diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Capabilities.php b/apps/dav/lib/Capabilities.php
index ce60bccfd0b54..41d1b98358740 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Capabilities.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Capabilities.php
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ public function getCapabilities() {
 		return [
 			'dav' => [
 				'chunking' => '1.0',
-				'bulkupload' => '1.0',
+				// disabled because of https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/4243
+				// 'bulkupload' => '1.0',
 			]
 		];
 	}
diff --git a/apps/dav/tests/unit/CapabilitiesTest.php b/apps/dav/tests/unit/CapabilitiesTest.php
index 399467f6ed8dd..7abfd08854b7d 100644
--- a/apps/dav/tests/unit/CapabilitiesTest.php
+++ b/apps/dav/tests/unit/CapabilitiesTest.php
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ public function testGetCapabilities() {
 		$expected = [
 			'dav' => [
 				'chunking' => '1.0',
-				'bulkupload' => '1.0',
+				// disabled because of https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/4243
+				// 'bulkupload' => '1.0',
 			],
 		];
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $capabilities->getCapabilities());