diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/Filesystem.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/Filesystem.java
index 5b99f5cb2f..c5fd98e130 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/Filesystem.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/Filesystem.java
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ private Charset getEncoding(String encoding) {
   private File getDirectory(String directory) {
     Context c = bridge.getContext();
     switch(directory) {
-      case "APPLICATION":
-        return c.getFilesDir();
       case "DOCUMENTS":
         return Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS);
       case "DATA":
diff --git a/core/src/core-plugin-definitions.ts b/core/src/core-plugin-definitions.ts
index 24007f9f57..24c090e0cb 100644
--- a/core/src/core-plugin-definitions.ts
+++ b/core/src/core-plugin-definitions.ts
@@ -566,10 +566,6 @@ export interface FilesystemPlugin extends Plugin {
 }
 
 export enum FilesystemDirectory {
-  /**
-   * The Application directory
-   */
-  Application = 'APPLICATION',
   /**
    * The Documents directory
    */
diff --git a/example/src/pages/filesystem/filesystem.ts b/example/src/pages/filesystem/filesystem.ts
index b7e256f108..44b252e55d 100644
--- a/example/src/pages/filesystem/filesystem.ts
+++ b/example/src/pages/filesystem/filesystem.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class FilesystemPage {
     try {
       let ret = await Plugins.Filesystem.getUri({
         path: 'text.txt',
-        directory: FilesystemDirectory.Application
+        directory: FilesystemDirectory.Data
       });
       alert(ret.uri);
     } catch(e) {
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/Plugins/Filesystem.swift b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/Plugins/Filesystem.swift
index 43105055d0..0618dd5559 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/Plugins/Filesystem.swift
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/Plugins/Filesystem.swift
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ public class CAPFilesystemPlugin : CAPPlugin {
     switch directory {
     case "DOCUMENTS":
       return .documentDirectory
-    case "APPLICATION":
-      return .applicationDirectory
     case "CACHE":
       return .cachesDirectory
     default:
diff --git a/site/docs-md/apis/filesystem/index.md b/site/docs-md/apis/filesystem/index.md
index 9dbd39c70b..34a8625dfd 100644
--- a/site/docs-md/apis/filesystem/index.md
+++ b/site/docs-md/apis/filesystem/index.md
@@ -137,20 +137,6 @@ async rename() {
   }
 }
 
-async copy() {
-  try {
-    // This example copies a file from the app directory to the documents directory
-    let ret = await Filesystem.copy({
-      from: 'assets/icon.png',
-      to: 'icon.png',
-      directory: FilesystemDirectory.Application,
-      toDirectory: FilesystemDirectory.Documents
-    });
-  } catch(e) {
-    console.error('Unable to copy file', e);
-  }
-}
-
 async copy() {
   try {
     // This example copies a file within the documents directory