diff --git a/apps/files_external/js/settings.js b/apps/files_external/js/settings.js
index 285d4f7111809..5db9fe8fe5290 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/js/settings.js
+++ b/apps/files_external/js/settings.js
@@ -1021,14 +1021,6 @@ MountConfigListView.prototype = _.extend({
 			newElement = $('<input type="text" class="'+classes.join(' ')+'" data-parameter="'+parameter+'" placeholder="'+ trimmedPlaceholder+'" />');
 		}
 
-		if (placeholder.defaultValue) {
-			if (placeholder.type === MountConfigListView.ParameterTypes.BOOLEAN) {
-				newElement.find('input').prop('checked', placeholder.defaultValue);
-			} else {
-				newElement.val(placeholder.defaultValue);
-			}
-		}
-
 		if (placeholder.tooltip) {
 			newElement.attr('title', placeholder.tooltip);
 		}
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/AmazonS3.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/AmazonS3.php
index 4625880f4141f..d85ac3639dacf 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/AmazonS3.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/AmazonS3.php
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ public function __construct(IL10N $l, AccessKey $legacyAuth) {
 				(new DefinitionParameter('region', $l->t('Region')))
 					->setFlag(DefinitionParameter::FLAG_OPTIONAL),
 				(new DefinitionParameter('use_ssl', $l->t('Enable SSL')))
-					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN)
-					->setDefaultValue(true),
+					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN),
 				(new DefinitionParameter('use_path_style', $l->t('Enable Path Style')))
 					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN),
 				(new DefinitionParameter('legacy_auth', $l->t('Legacy (v2) authentication')))
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/DAV.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/DAV.php
index 71c97e639ff8c..cf16677334d59 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/DAV.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/DAV.php
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ public function __construct(IL10N $l, Password $legacyAuth) {
 				(new DefinitionParameter('root', $l->t('Remote subfolder')))
 					->setFlag(DefinitionParameter::FLAG_OPTIONAL),
 				(new DefinitionParameter('secure', $l->t('Secure https://')))
-					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN)
-					->setDefaultValue(true),
+					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN),
 			])
 			->addAuthScheme(AuthMechanism::SCHEME_PASSWORD)
 			->setLegacyAuthMechanism($legacyAuth)
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/FTP.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/FTP.php
index d7c6e3bebd69f..587f3e68535e7 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/FTP.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/FTP.php
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ public function __construct(IL10N $l, Password $legacyAuth) {
 				(new DefinitionParameter('root', $l->t('Remote subfolder')))
 					->setFlag(DefinitionParameter::FLAG_OPTIONAL),
 				(new DefinitionParameter('secure', $l->t('Secure ftps://')))
-					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN)
-					->setDefaultValue(true),
+					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN),
 			])
 			->addAuthScheme(AuthMechanism::SCHEME_PASSWORD)
 			->setLegacyAuthMechanism($legacyAuth)
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/OwnCloud.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/OwnCloud.php
index 97297b6a977f7..8b33b98b5c49d 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/OwnCloud.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Backend/OwnCloud.php
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ public function __construct(IL10N $l, Password $legacyAuth) {
 				(new DefinitionParameter('root', $l->t('Remote subfolder')))
 					->setFlag(DefinitionParameter::FLAG_OPTIONAL),
 				(new DefinitionParameter('secure', $l->t('Secure https://')))
-					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN)
-					->setDefaultValue(true),
+					->setType(DefinitionParameter::VALUE_BOOLEAN),
 			])
 			->addAuthScheme(AuthMechanism::SCHEME_PASSWORD)
 			->setLegacyAuthMechanism($legacyAuth)
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/DefinitionParameter.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/DefinitionParameter.php
index 440750faca8ca..fbfbbfd4686a6 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/DefinitionParameter.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/DefinitionParameter.php
@@ -57,18 +57,13 @@ class DefinitionParameter implements \JsonSerializable {
 	/** @var int flags, see self::FLAG_* constants */
 	private $flags = self::FLAG_NONE;
 
-	/** @var mixed */
-	private $defaultValue;
-
 	/**
-	 * @param string $name parameter name
-	 * @param string $text parameter description
-	 * @param mixed $defaultValue default value
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @param string $text
 	 */
-	public function __construct($name, $text, $defaultValue = null) {
+	public function __construct($name, $text) {
 		$this->name = $name;
 		$this->text = $text;
-		$this->defaultValue = $defaultValue;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -105,22 +100,6 @@ public function setType($type) {
 		return $this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @return mixed default value
-	 */
-	public function getDefaultValue() {
-		return $this->defaultValue;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param mixed $defaultValue default value
-	 * @return self
-	 */
-	public function setDefaultValue($defaultValue) {
-		$this->defaultValue = $defaultValue;
-		return $this;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @return string
 	 */
@@ -192,17 +171,12 @@ public function setTooltip(string $tooltip) {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public function jsonSerialize() {
-		$result = [
+		return [
 			'value' => $this->getText(),
 			'flags' => $this->getFlags(),
 			'type' => $this->getType(),
 			'tooltip' => $this->getTooltip(),
 		];
-		$defaultValue = $this->getDefaultValue();
-		if ($defaultValue) {
-			$result['defaultValue'] = $defaultValue;
-		}
-		return $result;
 	}
 
 	public function isOptional() {
diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/DefinitionParameterTest.php b/apps/files_external/tests/DefinitionParameterTest.php
index 04d5f6762c561..00df3e0aee143 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/DefinitionParameterTest.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/DefinitionParameterTest.php
@@ -36,18 +36,15 @@ public function testJsonSerialization() {
 		], $param->jsonSerialize());
 
 		$param->setType(Param::VALUE_BOOLEAN);
-		$param->setDefaultValue(true);
 		$this->assertEquals([
 			'value' => 'bar',
 			'flags' => 0,
 			'type' => Param::VALUE_BOOLEAN,
 			'tooltip' => '',
-			'defaultValue' => true,
 		], $param->jsonSerialize());
 
 		$param->setType(Param::VALUE_PASSWORD);
 		$param->setFlag(Param::FLAG_OPTIONAL);
-		$param->setDefaultValue(null);
 		$this->assertEquals([
 			'value' => 'bar',
 			'flags' => Param::FLAG_OPTIONAL,