diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader-directive.directive.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader-directive.directive.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 43c9d833a7..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader-directive.directive.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Directive, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
-
-/**
- * Directive used as a hook to know where to inject the dynamic loaded component
- */
-@Directive({
-  selector: '[dsSearchLabelLoader]'
-})
-export class SearchLabelLoaderDirective {
-
-  constructor(
-    public viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef,
-  ) {
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader.component.html b/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader.component.html
deleted file mode 100644
index f67716bc7d..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader.component.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<ng-template dsSearchLabelLoader></ng-template>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader.component.ts
index 763dc1b032..e1ed1bf9e1 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader.component.ts
@@ -1,132 +1,30 @@
-import { Component, ComponentRef, OnChanges, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef, SimpleChanges, Input } from '@angular/core';
-import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { Component, OnChanges, OnInit, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { GenericConstructor } from 'src/app/core/shared/generic-constructor';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from 'src/app/shared/empty.util';
-import { ThemeService } from '../../../theme-support/theme.service';
-import { SearchLabelLoaderDirective } from './search-label-loader-directive.directive';
 import { getSearchLabelByOperator } from './search-label-loader.decorator';
 import { AppliedFilter } from '../../models/applied-filter.model';
+import { AbstractComponentLoaderComponent } from '../../../abstract-component-loader/abstract-component-loader.component';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-search-label-loader',
-  templateUrl: './search-label-loader.component.html',
+  templateUrl: '../../../abstract-component-loader/abstract-component-loader.component.html',
 })
-export class SearchLabelLoaderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
+export class SearchLabelLoaderComponent extends AbstractComponentLoaderComponent<Component> implements OnInit, OnChanges {
 
   @Input() inPlaceSearch: boolean;
 
   @Input() appliedFilter: AppliedFilter;
 
-  /**
-   * Directive to determine where the dynamic child component is located
-   */
-  @ViewChild(SearchLabelLoaderDirective, { static: true }) componentDirective: SearchLabelLoaderDirective;
+  protected inputNamesDependentForComponent: (keyof this & string)[] = [
+    'appliedFilter',
+  ];
 
-  /**
-   * The reference to the dynamic component
-   */
-  protected compRef: ComponentRef<Component>;
-
-  /**
-   * Array to track all subscriptions and unsubscribe them onDestroy
-   */
-  protected subs: Subscription[] = [];
-
-  /**
-   * The @Input() that are used to find the matching component using {@link getComponent}. When the value of
-   * one of these @Input() change this loader needs to retrieve the best matching component again using the
-   * {@link getComponent} method.
-   */
-  protected inputNamesDependentForComponent: (keyof this & string)[] = [];
-
-  /**
-   * The list of the @Input() names that should be passed down to the dynamically created components.
-   */
   protected inputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
     'inPlaceSearch',
     'appliedFilter',
   ];
 
-  constructor(
-    protected themeService: ThemeService,
-  ) {
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set up the dynamic child component
-   */
-  ngOnInit(): void {
-    this.instantiateComponent();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Whenever the inputs change, update the inputs of the dynamic component
-   */
-  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void {
-    if (hasValue(this.compRef)) {
-      if (this.inputNamesDependentForComponent.some((name: keyof this & string) => hasValue(changes[name]) && changes[name].previousValue !== changes[name].currentValue)) {
-        // Recreate the component when the @Input()s used by getComponent() aren't up-to-date anymore
-        this.destroyComponentInstance();
-        this.instantiateComponent();
-      } else {
-        this.connectInputsAndOutputs();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  ngOnDestroy(): void {
-    this.subs
-      .filter((subscription: Subscription) => hasValue(subscription))
-      .forEach((subscription: Subscription) => subscription.unsubscribe());
-    this.destroyComponentInstance();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Creates the component and connects the @Input() & @Output() from the ThemedComponent to its child Component.
-   */
-  public instantiateComponent(): void {
-    const component: GenericConstructor<Component> = this.getComponent();
-
-    const viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef = this.componentDirective.viewContainerRef;
-    viewContainerRef.clear();
-
-    this.compRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(
-      component, {
-        index: 0,
-        injector: undefined,
-      },
-    );
-
-    this.connectInputsAndOutputs();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Destroys the themed component and calls it's `ngOnDestroy`
-   */
-  public destroyComponentInstance(): void {
-    if (hasValue(this.compRef)) {
-      this.compRef.destroy();
-      this.compRef = null;
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Fetch the component depending on the item's entity type, metadata representation type and context
-   */
   public getComponent(): GenericConstructor<Component> {
     return getSearchLabelByOperator(this.appliedFilter.operator);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Connect the inputs and outputs of this component to the dynamic component,
-   * to ensure they're in sync
-   */
-  public connectInputsAndOutputs(): void {
-    if (isNotEmpty(this.inputNames) && hasValue(this.compRef) && hasValue(this.compRef.instance)) {
-      this.inputNames.filter((name: string) => this[name] !== undefined).filter((name: string) => this[name] !== this.compRef.instance[name]).forEach((name: string) => {
-        this.compRef.instance[name] = this[name];
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.module.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search.module.ts
index 261d16774d..08357c6409 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.module.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { SearchFilterComponent } from './search-filters/search-filter/search-fil
 import { SearchFacetFilterComponent } from './search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component';
 import { SearchLabelsComponent } from './search-labels/search-labels.component';
 import { SearchLabelLoaderComponent } from './search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader.component';
-import { SearchLabelLoaderDirective } from './search-labels/search-label-loader/search-label-loader-directive.directive';
 import { SearchLabelComponent } from './search-labels/search-label/search-label.component';
 import { SearchLabelRangeComponent } from './search-labels/search-label-range/search-label-range.component';
 import { SearchFacetFilterWrapperComponent } from './search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter-wrapper/search-facet-filter-wrapper.component';
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ export const MODELS = [
 @NgModule({
   declarations: [
     ...COMPONENTS,
-    SearchLabelLoaderDirective,
   ],
   imports: [
     CommonModule,
@@ -99,7 +97,6 @@ export const MODELS = [
   ],
   exports: [
     ...COMPONENTS,
-    SearchLabelLoaderDirective,
   ]
 })
 export class SearchModule {