diff --git a/IONOS b/IONOS
index 3dc76d7819e43..3d870c64bb27b 160000
--- a/IONOS
+++ b/IONOS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3dc76d7819e4385a51e948d9468b1bac340c48b7
+Subproject commit 3d870c64bb27b778439108ddc3ddb524432f1be2
diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
index c0ba0b556291b..d76408010da79 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 use OCP\Files\SimpleFS\ISimpleFile;
 use OCP\Files\SimpleFS\ISimpleFolder;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IGroup;
 use OCP\IL10N;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		private IInitialState $initialState,
 		private AppDiscoverFetcher $discoverFetcher,
 		private IClientService $clientService,
+		private IAppConfig $appConfig,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct($appName, $request);
 		$this->appData = $appDataFactory->get('appstore');
@@ -90,7 +92,12 @@ public function viewApps(): TemplateResponse {
 
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreEnabled', $this->config->getSystemValueBool('appstoreenabled', true));
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreBundles', $this->getBundles());
-		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreDeveloperDocs', $this->urlGenerator->linkToDocs('developer-manual'));
+
+		// Conditionally set developer docs link based on configuration
+		$displayDocumentationLink = $this->appConfig->getValueBool('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true);
+		$developerDocsUrl = $displayDocumentationLink ? $this->urlGenerator->linkToDocs('developer-manual') : '';
+		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreDeveloperDocs', $developerDocsUrl);
+
 		$this->initialState->provideInitialState('appstoreUpdateCount', count($this->getAppsWithUpdates()));
 
 		if ($this->appManager->isInstalled('app_api')) {
diff --git a/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue b/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue
index a35cd94da95fb..3507006c47d5b 100644
--- a/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue
+++ b/apps/settings/src/views/AppStoreNavigation.vue
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
 				</NcAppNavigationItem>
 			</template>
 
-			<NcAppNavigationItem id="app-developer-docs"
+			<NcAppNavigationItem  v-if="developerDocsUrl"
+				id="app-developer-docs"
 				:name="t('settings', 'Developer documentation ↗')"
 				:href="developerDocsUrl" />
 		</template>
diff --git a/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php b/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php
index f72bd45a3d234..3c0df4532d79f 100644
--- a/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/settings/tests/Controller/AppSettingsControllerTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use OCP\AppFramework\Services\IInitialState;
 use OCP\Files\AppData\IAppDataFactory;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\INavigationManager;
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ class AppSettingsControllerTest extends TestCase {
 	private $l10n;
 	/** @var IConfig|MockObject */
 	private $config;
+	/** @var IAppConfig|MockObject */
+	private $appConfig;
 	/** @var INavigationManager|MockObject */
 	private $navigationManager;
 	private AppManager&MockObject $appManager;
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 			->method('t')
 			->willReturnArgument(0);
 		$this->config = $this->createMock(IConfig::class);
+		$this->appConfig = $this->createMock(IAppConfig::class);
 		$this->navigationManager = $this->createMock(INavigationManager::class);
 		$this->appManager = $this->createMock(AppManager::class);
 		$this->categoryFetcher = $this->createMock(CategoryFetcher::class);
@@ -112,6 +116,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 			$this->initialState,
 			$this->discoverFetcher,
 			$this->clientService,
+			$this->appConfig,
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -180,14 +185,31 @@ public function testViewApps(): void {
 			->method('getSystemValueBool')
 			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
 			->willReturn(true);
+		$this->appConfig
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getValueBool')
+			->with('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true)
+			->willReturn(true);
 		$this->navigationManager
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('setActiveEntry')
 			->with('core_apps');
 
+		// Test that developer docs link is generated correctly
+		$this->urlGenerator
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('linkToDocs')
+			->with('developer-manual')
+			->willReturn('https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/');
+
 		$this->initialState
 			->expects($this->exactly(4))
-			->method('provideInitialState');
+			->method('provideInitialState')
+			->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $value) {
+				if ($key === 'appstoreDeveloperDocs') {
+					$this->assertEquals('https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/', $value);
+				}
+			});
 
 		$policy = new ContentSecurityPolicy();
 		$policy->addAllowedImageDomain('https://usercontent.apps.nextcloud.com');
@@ -213,14 +235,31 @@ public function testViewAppsAppstoreNotEnabled(): void {
 			->method('getSystemValueBool')
 			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
 			->willReturn(false);
+		$this->appConfig
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getValueBool')
+			->with('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true)
+			->willReturn(true);
 		$this->navigationManager
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('setActiveEntry')
 			->with('core_apps');
 
+		// Test that developer docs link is still generated even when appstore is disabled
+		$this->urlGenerator
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('linkToDocs')
+			->with('developer-manual')
+			->willReturn('https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/');
+
 		$this->initialState
 			->expects($this->exactly(4))
-			->method('provideInitialState');
+			->method('provideInitialState')
+			->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $value) {
+				if ($key === 'appstoreDeveloperDocs') {
+					$this->assertEquals('https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/', $value);
+				}
+			});
 
 		$policy = new ContentSecurityPolicy();
 		$policy->addAllowedImageDomain('https://usercontent.apps.nextcloud.com');
@@ -235,4 +274,88 @@ public function testViewAppsAppstoreNotEnabled(): void {
 
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->appSettingsController->viewApps());
 	}
+
+	public function testDeveloperDocumentationLinkHiddenWhenConfigured(): void {
+		$this->installer->expects($this->any())
+			->method('isUpdateAvailable')
+			->willReturn(false);
+		$this->bundleFetcher->expects($this->once())->method('getBundles')->willReturn([]);
+		$this->config
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getSystemValueBool')
+			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
+			->willReturn(true);
+		$this->appConfig
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getValueBool')
+			->with('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true)
+			->willReturn(false);
+		$this->navigationManager
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('setActiveEntry')
+			->with('core_apps');
+
+		// When display_documentation_link is false, linkToDocs should not be called
+		$this->urlGenerator
+			->expects($this->never())
+			->method('linkToDocs');
+
+		$providedStates = [];
+		$this->initialState
+			->expects($this->exactly(4))
+			->method('provideInitialState')
+			->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $value) use (&$providedStates) {
+				$providedStates[$key] = $value;
+			});
+
+		$this->appSettingsController->viewApps();
+
+		// Assert that the developer docs state was provided with an empty string
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('appstoreDeveloperDocs', $providedStates);
+		$this->assertEquals('', $providedStates['appstoreDeveloperDocs']);
+	}
+
+	public function testDeveloperDocumentationLinkShownByDefault(): void {
+		$this->installer->expects($this->any())
+			->method('isUpdateAvailable')
+			->willReturn(false);
+		$this->bundleFetcher->expects($this->once())->method('getBundles')->willReturn([]);
+		$this->config
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getSystemValueBool')
+			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
+			->willReturn(true);
+		$this->appConfig
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getValueBool')
+			->with('settings', 'display_documentation_link', true)
+			->willReturn(true);
+		$this->navigationManager
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('setActiveEntry')
+			->with('core_apps');
+
+		$developerDocsUrl = 'https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/';
+
+		// When display_documentation_link is true (default), linkToDocs should be called
+		$this->urlGenerator
+			->expects($this->once())
+			->method('linkToDocs')
+			->with('developer-manual')
+			->willReturn($developerDocsUrl);
+
+		$providedStates = [];
+		$this->initialState
+			->expects($this->exactly(4))
+			->method('provideInitialState')
+			->willReturnCallback(function ($key, $value) use (&$providedStates) {
+				$providedStates[$key] = $value;
+			});
+
+		$this->appSettingsController->viewApps();
+
+		// Assert that the developer docs state was provided with the correct URL
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('appstoreDeveloperDocs', $providedStates);
+		$this->assertEquals($developerDocsUrl, $providedStates['appstoreDeveloperDocs']);
+	}
 }