The Fair Work regulator has dropped its legal action against food delivery company Foodora a week after it decided Uber workers had no legal claim to workplace entitlements as employees.

The Fair Work Ombudsman on Friday said it had discontinued its legal action against Foodora Australia Pty Ltd which exited Australia in August last year.

Ombudsman Sandra Parker said it is highly unlikely that her agency's court action against Foodora would result in extra payments for workers, or financial penalties against the company.

Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker has dropped legal action against Foodora.

“It is very disappointing for the Fair Work Ombudsman to discontinue this matter because the question of whether Foodora delivery workers were employees or independent contractors was an important matter for a court to consider,” Ms Parker said.