diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ReadTreeResponseFactory.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ReadTreeResponseFactory.ts
index 70d8f63af8..5fdd633102 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ReadTreeResponseFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ReadTreeResponseFactory.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export class DefaultReadTreeResponseFactory implements ReadTreeResponseFactory {
       this.workDir,
       options.etag,
       options.filter,
-      options.stripFirstDirectory,
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/types.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/types.ts
index 2d9c305b85..b7e1ff823f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/types.ts
@@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ export type ReadTreeResponseFactoryOptions = {
   etag: string;
   // Filter passed on from the ReadTreeOptions
   filter?: (path: string, info?: { size: number }) => boolean;
-
-  // Strip the first directory in the readTree response
-  stripFirstDirectory?: boolean;
 };
 
 /** @public */