diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
index c0ba0b556291b..370ff883a769f 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ public function viewApps(): TemplateResponse {
 
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreEnabled', $this->config->getSystemValueBool('appstoreenabled', true));
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreBundles', $this->getBundles());
-		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreDeveloperDocs', $this->urlGenerator->linkToDocs('developer-manual'));
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreUpdateCount', count($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 a35cd94da95fb..4d8a2b3e48ce1 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue
+++ b/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@
 				</NcAppNavigationItem>
 			</template>
 
-			<NcAppNavigationItem id="app-developer-docs"
-				:name="t('settings', 'Developer documentation ↗')"
-				:href="developerDocsUrl" />
 		</template>
 	</NcAppNavigation>
 </template>
@@ -115,7 +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 f72bd45a3d234..a41cc767bcb40 100644
--- a/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public function testViewApps(): void {
 			->with('core_apps');
 
 		$this->initialState
-			->expects($this->exactly(4))
+			->expects($this->exactly(3))
 			->method('provideInitialState');
 
 		$policy = new ContentSecurityPolicy();
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public function testViewAppsAppstoreNotEnabled(): void {
 			->with('core_apps');
 
 		$this->initialState
-			->expects($this->exactly(4))
+			->expects($this->exactly(3))
 			->method('provideInitialState');
 
 		$policy = new ContentSecurityPolicy();