diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
index 859dcaf4ed824..82f47d61ded41 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/FederatedShareProvider.php
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ public function removeShareFromTable(IShare $share) {
 	private function removeShareFromTableById($shareId) {
 		$qb = $this->dbConnection->getQueryBuilder();
 		$qb->delete('share')
-			->where($qb->expr()->eq('id', $qb->createNamedParameter($shareId)));
+			->where($qb->expr()->eq('id', $qb->createNamedParameter($shareId)))
+			->where($qb->expr()->neq('share_type', $qb->createNamedParameter(IShare::TYPE_CIRCLE)));
 		$qb->execute();
 
 		$qb->delete('federated_reshares')