diff --git a/src/app/+collection-page/create-collection-page/create-collection-page.component.ts b/src/app/+collection-page/create-collection-page/create-collection-page.component.ts
index 93c3c16646..6cca8f1d09 100644
--- a/src/app/+collection-page/create-collection-page/create-collection-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+collection-page/create-collection-page/create-collection-page.component.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { DSOSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.models';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.reducer';
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { map, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class CreateCollectionPageComponent {
   }
 
   onSubmit(data: any) {
-    this.parentUUID$.subscribe((uuid: string) => {
+    this.parentUUID$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((uuid: string) => {
       const collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
         name: data.name,
         metadata: [
@@ -45,20 +45,13 @@ export class CreateCollectionPageComponent {
           { key: 'dc.rights', value: data.copyright },
           { key: 'dc.rights.license', value: data.license }
           // TODO: metadata for news and provenance
-        ],
-        owner: Observable.of(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, Object.assign(new Community(), {
-          id: uuid,
-          uuid: uuid
-        })))
+        ]
       });
-      this.collectionDataService.create(collection).subscribe((rd: RemoteData<DSpaceObject>) => {
+      this.collectionDataService.create(collection, uuid).pipe(take(1)).subscribe((rd: RemoteData<DSpaceObject>) => {
         if (rd.hasSucceeded) {
           this.router.navigateByUrl('');
         }
       });
-      // this.collectionDataService.createSimple(collection).subscribe((httpEvent: HttpEvent<{}>) => {
-      //   console.log(httpEvent);
-      // });
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/+community-page/create-community-page/create-community-page.component.ts b/src/app/+community-page/create-community-page/create-community-page.component.ts
index 9a4730f74f..afb90141c9 100644
--- a/src/app/+community-page/create-community-page/create-community-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+community-page/create-community-page/create-community-page.component.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class CreateCommunityPageComponent {
   }
 
   onSubmit(data: any) {
-    this.parentUUID$.subscribe((uuid: string) => {
+    this.parentUUID$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((uuid: string) => {
       const community = Object.assign(new Community(), {
         name: data.name,
         metadata: [
@@ -38,13 +38,9 @@ export class CreateCommunityPageComponent {
           { key: 'dc.description.abstract', value: data.description },
           { key: 'dc.rights', value: data.copyright }
           // TODO: metadata for news
-        ],
-        owner: Observable.of(new RemoteData(false, false, true, null, Object.assign(new Community(), {
-          id: uuid,
-          uuid: uuid
-        })))
+        ]
       });
-      this.communityDataService.create(community).pipe(take(1)).subscribe((rd: RemoteData<DSpaceObject>) => {
+      this.communityDataService.create(community, uuid).pipe(take(1)).subscribe((rd: RemoteData<DSpaceObject>) => {
         if (rd.hasSucceeded) {
           this.router.navigateByUrl('');
         }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
index c9dff8fbe1..8519bb2b25 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
@@ -66,25 +66,20 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TD
     }
   }
 
-  public buildCreateBody(comcol): Observable<any> {
-    return comcol.owner.pipe(
-      map((rd: RemoteData<Community | Collection>) => {
-        const form: any = {
-          name: comcol.name
-        };
-        if (rd.payload.id) {
-          form.parent = rd.payload.id;
+  public buildFormData(comcol, parentUUID): FormData {
+    const form: FormData = new FormData();
+    form.append('name', comcol.name);
+    if (isNotEmpty(parentUUID)) {
+      form.append('parent', parentUUID);
+    }
+    if (comcol.metadata) {
+      for (const i of Object.keys(comcol.metadata)) {
+        if (isNotEmpty(comcol.metadata[i].value)) {
+          form.append(comcol.metadata[i].key, comcol.metadata[i].value);
         }
-        if (comcol.metadata) {
-          for (const i of Object.keys(comcol.metadata)) {
-            if (isNotEmpty(comcol.metadata[i].value)) {
-              form[comcol.metadata[i].key] = comcol.metadata[i].value;
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        return form;
-      })
-    );
+      }
+    }
+    return form;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index fb3002b5d7..b2946b2164 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(href);
   }
 
-  public create(dso: TDomain): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
+  public create(dso: TDomain, parentUUID: string): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
     const requestId = this.requestService.generateRequestId();
     const endpoint$ = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
       isNotEmptyOperator(),
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
 
     const request$ = endpoint$.pipe(
       take(1),
-      withLatestFrom(this.buildCreateBody(dso)),
-      map(([endpoint, formdata]) => new CreateRequest(requestId, endpoint, this.buildFormData(formdata))),
+      map((endpoint: string) => new CreateRequest(requestId, endpoint, this.buildFormData(dso, parentUUID))),
       configureRequest(this.requestService)
     );
 
@@ -154,31 +153,6 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
     return this.rdbService.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$);
   }
 
-  public createSimple(dso: TDomain): Observable<HttpEvent<{}>> {
-    const endpoint$ = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
-      isNotEmptyOperator(),
-      distinctUntilChanged()
-    );
-
-    return endpoint$.pipe(
-      withLatestFrom(this.buildCreateBody(dso)),
-      switchMap(([endpoint, form]) => {
-        const req = new HttpRequest('POST', endpoint, this.buildFormData(form));
-        return this.http.request(req);
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  public abstract buildCreateBody(dso: TDomain): Observable<any>;
-
-  protected buildFormData(form: any): FormData {
-    const formdata = new FormData();
-    for (const param in form) {
-      if (form.hasOwnProperty(param)) {
-        formdata.append(param, form[param]);
-      }
-    }
-    return formdata;
-  }
+  public abstract buildFormData(dso: TDomain, parentUUID: string): FormData;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
index ecf52098ee..14540d0782 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/dspace-object-data.service.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class DataServiceImpl extends DataService<NormalizedDSpaceObject, DSpaceObject>
     return endpoint.replace(/\{\?uuid\}/,`?uuid=${resourceID}`);
   }
 
-  buildCreateBody(dso: DSpaceObject): Observable<FormData> {
+  buildFormData(dso: DSpaceObject, parentUUID: string): FormData {
     return undefined;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
index 4c003e15c9..c3c32691ce 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/item-data.service.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export class ItemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedItem, Item> {
     }
   }
 
-  buildCreateBody(dso: Item): Observable<FormData> {
-    // TODO: Build http body for creating an Item on the REST service
+  buildFormData(dso: Item, parentUUID: string): FormData {
+    // TODO: build FormData for creating an Item
     return undefined;
   }