diff --git a/lang/en/form.php b/lang/en/form.php
index debb1143c50..fceac46711d 100644
--- a/lang/en/form.php
+++ b/lang/en/form.php
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ $string['othersettings'] = 'Other settings';
 $string['passwordunmaskedithint'] = 'Edit password';
 $string['passwordunmaskrevealhint'] = 'Reveal';
 $string['passwordunmaskinstructions'] = 'Press enter to save changes';
-$string['privacy:metadata:preference:filemanager_recentviewmode'] = 'Recently selected view mode of the file picker element.';
-$string['privacy:preference:filemanager_recentviewmode'] = 'Your preferred way of displaying files in the file picker is: {$a}';
+$string['privacy:metadata'] = 'Forms subsystem itself does not store any personal data.';
 $string['requiredelement'] = 'Required field';
 $string['security'] = 'Security';
 $string['selectallornone'] = 'Select all/none';
diff --git a/lib/form/classes/privacy/provider.php b/lib/form/classes/privacy/provider.php
index b09451c0e5e..4174ea4cde3 100644
--- a/lib/form/classes/privacy/provider.php
+++ b/lib/form/classes/privacy/provider.php
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 
 namespace core_form\privacy;
 
-use core_privacy\local\metadata\collection;
-use core_privacy\local\request\writer;
-
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
 /**
@@ -37,52 +34,14 @@ defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
  * @copyright 2018 David Mudrák <david@moodle.com>
  * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
-class provider implements
-        // The forms subsystem does not store any data itself, it has no database tables.
-        \core_privacy\local\metadata\provider,
-
-        // The forms subsystem has user preferences.
-        \core_privacy\local\request\user_preference_provider {
+class provider implements \core_privacy\local\metadata\null_provider {
 
     /**
-     * Returns meta data about this system.
+     * Get the language string identifier to explain that the subsystem stores no data.
      *
-     * @param collection $collection The initialised collection to add items to.
-     * @return collection A listing of user data stored through this system.
+     * @return string
      */
-    public static function get_metadata(collection $collection) {
-
-        $collection->add_user_preference('filemanager_recentviewmode', 'privacy:metadata:preference:filemanager_recentviewmode');
-
-        return $collection;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Export all user preferences for the subsystem.
-     *
-     * @param int $userid The ID of the user whose data is to be exported.
-     */
-    public static function export_user_preferences($userid) {
-
-        $preference = get_user_preferences('filemanager_recentviewmode');
-
-        if ($preference !== null) {
-            switch ($preference) {
-                case 1:
-                    $value = get_string('displayasicons', 'core_repository');
-                    break;
-                case 2:
-                    $value = get_string('displayastree', 'core_repository');
-                    break;
-                case 3:
-                    $value = get_string('displaydetails', 'core_repository');
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    $value = $preference;
-            }
-
-            $desc = get_string('privacy:preference:filemanager_recentviewmode', 'core_form', $value);
-            writer::export_user_preference('core_form', 'filemanager_recentviewmode', $preference, $desc);
-        }
+    public static function get_reason() {
+        return 'privacy:metadata';
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/form/tests/privacy_provider_test.php b/lib/form/tests/privacy_provider_test.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e724903b403..00000000000
--- a/lib/form/tests/privacy_provider_test.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
-//
-// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-/**
- * Provides the {@link core_form_privacy_provider_testcase} class.
- *
- * @package     core_form
- * @category    test
- * @copyright   2018 David Mudrák <david@moodle.com>
- * @license     http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
- */
-
-use core_privacy\local\request\writer;
-
-defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
-
-/**
- * Unit tests for the privacy API implementation.
- *
- * @copyright 2018 David Mudrák <david@moodle.com>
- * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
- */
-class core_form_privacy_provider_testcase extends \core_privacy\tests\provider_testcase {
-
-    /**
-     * When no preference exists, there should be no export.
-     */
-    public function test_no_preference() {
-        global $USER;
-        $this->resetAfterTest();
-        $this->setAdminUser();
-
-        \core_form\privacy\provider::export_user_preferences($USER->id);
-        $this->assertFalse(writer::with_context(\context_system::instance())->has_any_data());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Test that the recently selected filepicker view mode is exported.
-     *
-     * @dataProvider data_filemanager_recentviewmode
-     * @param string $val Value of the preference filemanager_recentviewmode
-     * @param string $desc Text describing the preference
-     */
-    public function test_filemanager_recentviewmode($val, $desc) {
-        global $USER;
-        $this->resetAfterTest();
-        $this->setAdminUser();
-
-        set_user_preference('filemanager_recentviewmode', $val);
-
-        core_form\privacy\provider::export_user_preferences($USER->id);
-        $this->assertTrue(writer::with_context(\context_system::instance())->has_any_data());
-
-        $prefs = writer::with_context(\context_system::instance())->get_user_preferences('core_form');
-        $this->assertNotEmpty($prefs->filemanager_recentviewmode);
-        $this->assertNotEmpty($prefs->filemanager_recentviewmode->value);
-        $this->assertNotEmpty($prefs->filemanager_recentviewmode->description);
-        $this->assertEquals($val, $prefs->filemanager_recentviewmode->value);
-        $this->assertContains($desc, $prefs->filemanager_recentviewmode->description);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Provides data for the {@link self::test_filemanager_recentviewmode()} method.
-     *
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function data_filemanager_recentviewmode() {
-        return [
-            'icons' => [
-                'val' => '1',
-                'desc' => get_string('displayasicons', 'core_repository'),
-            ],
-            'tree' => [
-                'val' => '2',
-                'desc' => get_string('displayastree', 'core_repository'),
-            ],
-            'details' => [
-                'val' => '3',
-                'desc' => get_string('displaydetails', 'core_repository'),
-            ],
-            'unknown' => [
-                'val' => 'unexpectedvalue_foo_bar',
-                'desc' => 'unexpectedvalue_foo_bar',
-            ],
-        ];
-    }
-}