diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/local/ArchiveFileSystem.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/local/ArchiveFileSystem.kt
index 6bd8d07b8f..95110a5ae5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/local/ArchiveFileSystem.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/backup/v2/local/ArchiveFileSystem.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.signal.core.util.androidx.DocumentFileUtil.newFile
 import org.signal.core.util.androidx.DocumentFileUtil.outputStream
 import org.signal.core.util.androidx.DocumentFileUtil.renameTo
 import org.signal.core.util.logging.Log
-import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.R
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.InputStream
@@ -144,13 +143,6 @@ class ArchiveFileSystem private constructor(private val context: Context, root:
       signalBackups = root.mkdirp(MAIN_DIRECTORY_NAME) ?: throw IOException("Unable to create main backups directory")
       val filesDirectory = signalBackups.mkdirp("files") ?: throw IOException("Unable to create files directory")
       filesFileSystem = FilesFileSystem(context, filesDirectory)
-
-      val hintFileName = context.getString(R.string.ArchiveFileSystem__select_this_folder_hint_name)
-      if (!root.hasFile(hintFileName)) {
-        root.createFile("text/plain", hintFileName)
-          ?.outputStream(context)
-          ?.use { out -> out.write(context.getString(R.string.ArchiveFileSystem__select_this_folder_hint_body).toByteArray()) }
-      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 9ff92d31aa..c4f7880704 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -4941,8 +4941,6 @@
     <string name="BackupDialog_please_acknowledge_your_understanding_by_marking_the_confirmation_check_box">Please acknowledge your understanding by marking the confirmation check box.</string>
     <string name="BackupDialog_delete_backups">Delete backups?</string>
     <string name="BackupDialog_disable_and_delete_all_local_backups">Disable and delete all local backups?</string>
-    <string name="ArchiveFileSystem__select_this_folder_hint_name">Select this folder, not SignalBackups</string>
-    <string name="ArchiveFileSystem__select_this_folder_hint_body">When configuring Signal backup storage, select this folder — not the SignalBackups subfolder.</string>
     <string name="BackupDialog_delete_backups_statement">Delete backups</string>
     <!-- Progress dialog message shown while local backup files are being deleted -->
     <string name="BackupDialog_deleting_local_backup">Deleting local backup…</string>