diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/apps/workflowengine/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 52d221fb767..0444cce13e7 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ return array(
     'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\AppInfo\\Application' => $baseDir . '/../lib/AppInfo/Application.php',
     'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\BackgroundJobs\\Rotate' => $baseDir . '/../lib/BackgroundJobs/Rotate.php',
     'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\AbstractStringCheck' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Check/AbstractStringCheck.php',
-    'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\Directory' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Check/Directory.php',
     'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileMimeType' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Check/FileMimeType.php',
     'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileName' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Check/FileName.php',
     'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileSize' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Check/FileSize.php',
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/apps/workflowengine/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 57b569dbc10..0b9ac89ae30 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class ComposerStaticInitWorkflowEngine
         'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\AppInfo\\Application' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/AppInfo/Application.php',
         'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\BackgroundJobs\\Rotate' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/BackgroundJobs/Rotate.php',
         'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\AbstractStringCheck' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Check/AbstractStringCheck.php',
-        'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\Directory' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Check/Directory.php',
         'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileMimeType' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Check/FileMimeType.php',
         'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileName' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Check/FileName.php',
         'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileSize' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Check/FileSize.php',
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/lib/Check/Directory.php b/apps/workflowengine/lib/Check/Directory.php
deleted file mode 100644
index f7b856a95fe..00000000000
--- a/apps/workflowengine/lib/Check/Directory.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-/**
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- */
-namespace OCA\WorkflowEngine\Check;
-
-use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Entity\File;
-use OCP\IL10N;
-use OCP\WorkflowEngine\IFileCheck;
-
-class Directory extends AbstractStringCheck implements IFileCheck {
-	use TFileCheck;
-
-	/**
-	 * @param IL10N $l
-	 */
-	public function __construct(
-		IL10N $l,
-	) {
-		parent::__construct($l);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	protected function getActualValue(): string {
-		if ($this->path === null) {
-			return '';
-		}
-		// files/some/path -> some/path
-		return preg_replace('/^files\//', '', pathinfo($this->path, PATHINFO_DIRNAME));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param string $operator
-	 * @param string $checkValue
-	 * @param string $actualValue
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	protected function executeStringCheck($operator, $checkValue, $actualValue) {
-		if ($operator === 'is' || $operator === '!is') {
-			$checkValue = ltrim(rtrim($checkValue, '/'), '/');
-		}
-		return parent::executeStringCheck($operator, $checkValue, $actualValue);
-	}
-
-	public function supportedEntities(): array {
-		return [ File::class ];
-	}
-
-	public function isAvailableForScope(int $scope): bool {
-		return true;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/lib/Manager.php b/apps/workflowengine/lib/Manager.php
index 27b25a2e752..0f41679789d 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/lib/Manager.php
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/lib/Manager.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ namespace OCA\WorkflowEngine;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception;
 use OCA\WorkflowEngine\AppInfo\Application;
-use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Check\Directory;
 use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Check\FileMimeType;
 use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Check\FileName;
 use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Check\FileSize;
@@ -693,7 +692,6 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 	protected function getBuildInChecks(): array {
 		try {
 			return [
-				$this->container->query(Directory::class),
 				$this->container->query(FileMimeType::class),
 				$this->container->query(FileName::class),
 				$this->container->query(FileSize::class),
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Checks/file.js b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Checks/file.js
index b2d348e4712..568efc81cd3 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Checks/file.js
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Checks/file.js
@@ -31,19 +31,6 @@ const FileChecks = [
 		validate: stringValidator,
 	},
 
-	{
-		class: 'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\Directory',
-		name: t('workflowengine', 'Directory'),
-		operators: stringOrRegexOperators,
-		placeholder: (check) => {
-			if (check.operator === 'matches' || check.operator === '!matches') {
-				return '/^myfolder/.+$/i'
-			}
-			return 'myfolder/subfolder'
-		},
-		validate: stringValidator,
-	},
-
 	{
 		class: 'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileMimeType',
 		name: t('workflowengine', 'File MIME type'),
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/tests/Check/DirectoryTest.php b/apps/workflowengine/tests/Check/DirectoryTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eef082b5e5..00000000000
--- a/apps/workflowengine/tests/Check/DirectoryTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-/**
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- */
-
-namespace OCA\WorkflowEngine\Tests\Check;
-
-use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Check\Directory;
-use OCA\WorkflowEngine\Entity\File;
-use OCP\Files\Storage\IStorage;
-use OCP\IL10N;
-use Test\TestCase;
-
-class DirectoryTest extends TestCase {
-	/** @var IL10N */
-	private $l10n;
-
-	/** @var IStorage */
-	private $storage;
-
-	/** @var Directory */
-	private $directory;
-
-	protected function setUp(): void {
-		parent::setUp();
-		$this->l10n = $this->createMock(IL10N::class);
-		$this->storage = $this->createMock(IStorage::class);
-		$this->directory = new Directory($this->l10n);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @dataProvider dataProviderCheck
-	 */
-	public function testExecuteStringCheck(string $operator, string $configuredDirectoryPath, string $filePath, bool $expectedResult): void {
-		$this->directory->setFileInfo($this->storage, $filePath);
-
-		$result = $this->directory->executeCheck($operator, $configuredDirectoryPath);
-
-		$this->assertEquals($expectedResult, $result);
-	}
-
-	public function testSupportedEntities(): void {
-		$this->assertSame([File::class], $this->directory->supportedEntities());
-	}
-
-	public function testIsAvailableForScope(): void {
-		$this->assertTrue($this->directory->isAvailableForScope(1));
-	}
-
-	public function dataProviderCheck(): array {
-		return [
-			['is', 'some/path', 'files/some/path/file.txt', true],
-			['is', '/some/path/', 'files/some/path/file.txt', true],
-
-			['!is', 'some/path', 'files/some/path/file.txt', false],
-			['!is', 'some/path/', 'files/someother/path/file.txt', true],
-
-			['matches', '/^some\/path\/.+$/i', 'files/SomE/PATH/subfolder/file.txt', true],
-			['matches', '/some\/path\/.*\/sub2/', 'files/some/path/subfolder1/sub2/anotherfile.pdf', true],
-
-			['!matches', '/some\/path/', 'files/some/path/file.txt', false],
-			['!matches', '/some\/path/', 'files/another/path/file.txt', true],
-		];
-	}
-}
diff --git a/build/psalm-baseline.xml b/build/psalm-baseline.xml
index 73dfeab49e4..596ff92519e 100644
--- a/build/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ b/build/psalm-baseline.xml
@@ -2783,7 +2783,6 @@
       <code><![CDATA[query]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[query]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[query]]></code>
-      <code><![CDATA[query]]></code>
     </DeprecatedMethod>
     <InvalidArgument>
       <code><![CDATA[$missingCheck]]></code>