diff --git a/src/app/core/data/lookup-relation.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/lookup-relation.service.ts
index ad977e42dc..76823dbfe0 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/lookup-relation.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/lookup-relation.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ExternalSourceService } from './external-source.service';
 import { SearchService } from '../shared/search/search.service';
-import { concat, map, multicast, startWith, take, takeWhile } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { concat, map, multicast, startWith, take, takeWhile, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../shared/search/paginated-search-options.model';
 import { ReplaySubject } from 'rxjs/internal/ReplaySubject';
 import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export class LookupRelationService {
     if (setSearchConfig) {
       this.searchConfig = newConfig;
     }
+    console.log(newConfig);
     return this.searchService.search(newConfig).pipe(
       /* Make sure to only listen to the first x results, until loading is finished */
       /* TODO: in Rxjs 6.4.0 and up, we can replace this with takeWhile(predicate, true) - see https://stackoverflow.com/a/44644237 */
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ export class LookupRelationService {
           concat(subject.pipe(take(1)))
         )
       ) as any
+      ,
     ) as Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<SearchResult<Item>>>>;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/relationship.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/relationship.service.ts
index 957be0f6c6..9eb09bdef0 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/relationship.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/relationship.service.ts
@@ -418,15 +418,4 @@ export class RelationshipService extends DataService<Relationship> {
     return update$;
   }
 
-  public toVirtualMetadata(relationship: Relationship, useLeft: boolean): MetadataValue {
-    const metadataValue = new MetadataValue();
-    metadataValue.authority = VIRTUAL_METADATA_PREFIX + relationship.id;
-    // What if there's no name variant?
-    if (useLeft) {
-      metadataValue.value = relationship.leftwardValue
-    } else {
-      metadataValue.value = relationship.rightwardValue
-    }
-    return metadataValue;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts
index 8f3a2e5edd..6c9253540e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts
@@ -315,9 +315,10 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
       size: 'lg'
     });
     const modalComp = this.modalRef.componentInstance;
+
+    modalComp.query = this.model.value ? this.model.value.value : '';
     if (hasValue(this.model.value)) {
-      modalComp.query = this.model.value.value;
-      modalComp.selectEvent.pipe(take(1)).subscribe(() => this.model.setValue(undefined))
+      modalComp.selectEvent.pipe(take(1)).subscribe(() => this.model.value = '');
     }
     modalComp.repeatable = this.model.repeatable;
     modalComp.listId = this.listId;
@@ -325,7 +326,6 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
     modalComp.metadataFields = this.model.metadataFields;
     modalComp.item = this.item;
     modalComp.submissionId = this.model.submissionId;
-
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.html
index f97bff86c1..4d8123a4b9 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.html
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
                                    [ngClass]="[getClass(model, 'element', 'host'), getClass(model, 'grid', 'host')]"
                                    [templates]="templates"
                                    (dfBlur)="onEvent($event, 'blur')"
-                                   (dfChange)="onEvent($event, 'change'); log('test')"
+                                   (dfChange)="onEvent($event, 'change')"
                                    (dfFocus)="onEvent($event, 'focus')"></ds-dynamic-form-control-container>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.ts
index 6ed845095a..ad1c18706d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,4 @@ export class DsDynamicFormComponent extends DynamicFormComponent {
   constructor(protected formService: FormBuilderService, protected layoutService: DynamicFormLayoutService) {
     super(formService, layoutService);
   }
-
-  log(t: string) {
-    console.log(t);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/ds-dynamic-concat.model.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/ds-dynamic-concat.model.ts
index 284486e85f..19cb0eda35 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/ds-dynamic-concat.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/ds-dynamic-concat.model.ts
@@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ export class DynamicConcatModel extends DynamicFormGroupModel {
 
     if (values[0].value) {
       (this.get(0) as DsDynamicInputModel).valueUpdates.next(values[0]);
+    } else {
+      (this.get(0) as DsDynamicInputModel).valueUpdates.next(undefined);
     }
     if (values[1].value) {
       (this.get(1) as DsDynamicInputModel).valueUpdates.next(values[1]);
+    } else {
+      (this.get(1) as DsDynamicInputModel).valueUpdates.next(undefined);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component.html
index 876f77268a..f50f64045f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     </ngb-tabset>
 </div>
 <div class="modal-footer">
-    <small>{{ ('submission.sections.describe.relationship-lookup.selected' | translate:{size: (selection$ | async)?.length || 0}) }}</small>
+    <small>{{ ('submission.sections.describe.relationship-lookup.selected' | translate: {size: (selection$ | async)?.length || 0}) }}</small>
     <div>
         <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" (click)="close()">{{ ('submission.sections.describe.relationship-lookup.close' | translate) }}</button>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component.ts
index 3fcd88c511..c2e4d91440 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { ExternalSource } from '../../../../../core/shared/external-source.model';
 import { ExternalSourceService } from '../../../../../core/data/external-source.service';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-dynamic-lookup-relation-modal',
@@ -113,8 +114,10 @@ export class DsDynamicLookupRelationModalComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy
     private lookupRelationService: LookupRelationService,
     private searchConfigService: SearchConfigurationService,
     private zone: NgZone,
-    private store: Store<AppState>
+    private store: Store<AppState>,
+    private router: Router,
   ) {
+
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
@@ -193,43 +196,6 @@ export class DsDynamicLookupRelationModalComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy
     );
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Set existing name variants for items by the item's virtual metadata
-   */
-  private setExistingNameVariants() {
-    const virtualMDs: MetadataValue[] = this.item.allMetadata(this.metadataFields).filter((mdValue) => mdValue.isVirtual);
-
-    const relatedItemPairs$: Observable<Array<[Item, Item]>> =
-      combineLatest(virtualMDs.map((md: MetadataValue) => this.relationshipService.findById(md.virtualValue).pipe(getSucceededRemoteData(), getRemoteDataPayload())))
-        .pipe(
-          switchMap((relationships: Relationship[]) => combineLatest(relationships.map((relationship: Relationship) =>
-              combineLatest(
-                relationship.leftItem.pipe(getSucceededRemoteData(), getRemoteDataPayload()),
-                relationship.rightItem.pipe(getSucceededRemoteData(), getRemoteDataPayload())
-              ))
-            )
-          )
-        );
-
-    const relatedItems$: Observable<Item[]> = relatedItemPairs$.pipe(
-      map((relatedItemPairs: Array<[Item, Item]>) => {
-        return relatedItemPairs
-          .map(([left, right]: [Item, Item]) => left.uuid === this.item.uuid ? left : right)
-      })
-    );
-
-    relatedItems$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((relatedItems) => {
-        let index = 0;
-        virtualMDs.forEach(
-          (md: MetadataValue) => {
-            this.relationshipService.setNameVariant(this.listId, relatedItems[index].uuid, md.value);
-            index++;
-          }
-        );
-      }
-    )
-  }
-
   /**
    * Calculate and set the total entries available for each tab
    */
@@ -253,6 +219,7 @@ export class DsDynamicLookupRelationModalComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.router.navigate([], {});
     Object.values(this.subMap).forEach((subscription) => subscription.unsubscribe());
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/relationship.effects.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/relationship.effects.ts
index a67a0b61b2..6d884210c2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/relationship.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/relationship.effects.ts
@@ -141,26 +141,4 @@ export class RelationshipEffects {
       switchMap(() => this.submissionObjectService.findById(submissionId).pipe(getSucceededRemoteData(), getRemoteDataPayload()))
     ).subscribe((submissionObject: SubmissionObject) => this.store.dispatch(new SaveSubmissionSectionFormSuccessAction(submissionId, [submissionObject])));
   }
-
-  // private addAsMetadataInStore(submissionID: string, sectionID: string, metadataField: string, relationship: Relationship, repeatable: boolean, relationshipType: string) {
-  //   const sectionData$: Observable<WorkspaceitemSectionDataType> = this.sectionsService.getSectionData(submissionID, sectionID);
-  //   observableCombineLatest(
-  //     sectionData$.pipe(take(1)),
-  //     relationship.relationshipType.pipe(getSucceededRemoteData(), getRemoteDataPayload())
-  //   ).subscribe(
-  //     ([sectionData, relType]: [WorkspaceitemSectionDataType, RelationshipType]) => {
-  //       const useLeft = relType.rightwardType === relationshipType;
-  //       const value = this.relationshipService.toVirtualMetadata(relationship, useLeft);
-  //       let values;
-  //       if (repeatable) {
-  //         const existingValues: FormFieldMetadataValueObject[] = sectionData[metadataField];
-  //         values = [...existingValues, value];
-  //       } else {
-  //         values = [value];
-  //       }
-  //       sectionData[metadataField] = values;
-  //       this.sectionsService.updateSectionData(submissionID, sectionID, sectionData);
-  //     }
-  //   );
-  // }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/search-tab/dynamic-lookup-relation-search-tab.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/search-tab/dynamic-lookup-relation-search-tab.component.html
index 50866c42e9..9c15dd5f5e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/search-tab/dynamic-lookup-relation-search-tab.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/search-tab/dynamic-lookup-relation-search-tab.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
                        [resultCount]="(resultsRD$ | async)?.payload?.totalElements"
                        [inPlaceSearch]="true" [showViewModes]="false"></ds-search-sidebar>
     <div class="col-8">
-        <ds-search-form [inPlaceSearch]="true" [query]="query"></ds-search-form>
+        <ds-search-form [query]="(searchConfigService.paginatedSearchOptions | async)?.query" [inPlaceSearch]="true"></ds-search-form>
 
         <ds-search-labels [inPlaceSearch]="true"></ds-search-labels>
 
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
+
+        {{(resultsRD$ | async)?.state}}
         <ds-search-results [searchResults]="(resultsRD$ | async)"
                            [sortConfig]="this.lookupRelationService.searchConfig?.sort"
                            [searchConfig]="this.lookupRelationService.searchConfig"
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/search-tab/dynamic-lookup-relation-search-tab.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/search-tab/dynamic-lookup-relation-search-tab.component.ts
index ee76e1fa78..e429f26d9f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/search-tab/dynamic-lookup-relation-search-tab.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/search-tab/dynamic-lookup-relation-search-tab.component.ts
@@ -2,20 +2,18 @@ import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnDestroy, OnInit, Output } from '@angu
 import { SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from '../../../../../../+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component';
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../../../../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../../../../search/paginated-search-options.model';
 import { SearchResult } from '../../../../../search/search-result.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../../../core/data/remote-data';
-import { Observable, ReplaySubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RelationshipOptions } from '../../../models/relationship-options.model';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../../../../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../../../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 import { SearchService } from '../../../../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { SelectableListService } from '../../../../../object-list/selectable-list/selectable-list.service';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../../../../empty.util';
-import { concat, map, multicast, switchMap, take, takeWhile, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { hasValue } from '../../../../../empty.util';
+import { map, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { getSucceededRemoteData } from '../../../../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { RouteService } from '../../../../../../core/services/route.service';
 import { CollectionElementLinkType } from '../../../../../object-collection/collection-element-link.type';
@@ -102,10 +100,10 @@ export class DsDynamicLookupRelationSearchTabComponent implements OnInit, OnDest
   /**
    * The initial pagination to use
    */
-  initialPagination = Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), {
-    id: 'submission-relation-list',
+  initialPagination = {
+    page: 1,
     pageSize: 5
-  });
+  };
 
   /**
    * The type of links to display
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ export class DsDynamicLookupRelationSearchTabComponent implements OnInit, OnDest
    */
   resetRoute() {
     this.router.navigate([], {
-      queryParams: Object.assign({}, { pageSize: this.initialPagination.pageSize }, this.route.snapshot.queryParams, { page: 1 })
+      queryParams: Object.assign({ query: this.query }, this.route.snapshot.queryParams, this.initialPagination),
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/disabled-field-parser.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/disabled-field-parser.spec.ts
index 7dce05f18d..c885b737c2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/disabled-field-parser.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/disabled-field-parser.spec.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ describe('DisabledFieldParser test suite', () => {
     const parser = new DisabledFieldParser(submissionId, field, initFormValues, parserOptions);
 
     const fieldModel = parser.parse();
-    console.log(fieldModel);
     expect(fieldModel.value).toEqual(expectedValue);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts b/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts
index 127ea93ba7..32f4b80f37 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ export abstract class FieldParser {
           if (model.hasLanguages || isNotEmpty(model.relationship)) {
             setLayout(model, 'grid', 'control', 'col');
           }
-          console.log(model);
           return [model];
         }
       } as DynamicRowArrayModelConfig;
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/form.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/form.component.html
index 3e792c2f7b..c9d41a7982 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/form.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/form.component.html
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
                                 (click)="insertItem($event, group.context, group.index + 1)">
                             <i class="fas fa-plus" aria-hidden="true"></i>
                         </button>
-                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary"
-                                (click)="removeItem($event, context, index)"
-                                [disabled]="group.context.groups.length === 1 || isItemReadOnly(context, index)">
-                            <i class="fas fa-trash" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-                        </button>
                     </div>
                 </div>
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/form.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/form.component.ts
index dd09370fb9..e6ebdeb91a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/form.component.ts
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ export class FormComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
   }
 
   removeItem($event, arrayContext: DynamicFormArrayModel, index: number): void {
+    console.log(arrayContext, index);
     const formArrayControl = this.formGroup.get(this.formBuilderService.getPath(arrayContext)) as FormArray;
     this.removeArrayItem.emit(this.getEvent($event, arrayContext, index, 'remove'));
     this.formBuilderService.removeFormArrayGroup(index, formArrayControl, arrayContext);