diff --git a/apps/files_external/js/mountsfilelist.js b/apps/files_external/js/mountsfilelist.js
index 3beee6f73b245..90b90e38745f4 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/js/mountsfilelist.js
+++ b/apps/files_external/js/mountsfilelist.js
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 		/** @lends OCA.External.FileList.prototype */ {
 		appName: 'External storages',
 
+		_allowSelection: false,
+
 		/**
 		 * @private
 		 */
@@ -56,7 +58,6 @@
 			$scopeColumn.find('span').text(scopeText);
 			$backendColumn.text(fileData.backend);
 			$tr.find('td.filename').after($scopeColumn).after($backendColumn);
-			$tr.find('td.filename input:checkbox').remove();
 			return $tr;
 		},
 
diff --git a/apps/files_external/js/statusmanager.js b/apps/files_external/js/statusmanager.js
index 6c1a965c33dd5..3850351d21315 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/js/statusmanager.js
+++ b/apps/files_external/js/statusmanager.js
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ OCA.External.StatusManager.Utils = {
 			}
 		});
 
-		var icon = trFolder.find('td:first-child div.thumbnail');
+		var icon = trFolder.find('td.filename div.thumbnail');
 		icon.each(function () {
 			var thisElement = $(this);
 			if (thisElement.data('oldImage') === undefined) {
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ OCA.External.StatusManager.Utils = {
 			trFolder = $('#fileList tr[data-file=\"' + OCA.External.StatusManager.Utils.jqSelEscape(folder) + '\"]');
 		}
 		trFolder.removeClass('externalErroredRow').removeClass('externalDisabledRow');
-		var tdChilds = trFolder.find("td:first-child div.thumbnail");
+		var tdChilds = trFolder.find("td.filename div.thumbnail");
 		tdChilds.each(function () {
 			var thisElement = $(this);
 			thisElement.css('background-image', thisElement.data('oldImage'));
@@ -529,10 +529,10 @@ OCA.External.StatusManager.Utils = {
 			$.each(filename, function (index) {
 				route = OCA.External.StatusManager.Utils.getIconRoute($(this));
 				$(this).attr("data-icon", route);
-				$(this).find('td:first-child div.thumbnail').css('background-image', "url(" + route + ")").css('display', 'none').css('display', 'inline');
+				$(this).find('td.filename div.thumbnail').css('background-image', "url(" + route + ")").css('display', 'none').css('display', 'inline');
 			});
 		} else {
-			file = $("#fileList tr[data-file=\"" + this.jqSelEscape(filename) + "\"] > td:first-child div.thumbnail");
+			file = $("#fileList tr[data-file=\"" + this.jqSelEscape(filename) + "\"] > td.filename div.thumbnail");
 			var parentTr = file.parents('tr:first');
 			route = OCA.External.StatusManager.Utils.getIconRoute(parentTr);
 			parentTr.attr("data-icon", route);
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ OCA.External.StatusManager.Utils = {
 		if (filename instanceof $) {
 			link = filename;
 		} else {
-			link = $("#fileList tr[data-file=\"" + this.jqSelEscape(filename) + "\"] > td:first-child a.name");
+			link = $("#fileList tr[data-file=\"" + this.jqSelEscape(filename) + "\"] > td.filename a.name");
 		}
 		if (active) {
 			link.off('click.connectivity');