diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/ls/folders/ModuleEventsProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/ls/folders/ModuleEventsProcessor.java
index 884f788f..1134467b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/ls/folders/ModuleEventsProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/ls/folders/ModuleEventsProcessor.java
@@ -79,20 +79,12 @@ private void notifyBackend(List<FileEvent> changes) {
       if (event.getType() == FileChangeType.Deleted) {
         deletedFileUris.add(fileUri);
       } else {
-        workspaceFoldersManager.findFolderForFile(fileUri)
-          .ifPresent(folder -> {
-            var settings = folder.getSettings();
-            var baseDir = folder.getRootPath();
-            var fsPath = Paths.get(fileUri);
-            var relativePath = baseDir.relativize(fsPath);
-            var folderUri = folder.getUri().toString();
-            var isTest = isTestFile(fileUri, settings);
-            if (event.getType() == FileChangeType.Created) {
-              addedFiles.add(new ClientFileDto(fileUri, relativePath, folderUri, isTest, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name(), fsPath, null, null, true));
-            } else {
-              changedFiles.add(new ClientFileDto(fileUri, relativePath, folderUri, isTest, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name(), fsPath, null, null, true));
-            }
-          });
+        var clientFileDto = getClientFileDto(new VersionedOpenFile(fileUri, "", 0, ""));
+        if (event.getType() == FileChangeType.Created) {
+          addedFiles.add(clientFileDto);
+        } else {
+          changedFiles.add(clientFileDto);
+        }
       }
     });
     backendServiceFacade.getBackendService().updateFileSystem(addedFiles, changedFiles, deletedFileUris);
@@ -133,10 +125,6 @@ ClientFileDto getClientFileDto(VersionedOpenFile file) {
     return clientFileDto.get();
   }
 
-  private boolean isTestFile(URI fileUri, WorkspaceFolderSettings settings) {
-    return fileTypeClassifier.isTest(settings, fileUri, false, () -> javaConfigCache.getOrFetch(fileUri));
-  }
-
   private boolean isTestFile(VersionedOpenFile file, WorkspaceFolderSettings settings) {
     return fileTypeClassifier.isTest(settings, file.getUri(), file.isJava(), () -> javaConfigCache.getOrFetch(file.getUri()));
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/ls/folders/ModuleEventsProcessorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/ls/folders/ModuleEventsProcessorTest.java
index 4918fbc1..de9f8193 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/ls/folders/ModuleEventsProcessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/sonarsource/sonarlint/ls/folders/ModuleEventsProcessorTest.java
@@ -22,10 +22,16 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.FileChangeType;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.FileEvent;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.rpc.protocol.common.ClientFileDto;
 import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.rpc.protocol.common.Language;
+import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.ls.backend.BackendService;
 import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.ls.backend.BackendServiceFacade;
 import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.ls.file.FileTypeClassifier;
 import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.ls.file.VersionedOpenFile;
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 class ModuleEventsProcessorTest {
@@ -84,4 +91,29 @@ void should_get_client_file_dto_inside_workspace_folder() {
     assertThat(clientFileDto.getUri()).hasToString(testFile1.getUri().toString());
     assertThat(clientFileDto.getCharset()).isEqualTo(StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void should_notify_backend_on_watched_files_change() {
+    var backend = mock(BackendService.class);
+    var events = List.of(
+      new FileEvent("file:///tmp/test1.py", FileChangeType.Created),
+      new FileEvent("file:///tmp/test2.py", FileChangeType.Changed),
+      new FileEvent("file:///tmp/test3.py", FileChangeType.Deleted)
+    );
+    when(backendServiceFacade.getBackendService()).thenReturn(backend);
+
+    moduleEventsProcessor.didChangeWatchedFiles(events);
+
+    var deletedFilesCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(List.class);
+    var addedFilesCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(List.class);
+    var changedFilesCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(List.class);
+
+    verify(backend).updateFileSystem(addedFilesCaptor.capture(), changedFilesCaptor.capture(), deletedFilesCaptor.capture());
+    assertThat(addedFilesCaptor.getValue()).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(((ClientFileDto) addedFilesCaptor.getValue().get(0)).getUri()).hasToString("file:///tmp/test1.py");
+    assertThat(changedFilesCaptor.getValue()).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(((ClientFileDto) changedFilesCaptor.getValue().get(0)).getUri()).hasToString("file:///tmp/test2.py");
+    assertThat(deletedFilesCaptor.getValue()).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(deletedFilesCaptor.getValue().get(0)).hasToString("file:///tmp/test3.py");
+  }
 }
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