diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ShareAPIController.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ShareAPIController.php
index 43f43d10731a3..ab318a81fc232 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ShareAPIController.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ShareAPIController.php
@@ -478,7 +478,14 @@ public function createShare(
 		$share = $this->shareManager->newShare();
 
 		if ($permissions === null) {
-			$permissions = (int)$this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_default_permissions', (string)Constants::PERMISSION_ALL);
+			if ($shareType === IShare::TYPE_LINK
+				|| $shareType === IShare::TYPE_EMAIL) {
+
+				// to keep legacy default behaviour, we ignore the setting below for link shares
+				$permissions = Constants::PERMISSION_READ;
+			} else {
+				$permissions = (int)$this->config->getAppValue('core', 'shareapi_default_permissions', (string)Constants::PERMISSION_ALL);
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Verify path
@@ -581,8 +588,6 @@ public function createShare(
 					Constants::PERMISSION_CREATE |
 					Constants::PERMISSION_UPDATE |
 					Constants::PERMISSION_DELETE;
-			} else {
-				$permissions = Constants::PERMISSION_READ;
 			}
 
 			// TODO: It might make sense to have a dedicated setting to allow/deny converting link shares into federated ones
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/ApiTest.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/ApiTest.php
index 9b88297a30959..4d7389be24ed0 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/ApiTest.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/ApiTest.php
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ public function testCreateShareLink() {
 		$ocs->cleanup();
 
 		$data = $result->getData();
-		$this->assertEquals(\OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_READ |
-			\OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_SHARE,
+		$this->assertEquals(\OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_ALL,
 			$data['permissions']);
 		$this->assertEmpty($data['expiration']);
 		$this->assertTrue(is_string($data['token']));
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ShareAPIControllerTest.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ShareAPIControllerTest.php
index 6f053eef12464..6405181d0dcc3 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ShareAPIControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/Controller/ShareAPIControllerTest.php
@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@ public function testCreateShareLinkPassword() {
 			$this->callback(function (\OCP\Share\IShare $share) use ($path) {
 				return $share->getNode() === $path &&
 				$share->getShareType() === IShare::TYPE_LINK &&
-				$share->getPermissions() === \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_READ &&
+				$share->getPermissions() === \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_ALL &&
 				$share->getSharedBy() === 'currentUser' &&
 				$share->getPassword() === 'password' &&
 				$share->getExpirationDate() === null;
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ public function testCreateShareLinkSendPasswordByTalk() {
 			$this->callback(function (\OCP\Share\IShare $share) use ($path) {
 				return $share->getNode() === $path &&
 				$share->getShareType() === IShare::TYPE_LINK &&
-				$share->getPermissions() === \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_READ &&
+				$share->getPermissions() === \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_ALL &&
 				$share->getSharedBy() === 'currentUser' &&
 				$share->getPassword() === 'password' &&
 				$share->getSendPasswordByTalk() === true &&
@@ -2179,7 +2179,7 @@ public function testCreateShareValidExpireDate() {
 
 				return $share->getNode() === $path &&
 				$share->getShareType() === IShare::TYPE_LINK &&
-				$share->getPermissions() === \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_READ &&
+				$share->getPermissions() === \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_READ | \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_SHARE &&
 				$share->getSharedBy() === 'currentUser' &&
 				$share->getPassword() === null &&
 				$share->getExpirationDate() == $date;
@@ -2187,7 +2187,7 @@ public function testCreateShareValidExpireDate() {
 		)->willReturnArgument(0);
 
 		$expected = new DataResponse([]);
-		$result = $ocs->createShare('valid-path', \OCP\Constants::PERMISSION_ALL, IShare::TYPE_LINK, null, 'false', '', null, '2000-01-01');
+		$result = $ocs->createShare('valid-path', null, IShare::TYPE_LINK, null, 'false', '', null, '2000-01-01');
 
 		$this->assertInstanceOf(get_class($expected), $result);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected->getData(), $result->getData());