diff --git a/files/index.php b/files/index.php
index 6f56974e6e6..15a5debcd82 100644
--- a/files/index.php
+++ b/files/index.php
@@ -781,11 +781,19 @@ function displaydir ($wdir) {
                 $filesafe = rawurlencode($dir);
                 $filesize = display_size(get_directory_size("$fullpath/$dir"));
                 $filedate = userdate(filemtime($filename), get_string("strftimedatetime"));
-                print_cell("center", "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"file$count\" value=\"$fileurl\" />", 'checkbox');
+                if ($wdir.$dir === '/moddata') {
+                    print_cell();
+                } else {
+                    print_cell("center", "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"file$count\" value=\"$fileurl\" />", 'checkbox');
+                }
                 print_cell("left", "<a href=\"index.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$fileurl&amp;choose=$choose\"><img src=\"$CFG->pixpath/f/folder.gif\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"$strfolder\" />&nbsp;".htmlspecialchars($dir)."</a>", 'name');
                 print_cell("right", $filesize, 'size');
                 print_cell("right", $filedate, 'date');
-                print_cell("right", "<a href=\"index.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$wdir&amp;file=$filesafe&amp;action=rename&amp;choose=$choose\">$strrename</a>", 'commands');
+                if ($wdir.$dir === '/moddata') {
+                    print_cell();
+                } else { 
+                    print_cell("right", "<a href=\"index.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$wdir&amp;file=$filesafe&amp;action=rename&amp;choose=$choose\">$strrename</a>", 'commands');
+                }
             }
 
             echo "</tr>";
diff --git a/lib/editor/htmlarea/coursefiles.php b/lib/editor/htmlarea/coursefiles.php
index 4c04eedb3ea..4f7441f627e 100644
--- a/lib/editor/htmlarea/coursefiles.php
+++ b/lib/editor/htmlarea/coursefiles.php
@@ -717,7 +717,11 @@ function displaydir ($wdir) {
             echo "<tr>";
 
             if ($usecheckboxes) {
-                print_cell("center", "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"file$count\" value=\"$fileurl\" onclick=\"return set_rename('$dir');\" />");
+                if ($fileurl === '/moddata') {
+                    print_cell();
+                } else {
+                    print_cell("center", "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"file$count\" value=\"$fileurl\" onclick=\"return set_rename('$dir');\" />");
+                }
             }
             print_cell("left", "<a href=\"coursefiles.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$fileurl\" onclick=\"return reset_value();\"><img src=\"$CFG->pixpath/f/folder.gif\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"".get_string('folder')."\" /></a> <a href=\"coursefiles.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$fileurl&amp;usecheckboxes=$usecheckboxes\" onclick=\"return reset_value();\">".htmlspecialchars($dir)."</a>");
             print_cell("right", "&nbsp;");