diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21f99763b..9161e2273 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 ownCloud, Inc.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-/assets/fonts
+/fonts
 tests/clover.xml
 .idea
 node_modules/
diff --git a/REUSE.toml b/REUSE.toml
index 3e3f22394..f9e02b068 100644
--- a/REUSE.toml
+++ b/REUSE.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SPDX-PackageSupplier = "Nextcloud <info@nextcloud.com>"
 SPDX-PackageDownloadLocation = "https://github.com/nextcloud/richdocuments"
 
 [[annotations]]
-path = [".gitattributes", ".github/issue_template.md", ".github/CODEOWNERS", ".editorconfig", "package-lock.json", "package.json", "composer.json", "composer.lock", "**/composer.json", "**/composer.lock", ".l10nignore", "cypress/tsconfig.json", "vendor-bin/**/composer.json", "vendor-bin/**/composer.lock", ".tx/config", "tsconfig.json", "js/vendor.LICENSE.txt", "krankerl.toml", ".npmignore", ".nextcloudignore", ".eslintrc.json", ".tx/backport", "assets/fonts/.gitkeep"]
+path = [".gitattributes", ".github/issue_template.md", ".github/CODEOWNERS", ".editorconfig", "package-lock.json", "package.json", "composer.json", "composer.lock", "**/composer.json", "**/composer.lock", ".l10nignore", "cypress/tsconfig.json", "vendor-bin/**/composer.json", "vendor-bin/**/composer.lock", ".tx/config", "tsconfig.json", "js/vendor.LICENSE.txt", "krankerl.toml", ".npmignore", ".nextcloudignore", ".eslintrc.json", ".tx/backport", "fonts/.gitkeep"]
 precedence = "aggregate"
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "none"
 SPDX-License-Identifier = "CC0-1.0"
diff --git a/build/download-fonts.sh b/build/download-fonts.sh
index bbe60246b..ac99e9573 100755
--- a/build/download-fonts.sh
+++ b/build/download-fonts.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# Download font files and put them into the assets/fonts folder for the release
+# Download font files and put them into the fonts folder for the release
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 FONTLIST=(
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@ FONTLIST=(
     "https://github.com/google/fonts/raw/main/ofl/spectral/Spectral-Regular.ttf"
 )
 
-rm assets/fonts/*
+rm fonts/*
 
 function urldecode() { : "${*//+/ }"; echo -e "${_//%/\\x}"; }
 
 for font in "${FONTLIST[@]}"; do
     echo "$font"
-    wget -q -P assets/fonts/ $font
+    wget -q -P fonts/ $font
 
     FILENAME=$(urldecode "$(basename "$font")")
 
     if [[ $FILENAME == *"wght"* ]]; then
         NEWFILENAME=$(echo $FILENAME | sed 's/\[wght\]/-wght/g')
         NEWFILENAME=$(echo $NEWFILENAME | sed 's/\[wdth,wght\]/-wdtg-wght/g')
-        mv assets/fonts/$FILENAME assets/fonts/$NEWFILENAME
+        mv fonts/$FILENAME fonts/$NEWFILENAME
     else
         NEWFILENAME=$(echo $FILENAME)
     fi
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ for font in "${FONTLIST[@]}"; do
     FONTNAME=$(echo $NEWFILENAME | sed 's/.ttf//g')
 
     echo "$(dirname $font)/OFL.txt"
-    wget -q -O "assets/fonts/$FONTNAME.LICENSE.txt" "$(dirname $font)/OFL.txt"
+    wget -q -O "fonts/$FONTNAME.LICENSE.txt" "$(dirname $font)/OFL.txt"
 done
diff --git a/assets/fonts/.gitkeep b/fonts/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/fonts/.gitkeep
rename to fonts/.gitkeep
diff --git a/assets/fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf b/fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf
rename to fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf
diff --git a/assets/fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf.license b/fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf.license
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf.license
rename to fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf.license
diff --git a/lib/Service/FontService.php b/lib/Service/FontService.php
index 621697b1f..be170d3fd 100644
--- a/lib/Service/FontService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/FontService.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class FontService {
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public function installDefaultFonts(): void {
-		$dirPath = __DIR__ . '/../../assets/fonts';
+		$dirPath = __DIR__ . '/../../fonts';
 
 		if (!is_dir($dirPath)) {
 			throw new Exception("Directory \"$dirPath\" does not exist!");