResponse {
 
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreEnabled', $this->config->getSystemValueBool('appstoreenabled', true));
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreBundles', $this->getBundles());
-
-		// Conditionally set developer docs link based on configuration
-		$displayDocumentationLink = $this->appConfig->getValueBool('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true);
-		$developerDocsUrl = $displayDocumentationLink ? $this->urlGenerator->linkToDocs('developer-manual') : '';
-		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreDeveloperDocs', $developerDocsUrl);
-
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreUpdateCount', count($this->getAppsWithUpdates()));
 
 		if ($this->appManager->isInstalled('app_api')) {
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue b/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue
index 3507006c47d5b..4d8a2b3e48ce1 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue
+++ b/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@
 				</NcAppNavigationItem>
 			</template>
 
-			<NcAppNavigationItem  v-if="developerDocsUrl"
-				id="app-developer-docs"
-				:name="t('settings', 'Developer documentation ↗')"
-				:href="developerDocsUrl" />
 		</template>
 	</NcAppNavigation>
 </template>
@@ -116,7 +112,6 @@ import NcLoadingIcon from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcLoadingIcon.js'
 import APPSTORE_CATEGORY_ICONS from '../constants/AppstoreCategoryIcons.ts'
 
 const appstoreEnabled = loadState<boolean>('settings', 'appstoreEnabled', true)
-const developerDocsUrl = loadState<string>('settings', 'appstoreDeveloperDocs', '')
 
 const store = useAppsStore()
 const categories = computed(() => store.categories)
diff --git a/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php b/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php
index 3c0df4532d79f..f72bd45a3d234 100644
--- a/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 use OCP\AppFramework\Services\IInitialState;
 use OCP\Files\AppData\IAppDataFactory;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
-use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\INavigationManager;
@@ -46,8 +45,6 @@ class AppSettingsControllerTest extends TestCase {
 	private $l10n;
 	/** @var IConfig|MockObject */
 	private $config;
-	/** @var IAppConfig|MockObject */
-	private $appConfig;
 	/** @var INavigationManager|MockObject */
 	private $navigationManager;
 	private AppManager&MockObject $appManager;
@@ -84,7 +81,6 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 			->method('t')
 			->willReturnArgument(0);
 		$this->config = $this->createMock(IConfig::class);
-		$this->appConfig = $this->createMock(IAppConfig::class);
 		$this->navigationManager = $this->createMock(INavigationManager::class);
 		$this->appManager = $this->createMock(AppManager::class);
 		$this->categoryFetcher = $this->createMock(CategoryFetcher::class);
@@ -116,7 +112,6 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 			$this->initialState,
 			$this->discoverFetcher,
 			$this->clientService,
-			$this->appConfig,
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -185,31 +180,14 @@ public function testViewApps(): void {
 			->method('getSystemValueBool')
 			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
 			->willReturn(true);
-		$this->appConfig
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('getValueBool')
-			->with('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true)
-			->willReturn(true);
 		$this->navigationManager
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('setActiveEntry')
 			->with('core_apps');
 
-		// Test that developer docs link is generated correctly
-		$this->urlGenerator
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('linkToDocs')
-			->with('developer-manual')
-			->willReturn('https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/');
-
 		$this->initialState
 			->expects($this->exactly(4))
-			->method('provideInitialState')
-			->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $value) {
-				if ($key === 'appstoreDeveloperDocs') {
-					$this->assertEquals('https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/', $value);
-				}
-			});
+			->method('provideInitialState');
 
 		$policy = new ContentSecurityPolicy();
 		$policy->addAllowedImageDomain('https://usercontent.apps.nextcloud.com');
@@ -235,31 +213,14 @@ public function testViewAppsAppstoreNotEnabled(): void {
 			->method('getSystemValueBool')
 			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
 			->willReturn(false);
-		$this->appConfig
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('getValueBool')
-			->with('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true)
-			->willReturn(true);
 		$this->navigationManager
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('setActiveEntry')
 			->with('core_apps');
 
-		// Test that developer docs link is still generated even when appstore is disabled
-		$this->urlGenerator
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('linkToDocs')
-			->with('developer-manual')
-			->willReturn('https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/');
-
 		$this->initialState
 			->expects($this->exactly(4))
-			->method('provideInitialState')
-			->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $value) {
-				if ($key === 'appstoreDeveloperDocs') {
-					$this->assertEquals('https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/', $value);
-				}
-			});
+			->method('provideInitialState');
 
 		$policy = new ContentSecurityPolicy();
 		$policy->addAllowedImageDomain('https://usercontent.apps.nextcloud.com');
@@ -274,88 +235,4 @@ public function testViewAppsAppstoreNotEnabled(): void {
 
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->appSettingsController->viewApps());
 	}
-
-	public function testDeveloperDocumentationLinkHiddenWhenConfigured(): void {
-		$this->installer->expects($this->any())
-			->method('isUpdateAvailable')
-			->willReturn(false);
-		$this->bundleFetcher->expects($this->once())->method('getBundles')->willReturn([]);
-		$this->config
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('getSystemValueBool')
-			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
-			->willReturn(true);
-		$this->appConfig
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('getValueBool')
-			->with('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true)
-			->willReturn(false);
-		$this->navigationManager
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('setActiveEntry')
-			->with('core_apps');
-
-		// When display_documentation_link is false, linkToDocs should not be called
-		$this->urlGenerator
-			->expects($this->never())
-			->method('linkToDocs');
-
-		$providedStates = [];
-		$this->initialState
-			->expects($this->exactly(4))
-			->method('provideInitialState')
-			->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $value) use (&$providedStates) {
-				$providedStates[$key] = $value;
-			});
-
-		$this->appSettingsController->viewApps();
-
-		// Assert that the developer docs state was provided with an empty string
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('appstoreDeveloperDocs', $providedStates);
-		$this->assertEquals('', $providedStates['appstoreDeveloperDocs']);
-	}
-
-	public function testDeveloperDocumentationLinkShownByDefault(): void {
-		$this->installer->expects($this->any())
-			->method('isUpdateAvailable')
-			->willReturn(false);
-		$this->bundleFetcher->expects($this->once())->method('getBundles')->willReturn([]);
-		$this->config
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('getSystemValueBool')
-			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
-			->willReturn(true);
-		$this->appConfig
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('getValueBool')
-			->with('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true)
-			->willReturn(true);
-		$this->navigationManager
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('setActiveEntry')
-			->with('core_apps');
-
-		$developerDocsUrl = 'https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/';
-
-		// When display_documentation_link is true (default), linkToDocs should be called
-		$this->urlGenerator
-			->expects($this->once())
-			->method('linkToDocs')
-			->with('developer-manual')
-			->willReturn($developerDocsUrl);
-
-		$providedStates = [];
-		$this->initialState
-			->expects($this->exactly(4))
-			->method('provideInitialState')
-			->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $value) use (&$providedStates) {
-				$providedStates[$key] = $value;
-			});
-
-		$this->appSettingsController->viewApps();
-
-		// Assert that the developer docs state was provided with the correct URL
-		$this->assertArrayHasKey('appstoreDeveloperDocs', $providedStates);
-		$this->assertEquals($developerDocsUrl, $providedStates['appstoreDeveloperDocs']);
-	}
 }