diff --git a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
index 738534a66..217b35d16 100644
--- a/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
+++ b/lib/AppInfo/Application.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 use OCA\Tables\Listener\TablesReferenceListener;
 use OCA\Tables\Listener\UserDeletedListener;
 use OCA\Tables\Reference\ContentReferenceProvider;
-use OCA\Tables\Reference\LegacyReferenceProvider;
 use OCA\Tables\Reference\ReferenceProvider;
 use OCA\Tables\Search\SearchTablesProvider;
 use OCP\AppFramework\App;
@@ -52,17 +51,7 @@ public function register(IRegistrationContext $context): void {
 
 		$context->registerSearchProvider(SearchTablesProvider::class);
 
-		try {
-			/** @var IConfig $config */
-			$config = Server::get(IConfig::class);
-			if (version_compare($config->getSystemValueString('version', '0.0.0'), '26.0.0', '<')) {
-				$context->registerReferenceProvider(LegacyReferenceProvider::class);
-			} else {
-				$context->registerReferenceProvider(ReferenceProvider::class);
-			}
-			$context->registerReferenceProvider(ContentReferenceProvider::class);
-		} catch (NotFoundExceptionInterface|ContainerExceptionInterface $e) {
-		}
+		$context->registerReferenceProvider(ReferenceProvider::class);
 
 		$context->registerCapability(Capabilities::class);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Reference/LegacyReferenceProvider.php b/lib/Reference/LegacyReferenceProvider.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 86088eba3..000000000
--- a/lib/Reference/LegacyReferenceProvider.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace OCA\Tables\Reference;
-
-use OC\Collaboration\Reference\ReferenceManager;
-use OCP\Collaboration\Reference\IReference;
-use OCP\Collaboration\Reference\IReferenceProvider;
-use OCP\IL10N;
-use OCP\IURLGenerator;
-
-class LegacyReferenceProvider implements IReferenceProvider {
-	private ReferenceHelper $referenceHelper;
-	private ReferenceManager $referenceManager;
-	private IURLGenerator $urlGenerator;
-	private IL10N $l10n;
-
-	public function __construct(IL10N $l10n, IURLGenerator $urlGenerator, ReferenceHelper $referenceHelper, ReferenceManager $referenceManager) {
-		$this->referenceHelper = $referenceHelper;
-		$this->referenceManager = $referenceManager;
-		$this->urlGenerator = $urlGenerator;
-		$this->l10n = $l10n;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @inheritDoc
-	 */
-	public function matchReference(string $referenceText): bool {
-		return $this->referenceHelper->matchReference($referenceText);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @inheritDoc
-	 */
-	public function resolveReference(string $referenceText): ?IReference {
-		return $this->referenceHelper->resolveReference($referenceText);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param string $url
-	 * @return int|null
-	 */
-	public function getTableIdFromLink(string $url): ?int {
-		return $this->referenceHelper->getTableIdFromLink($url);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @inheritDoc
-	 */
-	public function getCachePrefix(string $referenceId): string {
-		return $this->referenceHelper->getCachePrefix($referenceId);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @inheritDoc
-	 */
-	public function getCacheKey(string $referenceId): ?string {
-		return $this->referenceHelper->getCacheKey($referenceId);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param string $userId
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function invalidateUserCache(string $userId): void {
-		$this->referenceManager->invalidateCache($userId);
-	}
-}