diff --git a/app/(payload)/api/[collection]/file/[filename]/route.ts b/app/(payload)/api/[collection]/file/[filename]/route.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 82c06625d..000000000
--- a/app/(payload)/api/[collection]/file/[filename]/route.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/* THIS FILE WAS GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY BY PAYLOAD. */
-/* DO NOT MODIFY it because it could be re-written at any time. */
-import config from '@payload-config'
-import { GET_STATIC_FILE } from '@payloadcms/next/routes/index.js'
-
-export const GET = GET_STATIC_FILE(config)
diff --git a/packages/next/src/routes/index.ts b/packages/next/src/routes/index.ts
index c2d8ac679..2731fa77a 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/routes/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ export {
   PATCH as REST_PATCH,
   POST as REST_POST,
 } from './rest/index.js'
-
-export { GET as GET_STATIC_FILE } from './rest/[collection]/file/[filename]/route.js'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/routes/rest/[collection]/file/[filename]/route.ts b/packages/next/src/routes/rest/[collection]/file/[filename]/route.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fed3950f6..000000000
--- a/packages/next/src/routes/rest/[collection]/file/[filename]/route.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-import type { Collection, PayloadRequest, SanitizedConfig, Where } from 'payload/types'
-
-import fsPromises from 'fs/promises'
-import httpStatus from 'http-status'
-import path from 'path'
-import { executeAccess } from 'payload/auth'
-import { APIError, Forbidden } from 'payload/errors'
-
-import { streamFile } from '../../../../../next-stream-file/index.js'
-import { createPayloadRequest } from '../../../../../utilities/createPayloadRequest.js'
-import { RouteError } from '../../../RouteError.js'
-import { endpointsAreDisabled } from '../../../checkEndpoints.js'
-
-async function checkFileAccess({
-  collection,
-  filename,
-  req,
-}: {
-  collection: Collection
-  filename: string
-  req: PayloadRequest
-}) {
-  const { config } = collection
-  const disableEndpoints = endpointsAreDisabled({ endpoints: config.endpoints, request: req })
-  if (disableEndpoints) return disableEndpoints
-
-  const accessResult = await executeAccess({ isReadingStaticFile: true, req }, config.access.read)
-
-  if (typeof accessResult === 'object') {
-    const queryToBuild: Where = {
-      and: [
-        {
-          or: [
-            {
-              filename: {
-                equals: filename,
-              },
-            },
-          ],
-        },
-        accessResult,
-      ],
-    }
-
-    if (config.upload.imageSizes) {
-      config.upload.imageSizes.forEach(({ name }) => {
-        queryToBuild.and[0].or.push({
-          [`sizes.${name}.filename`]: {
-            equals: filename,
-          },
-        })
-      })
-    }
-
-    const doc = await req.payload.db.findOne({
-      collection: config.slug,
-      req,
-      where: queryToBuild,
-    })
-
-    if (!doc) {
-      throw new Forbidden(req.t)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export const GET =
-  (config: Promise<SanitizedConfig>) =>
-  async (request: Request, { params }: { params: { collection: string; filename: string } }) => {
-    const { collection: collectionSlug, filename } = params
-    let req: PayloadRequest
-    let collection: Collection
-
-    try {
-      req = await createPayloadRequest({
-        config,
-        params: { collection: collectionSlug },
-        request,
-      })
-
-      collection = req.payload.collections?.[collectionSlug]
-
-      if (!collection) {
-        throw new APIError(`Media collection not found: ${collectionSlug}`, httpStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
-      }
-
-      if (!collection.config.upload) {
-        throw new APIError(
-          `This collection is not an upload collection: ${collectionSlug}`,
-          httpStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
-        )
-      }
-
-      if (collection.config.upload.disableLocalStorage && !collection.config.upload.handlers) {
-        throw new APIError(
-          `This collection has local storage disabled: ${collectionSlug}`,
-          httpStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
-        )
-      }
-
-      await checkFileAccess({
-        collection,
-        filename,
-        req,
-      })
-
-      let response: Response = null
-      if (collection.config.upload.handlers?.length) {
-        for (const handler of collection.config.upload.handlers) {
-          response = await handler(req, { params })
-        }
-
-        return response
-      }
-
-      const fileDir = collection.config.upload?.staticDir || collection.config.slug
-      const filePath = path.resolve(`${fileDir}/${filename}`)
-
-      const stats = await fsPromises.stat(filePath)
-      const data = streamFile(filePath)
-
-      return new Response(data, {
-        headers: new Headers({
-          'content-length': stats.size + '',
-        }),
-        status: httpStatus.OK,
-      })
-    } catch (error) {
-      return RouteError({
-        collection,
-        err: error,
-        req,
-      })
-    }
-  }
diff --git a/packages/next/src/routes/rest/files/checkFileAccess.ts b/packages/next/src/routes/rest/files/checkFileAccess.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bb8aca23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/next/src/routes/rest/files/checkFileAccess.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import type { Collection, PayloadRequest, Where } from 'payload/types'
+
+import { executeAccess } from 'payload/auth'
+import { Forbidden } from 'payload/errors'
+
+import { endpointsAreDisabled } from '../checkEndpoints.js'
+
+export async function checkFileAccess({
+  collection,
+  filename,
+  req,
+}: {
+  collection: Collection
+  filename: string
+  req: PayloadRequest
+}) {
+  const { config } = collection
+  const disableEndpoints = endpointsAreDisabled({ endpoints: config.endpoints, request: req })
+  if (disableEndpoints) return disableEndpoints
+
+  const accessResult = await executeAccess({ isReadingStaticFile: true, req }, config.access.read)
+
+  if (typeof accessResult === 'object') {
+    const queryToBuild: Where = {
+      and: [
+        {
+          or: [
+            {
+              filename: {
+                equals: filename,
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        accessResult,
+      ],
+    }
+
+    if (config.upload.imageSizes) {
+      config.upload.imageSizes.forEach(({ name }) => {
+        queryToBuild.and[0].or.push({
+          [`sizes.${name}.filename`]: {
+            equals: filename,
+          },
+        })
+      })
+    }
+
+    const doc = await req.payload.db.findOne({
+      collection: config.slug,
+      req,
+      where: queryToBuild,
+    })
+
+    if (!doc) {
+      throw new Forbidden(req.t)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/next/src/routes/rest/files/getFile.ts b/packages/next/src/routes/rest/files/getFile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a0322401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/next/src/routes/rest/files/getFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import type { Collection, PayloadRequest } from 'payload/types'
+
+import fsPromises from 'fs/promises'
+import httpStatus from 'http-status'
+import path from 'path'
+import { APIError } from 'payload/errors'
+
+import { streamFile } from '../../../next-stream-file/index.js'
+import { RouteError } from '../RouteError.js'
+import { checkFileAccess } from './checkFileAccess.js'
+
+// /:collectionSlug/file/:filename
+type Args = {
+  collection: Collection
+  filename: string
+  req: PayloadRequest
+}
+export const getFile = async ({ collection, filename, req }: Args): Promise<Response> => {
+  try {
+    if (!collection.config.upload) {
+      throw new APIError(
+        `This collection is not an upload collection: ${collection.config.slug}`,
+        httpStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+      )
+    }
+
+    if (collection.config.upload.disableLocalStorage && !collection.config.upload.handlers) {
+      throw new APIError(
+        `This collection has local storage disabled: ${collection.config.slug}`,
+        httpStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
+      )
+    }
+
+    await checkFileAccess({
+      collection,
+      filename,
+      req,
+    })
+
+    let response: Response = null
+    if (collection.config.upload.handlers?.length) {
+      for (const handler of collection.config.upload.handlers) {
+        response = await handler(req, {
+          params: {
+            collection: collection.config.slug,
+            filename,
+          },
+        })
+      }
+
+      return response
+    }
+
+    const fileDir = collection.config.upload?.staticDir || collection.config.slug
+    const filePath = path.resolve(`${fileDir}/${filename}`)
+
+    const stats = await fsPromises.stat(filePath)
+    const data = streamFile(filePath)
+
+    return new Response(data, {
+      headers: new Headers({
+        'content-length': stats.size + '',
+      }),
+      status: httpStatus.OK,
+    })
+  } catch (error) {
+    return RouteError({
+      collection,
+      err: error,
+      req,
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/next/src/routes/rest/index.ts b/packages/next/src/routes/rest/index.ts
index 9d37464c3..758745c3b 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/routes/rest/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/routes/rest/index.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { findVersions } from './collections/findVersions.js'
 import { restoreVersion } from './collections/restoreVersion.js'
 import { update } from './collections/update.js'
 import { updateByID } from './collections/updateByID.js'
+import { getFile } from './files/getFile.js'
 import { docAccess as docAccessGlobal } from './globals/docAccess.js'
 import { findOne } from './globals/findOne.js'
 import { findVersionByID as findVersionByIdGlobal } from './globals/findVersionByID.js'
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ const endpoints = {
       'doc-versions-by-id': findVersionByID,
       find,
       findByID,
+      getFile,
       init,
       me,
       versions: findVersions,
@@ -205,7 +207,10 @@ export const GET =
             }
             break
           case 3:
-            if (`doc-${slug2}-by-id` in endpoints.collection.GET) {
+            if (slug2 === 'file') {
+              // /:collection/file/:filename
+              res = await endpoints.collection.GET.getFile({ collection, filename: slug3, req })
+            } else if (`doc-${slug2}-by-id` in endpoints.collection.GET) {
               // /:collection/access/:id
               // /:collection/versions/:id