diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration.rst
index 56990a309..da4525cb8 100644
--- a/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration.rst
@@ -119,35 +119,6 @@ following order, with later mount types always overriding a previous mount type:
 -  user (not all) : per-user mount configurations
 -  :file:`data/$user/mount.json` : personal mount configurations
 
-Note regarding temporary disk space needs
------------------------------------------
-
-Not all external storage types are currently enabled for or do support streaming.
-Therefore ownCloud needs temporary space to buffer data for transfers. This can occur 
-when there are many concurrent users transferring data with a higher volume over a small 
-bandwidth wire. ownCloud may need in these cases an amount of temporary space which could 
-exeed the server capabilities. Example: 100 concurrent users uploading each a file having 
-300MB with a total transfer time of 6000s (1h 40min). The temporary space needed 
-by ownCloud for this period of time is 30GB. Even though it is not mandatory,
-the location of the temp directory used by ownCloud can be configured manually.
-To do so, you need to maintain the ``tempdirectory`` parameter described in
-``config.sample.php``
-
-As of writing, following external storage list uses temp files for up/download:
-
-* FTP
-* SMB / SMB_OC
-* WebDAV
-* Amazon S3
-* Dropbox
-* Google Drive
-* OpenStack SWIFT
-
-External storage list that uses direct file streaming:
-
-* Local
-* SFTP
-
 Backends
 --------
 
diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration_gui.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration_gui.rst
index 46d50f2c4..3dfe80743 100644
--- a/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration_gui.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage_configuration_gui.rst
@@ -76,35 +76,6 @@ You might need to setup a cron job that runs ``sudo -u www-data php occ files:sc
 to trigger a rescan of the user's files periodically (for example every 15 minutes), which includes
 the mounted external storage.
 
-Note regarding temporary disk space needs
------------------------------------------
-
-Not all external storage types are currently enabled for or do support streaming.
-Therefore ownCloud needs temporary space to buffer data for transfers. This can occur 
-when there are many concurrent users transferring data with a higher volume over a small 
-bandwidth wire. ownCloud may need in these cases an amount of temporary space which could 
-exeed the server capabilities. Example: 100 concurrent users uploading each a file having 
-300MB with a total transfer time of 6000s (1h 40min). The temporary space needed 
-by ownCloud for this period of time is 30GB. Even though it is not mandatory,
-the location of the temp directory used by ownCloud can be configured manually.
-To do so, you need to maintain the ``tempdirectory`` parameter described in
-``config.sample.php``
-
-As of writing, following external storage list uses temp files for up/download:
-
-* FTP
-* SMB / SMB_OC
-* WebDAV
-* Amazon S3
-* Dropbox
-* Google Drive
-* OpenStack SWIFT
-
-External storage list that uses direct file streaming:
-
-* Local
-* SFTP
-
 Local Storage
 -------------