diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/group-registry/group-form/subgroup-list/subgroups-list.component.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/group-registry/group-form/subgroup-list/subgroups-list.component.ts
index 65b0f6a6d0..f266ace392 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/group-registry/group-form/subgroup-list/subgroups-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/group-registry/group-form/subgroup-list/subgroups-list.component.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class SubgroupsListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   ngOnInit() {
     this.subs.push(this.groupDataService.getActiveGroup().subscribe((group: Group) => {
       if (group != null) {
-        this.groups = this.groupDataService.findAllByHref(group._links.groups.href, {
+        this.groups = this.groupDataService.findAllByHref(group._links.subgroups.href, {
           currentPage: 1,
           elementsPerPage: this.config.pageSize
         })
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class SubgroupsListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     return this.groupDataService.getActiveGroup().pipe(take(1),
       mergeMap((group: Group) => {
         if (group != null) {
-          return this.groupDataService.findAllByHref(group._links.groups.href, {
+          return this.groupDataService.findAllByHref(group._links.subgroups.href, {
             currentPage: 0,
             elementsPerPage: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
           })
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class SubgroupsListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.groups = this.groupDataService.searchGroups(query.trim(), {
       currentPage: 1,
       elementsPerPage: this.config.pageSize
-    }, followLink('epersons'));
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export class SubgroupsListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    */
   public forceUpdateGroups(activeGroup: Group) {
     this.groupDataService.clearGroupsRequests();
-    this.groups = this.groupDataService.findAllByHref(activeGroup._links.groups.href, {
+    this.groups = this.groupDataService.findAllByHref(activeGroup._links.subgroups.href, {
       currentPage: 1,
       elementsPerPage: this.config.pageSize
     })
diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/group-registry/groups-registry.component.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/group-registry/groups-registry.component.ts
index ef86a914e1..660591478d 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/group-registry/groups-registry.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/group-registry/groups-registry.component.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class GroupsRegistryComponent implements OnInit {
    * Update the list of groups by fetching it from the rest api or cache
    */
   private updateGroups(options) {
-    this.groups = this.groupService.getGroups(options, followLink('epersons'), followLink('groups'));
+    this.groups = this.groupService.getGroups(options, followLink('epersons'), followLink('subgroups'));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class GroupsRegistryComponent implements OnInit {
     this.groups = this.groupService.searchGroups(query.trim(), {
       currentPage: 1,
       elementsPerPage: this.config.pageSize
-    }, followLink('epersons'));
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export class GroupsRegistryComponent implements OnInit {
    * @param group
    */
   getSubgroups(group: Group): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>> {
-    return this.groupService.findAllByHref(group._links.groups.href);
+    return this.groupService.findAllByHref(group._links.subgroups.href);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/eperson/group-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/eperson/group-data.service.ts
index b36f4887ae..be8006f392 100644
--- a/src/app/core/eperson/group-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/group-data.service.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export class GroupDataService extends DataService<Group> {
    * @param id The group id to delete
    */
   public deleteGroup(group: Group): Observable<boolean> {
-    return this.delete(group);
+    return this.delete(group.id);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/eperson/models/group.model.ts b/src/app/core/eperson/models/group.model.ts
index dcdfefb0b0..e496babddc 100644
--- a/src/app/core/eperson/models/group.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/models/group.model.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class Group extends DSpaceObject {
   @deserialize
   _links: {
     self: HALLink;
-    groups: HALLink;
+    subgroups: HALLink;
     epersons: HALLink;
   };
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class Group extends DSpaceObject {
    * Will be undefined unless the groups {@link HALLink} has been resolved.
    */
   @link(GROUP, true)
-  public groups?: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>>;
+  public subgroups?: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>>;
 
   /**
    * The list of EPeople in this group
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/upload/section-upload.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/upload/section-upload.component.ts
index f8f096d4bd..0bdb1a58f5 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/upload/section-upload.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/upload/section-upload.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { ChangeDetectorRef, Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { BehaviorSubject, combineLatest as observableCombineLatest, Observable, Subscription} from 'rxjs';
 import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, find, flatMap, map, reduce, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { followLink } from '../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 
 import { SectionModelComponent } from '../models/section.model';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty, isNotUndefined, isUndefined } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import { Group } from '../../../core/eperson/models/group.model';
 import { SectionsService } from '../sections.service';
 import { SubmissionService } from '../../submission.service';
 import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
-import { ResourcePolicy } from '../../../core/shared/resource-policy.model';
 import { AccessConditionOption } from '../../../core/config/models/config-access-condition-option.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionUploadComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
                 mapGroups$.push(
                   this.groupService.findById(accessCondition.selectGroupUUID).pipe(
                     find((rd: RemoteData<Group>) => !rd.isResponsePending && rd.hasSucceeded),
-                    flatMap((group: RemoteData<Group>) => group.payload.groups),
+                    flatMap((group: RemoteData<Group>) => group.payload.subgroups),
                     find((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>) => !rd.isResponsePending && rd.hasSucceeded),
                     map((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>) => ({
                       accessCondition: accessCondition.name,