diff --git a/src/app/search-page/configuration-search-page.component.ts b/src/app/search-page/configuration-search-page.component.ts
index 768149de6a..9196dda025 100644
--- a/src/app/search-page/configuration-search-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/search-page/configuration-search-page.component.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../core/shared/search/search-configu
 import { RouteService } from '../core/services/route.service';
 import { SearchService } from '../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { APP_CONFIG, AppConfig } from '../../config/app-config.interface';
 
 /**
  * This component renders a search page using a configuration as input.
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ export class ConfigurationSearchPageComponent extends SearchComponent {
               protected windowService: HostWindowService,
               @Inject(SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE) public searchConfigService: SearchConfigurationService,
               protected routeService: RouteService,
-              protected router: Router) {
-    super(service, sidebarService, windowService, searchConfigService, routeService, router);
+              protected router: Router,
+              @Inject(APP_CONFIG) protected appConfig: AppConfig,
+  ) {
+    super(service, sidebarService, windowService, searchConfigService, routeService, router, appConfig);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.spec.ts
index 9d069636a9..69f4dfd6aa 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.spec.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import { SearchFilterConfig } from './models/search-filter-config.model';
 import { FilterType } from './models/filter-type.model';
 import { getCommunityPageRoute } from '../../community-page/community-page-routing-paths';
 import { getCollectionPageRoute } from '../../collection-page/collection-page-routing-paths';
+import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment.test';
+import { APP_CONFIG } from '../../../config/app-config.interface';
 
 let comp: SearchComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<SearchComponent>;
@@ -209,7 +211,8 @@ export function configureSearchComponentTestingModule(compType, additionalDeclar
       {
         provide: SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE,
         useValue: searchConfigurationServiceStub
-      }
+      },
+      { provide: APP_CONFIG, useValue: environment },
     ],
     schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
   }).overrideComponent(compType, {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
index ef3dfbc456..492c0e3d6b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ import { ViewMode } from '../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
 import { SelectionConfig } from './search-results/search-results.component';
 import { ListableObject } from '../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 import { CollectionElementLinkType } from '../object-collection/collection-element-link.type';
-import { environment } from 'src/environments/environment';
 import { SubmissionObject } from '../../core/submission/models/submission-object.model';
 import { SearchFilterConfig } from './models/search-filter-config.model';
 import { WorkspaceItem } from '../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model';
 import { ITEM_MODULE_PATH } from '../../item-page/item-page-routing-paths';
 import { COLLECTION_MODULE_PATH } from '../../collection-page/collection-page-routing-paths';
 import { COMMUNITY_MODULE_PATH } from '../../community-page/community-page-routing-paths';
+import { AppConfig, APP_CONFIG } from '../../../config/app-config.interface';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-search',
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
               protected windowService: HostWindowService,
               @Inject(SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE) public searchConfigService: SearchConfigurationService,
               protected routeService: RouteService,
-              protected router: Router) {
+              protected router: Router,
+              @Inject(APP_CONFIG) protected appConfig: AppConfig,
+  ) {
     this.isXsOrSm$ = this.windowService.isXsOrSm();
   }
 
@@ -450,8 +452,10 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
     let followLinks = [
       followLink<Item>('thumbnail', { isOptional: true }),
       followLink<SubmissionObject>('item', { isOptional: true }, followLink<Item>('thumbnail', { isOptional: true })) as any,
-      followLink<Item>('accessStatus', { isOptional: true, shouldEmbed: environment.item.showAccessStatuses }),
     ];
+    if (this.appConfig.item.showAccessStatuses) {
+      followLinks.push(followLink<Item>('accessStatus', { isOptional: true }));
+    }
     if (this.configuration === 'supervision') {
       followLinks.push(followLink<WorkspaceItem>('supervisionOrders', { isOptional: true }) as any);
     }