diff --git a/cypress/e2e/api/SessionApi.spec.js b/cypress/e2e/api/SessionApi.spec.js
index 82b7879f398..baf8b0121c1 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/api/SessionApi.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/api/SessionApi.spec.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ describe('The session Api', function() {
 			config: { modRewriteWorking: false },
 			webroot: '',
 		}
+		window._oc_webroot: ''
 	})
 
 	beforeEach(function() {
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/api/SyncServiceProvider.spec.js b/cypress/e2e/api/SyncServiceProvider.spec.js
index 2d0e940fb8f..aebb89c2e14 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/api/SyncServiceProvider.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/api/SyncServiceProvider.spec.js
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ describe('Sync service provider', function() {
 		cy.createUser(user)
 		window.OC = {
 			config: { modRewriteWorking: false },
-			webroot: '',
 		}
+		window._oc_webroot = ''
 	})
 
 	beforeEach(function() {
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/api/UsersApi.spec.js b/cypress/e2e/api/UsersApi.spec.js
index 2e3d72287ea..ea85a3e669b 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/api/UsersApi.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/api/UsersApi.spec.js
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('The user mention API', function() {
 		cy.createUser(user)
 		window.OC = {
 			config: { modRewriteWorking: false },
-			webroot: '',
 		}
+		window._oc_webroot = ''
 	})
 
 	let fileId
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 2a1d355f9da..f705c9414eb 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 			return string
 		}
 		OC = {
-			webroot: '/dist/OC_WEBROOT',
 			config: {},
 			isUserAdmin() {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
+		_oc_webroot = '/dist/OC_WEBROOT'
 	</script>
     <script type="module">
 	    import { RichTextReader, AttachmentResolver, ATTACHMENT_RESOLVER } from './src/package.js'
diff --git a/src/tests/helpers/links.spec.js b/src/tests/helpers/links.spec.js
index d881b2897ac..dac80a9a594 100644
--- a/src/tests/helpers/links.spec.js
+++ b/src/tests/helpers/links.spec.js
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ global.OCA = {
 
 global.OC = {
 	config: {modRewriteWorking: true},
-	webroot: ''
 }
 
+global._oc_webroot = ''
+
 describe('Preparing href attributes for the DOM', () => {
 
 	test('leave empty hrefs alone', () => {
diff --git a/src/tests/setup.js b/src/tests/setup.js
index b95374768f0..be43ce44bbf 100644
--- a/src/tests/setup.js
+++ b/src/tests/setup.js
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jest.mock('@nextcloud/dialogs', () => ({
 
 global.OC = {
 	requestToken: '123',
-	webroot: '/nc-webroot',
 	coreApps: [
 		'core',
 	],
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ global.OC = {
 	}
 }
 
+global._oc_webroot = '/nc-webroot'
 global.OCA = {}