diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth.reducer.ts
index b7cda09199..be1aa134fc 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth.reducer.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ export interface AuthState {
   // true when refreshing token
   refreshing?: boolean;
 
-  // sso login url
-  ssoLoginUrl?: string;
-
   // the authenticated user
   user?: EPerson;
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts b/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
index dfde0b18b6..e0aecd91a0 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
@@ -230,30 +230,14 @@ export class AuthService {
       map((status: AuthStatus) => {
         let authMethods: AuthMethodModel[];
         if (isNotEmpty(status.authMethods)) {
-          // url = this.parseSSOLocation(status.ssoLoginUrl);
-          // console.log('Parsed SSOLoginUrl: ', url);
-           // url = 'https://fis.tiss.tuwien.ac.at/Shibboleth.sso/Login?target=https://fis.tiss.tuwien.ac.at';
-         authMethods = status.authMethods;
+          authMethods = status.authMethods;
         }
         return authMethods;
       })
     )
   }
 
- /* private parseSSOLocation(url: string): string {
-    console.log('auth.service parseSSOLocation was called');
-    const parseUrl = decodeURIComponent(url);
-    // const urlTree: UrlTree = this.router.parseUrl(url);
-    // this.router.parseUrl(url);
-    // if (url.endsWith('/')) {
-    //   url += 'login';
-    // } else {
-    //   url = url.replace('/?target=http(.+)/g', 'https://hasselt-dspace.dev01.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/shib.html');
-    // }
-    // console.log(url);
-    const target = `?target=${this.config.auth.target.host}${this.config.auth.target.page}`;
-    return parseUrl.replace(/\?target=http.+/g, target);
-  }*/
+
 
   /**
    * Create a new user
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts b/src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts
index 8888907356..0b3504088e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts
@@ -107,13 +107,6 @@ const _getRegistrationError = (state: AuthState) => state.error;
  */
 const _getRedirectUrl = (state: AuthState) => state.redirectUrl;
 
-/**
- * Returns the sso login url.
- * @function _getSSOLoginUrl
- * @param {State} state
- * @returns {string}
- */
-const _getSSOLoginUrl = (state: AuthState) => state.ssoLoginUrl;
 
 /**
  * Returns the authenticated user
@@ -212,12 +205,3 @@ export const getRegistrationError = createSelector(getAuthState, _getRegistratio
  * @return {string}
  */
 export const getRedirectUrl = createSelector(getAuthState, _getRedirectUrl);
-
-/**
- * Returns the sso login url.
- * @function getSSOLoginUrl
- * @param {AuthState} state
- * @param {any} props
- * @return {string}
- */
-export const getSSOLoginUrl = createSelector(getAuthState, _getSSOLoginUrl);
diff --git a/src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.html b/src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.html
index a4c1cb9e87..f6b81b89b6 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.html
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
           [disabled]="!form.valid">{{"login.form.submit" | translate}}</button>
 
   <br>
+
+<!--
   <div *ngIf="(hasSsoLoginUrl | async)">
-    <!--<div class="text-center mt-2"><span class="align-middle">{{"login.form.or-divider" | translate}}</span></div>-->
+    &lt;!&ndash;<div class="text-center mt-2"><span class="align-middle">{{"login.form.or-divider" | translate}}</span></div>&ndash;&gt;
     <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block mt-2" [href]="(ssoLoginUrl | async)"
        role="button">{{"login.form.ssoLogin" | translate}}</a>
-  </div>
+  </div>-->
 
 
   <!--Change href to "https://dspace.hostname/Shibboleth.sso/Login?target=https://dspace.hostname/shibboleth"
diff --git a/src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.ts b/src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.ts
index 52fe45e608..d0b3f23b39 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 
 import {
   getAuthenticationError,
-  getAuthenticationInfo, getSSOLoginUrl,
+  getAuthenticationInfo,
   isAuthenticated,
   isAuthenticationLoading,
 } from '../../core/auth/selectors';
@@ -81,18 +81,6 @@ export class LogInComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
    */
   private alive = true;
 
-  /**
-   * The redirect url to login with sso.
-   * @type {Observable<string>}
-   */
-  public ssoLoginUrl: Observable<string>;
-
-  /**
-   * True if is present the url to login with sso.
-   * @type {Observable<boolean>}
-   */
-  public hasSsoLoginUrl: Observable<boolean>;
-
   /**
    * @constructor
    * @param {AuthService} authService
@@ -143,10 +131,6 @@ export class LogInComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
     // set loading
     this.loading = this.store.pipe(select(isAuthenticationLoading));
 
-    // set sso login url
-    this.ssoLoginUrl = this.store.pipe(select(getSSOLoginUrl));
-    this.ssoLoginUrl.subscribe((url) => console.log('url after store select: ', url));
-
     // subscribe to success
     this.store.pipe(
       select(isAuthenticated),
@@ -157,10 +141,6 @@ export class LogInComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
         }
       );
 
-    this.hasSsoLoginUrl = this.ssoLoginUrl
-      .pipe(
-        tap((url) => console.log('url in ngOnInit(): ', url)),
-        map((url) => isNotEmpty(url)))
   }
 
   /**