diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Command/TransferOwnership.php b/apps/files/lib/Command/TransferOwnership.php
index edc73e62c38..c235fc88960 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Command/TransferOwnership.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Command/TransferOwnership.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class TransferOwnership extends Command {
 				'transfer-incoming-shares',
 				null,
 				InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
-				'transfer incoming user file shares to destination user. Usage: --transfer-incoming-shares=1 (value required)',
+				'Incoming shares are always transferred now, so this option does not affect the ownership transfer anymore',
 				'2'
 			);
 	}
@@ -88,27 +88,6 @@ class TransferOwnership extends Command {
 		}
 
 		try {
-			$includeIncomingArgument = $input->getOption('transfer-incoming-shares');
-
-			switch ($includeIncomingArgument) {
-				case '0':
-					$includeIncoming = false;
-					break;
-				case '1':
-					$includeIncoming = true;
-					break;
-				case '2':
-					$includeIncoming = $this->config->getSystemValue('transferIncomingShares', false);
-					if (gettype($includeIncoming) !== 'boolean') {
-						$output->writeln("<error> config.php: 'transfer-incoming-shares': wrong usage. Transfer aborted.</error>");
-						return self::FAILURE;
-					}
-					break;
-				default:
-					$output->writeln('<error>Option --transfer-incoming-shares: wrong usage. Transfer aborted.</error>');
-					return self::FAILURE;
-			}
-
 			$this->transferService->transfer(
 				$sourceUserObject,
 				$destinationUserObject,
@@ -116,7 +95,6 @@ class TransferOwnership extends Command {
 				$output,
 				$input->getOption('move') === true,
 				false,
-				$includeIncoming
 			);
 		} catch (TransferOwnershipException $e) {
 			$output->writeln('<error>' . $e->getMessage() . '</error>');
diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Service/OwnershipTransferService.php b/apps/files/lib/Service/OwnershipTransferService.php
index ffccc550e2a..0517305f13a 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Service/OwnershipTransferService.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Service/OwnershipTransferService.php
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ class OwnershipTransferService {
 		?OutputInterface $output = null,
 		bool $move = false,
 		bool $firstLogin = false,
-		bool $transferIncomingShares = false,
 	): void {
 		$output = $output ?? new NullOutput();
 		$sourceUid = $sourceUser->getUID();
@@ -156,28 +155,26 @@ class OwnershipTransferService {
 		$sizeDifference = $sourceSize - $view->getFileInfo($finalTarget)->getSize();
 
 		// transfer the incoming shares
-		if ($transferIncomingShares === true) {
-			$sourceShares = $this->collectIncomingShares(
-				$sourceUid,
-				$output,
-				$sourcePath,
-			);
-			$destinationShares = $this->collectIncomingShares(
-				$destinationUid,
-				$output,
-				null,
-			);
-			$this->transferIncomingShares(
-				$sourceUid,
-				$destinationUid,
-				$sourceShares,
-				$destinationShares,
-				$output,
-				$path,
-				$finalTarget,
-				$move
-			);
-		}
+		$sourceShares = $this->collectIncomingShares(
+			$sourceUid,
+			$output,
+			$sourcePath,
+		);
+		$destinationShares = $this->collectIncomingShares(
+			$destinationUid,
+			$output,
+			null,
+		);
+		$this->transferIncomingShares(
+			$sourceUid,
+			$destinationUid,
+			$sourceShares,
+			$destinationShares,
+			$output,
+			$path,
+			$finalTarget,
+			$move
+		);
 
 		$destinationPath = $finalTarget . '/' . $path;
 		// restore the shares
diff --git a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/CommandLineContext.php b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/CommandLineContext.php
index 5ea8d12a970..b2ca1a45bf7 100644
--- a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/CommandLineContext.php
+++ b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/CommandLineContext.php
@@ -108,19 +108,6 @@ class CommandLineContext implements \Behat\Behat\Context\Context {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @When /^transferring ownership of path "([^"]+)" from "([^"]+)" to "([^"]+)" with received shares$/
-	 */
-	public function transferringOwnershipPathWithIncomingShares($path, $user1, $user2) {
-		$path = '--path=' . $path;
-		if ($this->runOcc(['files:transfer-ownership', $path, $user1, $user2, '--transfer-incoming-shares=1']) === 0) {
-			$this->lastTransferPath = $this->findLastTransferFolderForUser($user1, $user2);
-		} else {
-			// failure
-			$this->lastTransferPath = null;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @When /^using received transfer folder of "([^"]+)" as dav path$/
 	 */
diff --git a/build/integration/files_features/transfer-ownership.feature b/build/integration/files_features/transfer-ownership.feature
index 4e5407cadbb..6f7a7944166 100644
--- a/build/integration/files_features/transfer-ownership.feature
+++ b/build/integration/files_features/transfer-ownership.feature
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ Feature: transfer-ownership
 		And As an "user2"
 		Then Downloaded content when downloading file "/test/somefile.txt" with range "bytes=0-6" should be "This is"
 		And using old dav path
-		And as "user0" the folder "/test" exists
+		And as "user0" the folder "/test" does not exist
 		And using received transfer folder of "user1" as dav path
-		And as "user1" the folder "/test" does not exist
-		And As an "user0"
+		And as "user1" the folder "/test" exists
+		And As an "user1"
 		And Getting info of last share
 		And the OCS status code should be "100"
 		And Share fields of last share match with
@@ -210,13 +210,12 @@ Feature: transfer-ownership
 		And user "user1" accepts last share
 		When transferring ownership from "user0" to "user1"
 		And the command was successful
-		And As an "user1"
-		Then Downloaded content when downloading file "/test/somefile.txt" with range "bytes=0-6" should be "This is"
 		And using old dav path
-		And as "user0" the folder "/test" exists
+		Then as "user0" the folder "/test" does not exist
+		When As an "user1"
 		And using received transfer folder of "user1" as dav path
-		And as "user1" the folder "/test" does not exist
-		And As an "user1"
+		Then as "user1" the folder "/test" exists
+		And Downloaded content when downloading file "/test/somefile.txt" with range "bytes=0-6" should be "This is"
 		And Getting info of last share
 		And the OCS status code should be "100"
 		And Share fields of last share match with
@@ -242,10 +241,10 @@ Feature: transfer-ownership
 		And As an "user2"
 		Then Downloaded content when downloading file "/test/somefile.txt" with range "bytes=0-6" should be "This is"
 		And using old dav path
-		And as "user0" the folder "/test" exists
+		And as "user0" the folder "/test" does not exist
 		And using received transfer folder of "user1" as dav path
-		And as "user1" the folder "/test" does not exist
-		And As an "user0"
+		And as "user1" the folder "/test" exists
+		And As an "user1"
 		And Getting info of last share
 		And the OCS status code should be "100"
 		And Share fields of last share match with
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ Feature: transfer-ownership
 			| uid_file_owner | user3 |
 			| share_with | group1 |
 
-	Scenario: transferring ownership does not transfer received shares
+	Scenario: transferring ownership transfers received shares
 		Given user "user0" exists
 		And user "user1" exists
 		And user "user2" exists
@@ -264,16 +263,16 @@ Feature: transfer-ownership
 		And the command was successful
 		And As an "user1"
 		And using received transfer folder of "user1" as dav path
-		Then as "user1" the folder "/test" does not exist
+		Then as "user1" the folder "/test" exists
 		And using old dav path
-		And as "user0" the folder "/test" exists
+		And as "user0" the folder "/test" does not exist
 		And As an "user2"
 		And Getting info of last share
 		And the OCS status code should be "100"
 		And Share fields of last share match with
 			| uid_owner | user2 |
 			| uid_file_owner | user2 |
-			| share_with | user0 |
+			| share_with | user1 |
 
 	@local_storage
 	Scenario: transferring ownership does not transfer external storage
@@ -516,26 +515,6 @@ Feature: transfer-ownership
 		Then the command failed with exit code 1
 		And the command error output contains the text "Moving a storage (user0/files/test) into another storage (user1) is not allowed"
 
-	Scenario: transferring ownership does not transfer received shares
-		Given user "user0" exists
-		And user "user1" exists
-		And user "user2" exists
-		And User "user2" created a folder "/test"
-		And User "user0" created a folder "/sub"
-		And folder "/test" of user "user2" is shared with user "user0" with permissions 31
-		And user "user0" accepts last share
-		And User "user0" moved folder "/test" to "/sub/test"
-		When transferring ownership of path "sub" from "user0" to "user1"
-		And the command was successful
-		And As an "user1"
-		And using received transfer folder of "user1" as dav path
-		Then as "user1" the folder "/sub" exists
-		And as "user1" the folder "/sub/test" does not exist
-		And using old dav path
-		And as "user0" the folder "/sub" does not exist
-		And Getting info of last share
-		And the OCS status code should be "404"
-
 	Scenario: transferring ownership transfers received shares into subdir when requested
 		Given user "user0" exists
 		And user "user1" exists
@@ -548,7 +527,7 @@ Feature: transfer-ownership
 		And User "user0" moved folder "/transfer-share" to "/sub/transfer-share"
 		And folder "/do-not-transfer" of user "user2" is shared with user "user0" with permissions 31
 		And user "user0" accepts last share
-		When transferring ownership of path "sub" from "user0" to "user1" with received shares
+		When transferring ownership of path "sub" from "user0" to "user1"
 		And the command was successful
 		And As an "user1"
 		And using received transfer folder of "user1" as dav path