diff --git a/config/environment.default.js b/config/environment.default.js
index c4f63fe596..387b2bb48a 100644
--- a/config/environment.default.js
+++ b/config/environment.default.js
@@ -155,13 +155,5 @@ module.exports = {
     edit: {
       undoTimeout: 10000 // 10 seconds
     }
-  },
-  themes: [
-    {
-      name: 'Preview Release',
-      cssClass: 'preview-release'
-    }
-  ]
-
-
+  }
 };
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
index 3ead10077d..7811e9656d 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
 
   /**
    * The configuration for the current paginated search results
-     */
+   */
   searchOptions$: Observable<PaginatedSearchOptions>;
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.html b/src/app/app.component.html
index 272b879d68..5ef01e921a 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="outer-wrapper" [ngClass]="(theme | async)?.cssClass">
+<div class="outer-wrapper preview-release">
     <ds-admin-sidebar></ds-admin-sidebar>
     <div class="inner-wrapper"  [@slideSidebarPadding]="{
      value: (!(sidebarVisible | async) ? 'hidden' : (slideSidebarOver | async) ? 'shown' : 'expanded'),
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.spec.ts b/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
index c29b1fb2fb..bd2d832c67 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.spec.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import { CSSVariableServiceStub } from './shared/testing/css-variable-service-st
 import { MenuServiceStub } from './shared/testing/menu-service-stub';
 import { HostWindowService } from './shared/host-window.service';
 import { HostWindowServiceStub } from './shared/testing/host-window-service-stub';
-import { ThemeService } from './core/theme/theme.service';
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { RouteService } from './shared/services/route.service';
 import { MockActivatedRoute } from './shared/mocks/mock-active-router';
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ describe('App component', () => {
         { provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService },
         { provide: CSSVariableService, useClass: CSSVariableServiceStub },
         { provide: HostWindowService, useValue: new HostWindowServiceStub(800) },
-        { provide: ThemeService, useValue: {getCurrentTheme: () => {/* No implementation */}} },
         AppComponent,
         RouteService
       ],
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/app/app.component.ts
index 7abc1aab97..c1de58819e 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
 import { slideSidebarPadding } from './shared/animations/slide';
 import { combineLatest as combineLatestObservable, of } from 'rxjs';
 import { HostWindowService } from './shared/host-window.service';
-import { ThemeService } from './core/theme/theme.service';
 import { Theme } from '../config/theme.inferface';
 
 @Component({
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     private cssService: CSSVariableService,
     private menuService: MenuService,
     private windowService: HostWindowService,
-    private themeService: ThemeService
   ) {
 
     // Load all the languages that are defined as active from the config file
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
   }
 
   ngOnInit() {
-    this.theme = this.themeService.getCurrentTheme();
 
     const env: string = this.config.production ? 'Production' : 'Development';
     const color: string = this.config.production ? 'red' : 'green';
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index 4160a73cb4..6550435aa3 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from './data/dso-change-analyzer.service';
 import { ObjectUpdatesService } from './data/object-updates/object-updates.service';
 import { DefaultChangeAnalyzer } from './data/default-change-analyzer.service';
 import { SearchService } from '../+search-page/search-service/search.service';
-import { ThemeService } from './theme/theme.service';
 import { RoleService } from './roles/role.service';
 import { MyDSpaceGuard } from '../+my-dspace-page/my-dspace.guard';
 import { MyDSpaceResponseParsingService } from './data/mydspace-response-parsing.service';
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   MenuService,
   ObjectUpdatesService,
   SearchService,
-  ThemeService,
   MyDSpaceGuard,
   RoleService,
   TaskResponseParsingService,
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.reducers.ts b/src/app/core/core.reducers.ts
index 74e1323aa1..c93b4bf44b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.reducers.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.reducers.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   objectUpdatesReducer,
   ObjectUpdatesState
 } from './data/object-updates/object-updates.reducer';
-import { themeReducer, ThemeState } from './theme/theme.reducer';
 
 export interface CoreState {
   'cache/object': ObjectCacheState,
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ export interface CoreState {
   'data/request': RequestState,
   'index': MetaIndexState,
   'auth': AuthState,
-  'theme': ThemeState
   'json/patch': JsonPatchOperationsState
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +31,5 @@ export const coreReducers: ActionReducerMap<CoreState> = {
   'data/request': requestReducer,
   'index': indexReducer,
   'auth': authReducer,
-  'theme': themeReducer,
   'json/patch': jsonPatchOperationsReducer
 };
diff --git a/src/app/core/theme/theme.actions.ts b/src/app/core/theme/theme.actions.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 550a53c91d..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/theme/theme.actions.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * The list of ObjectUpdatesAction type definitions
- */
-import { type } from '../../shared/ngrx/type';
-import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { Theme } from '../../../config/theme.inferface';
-
-export const ThemeActionTypes = {
-  SET: type('dspace/core/theme/SET'),
-};
-
-/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
-
-/**
- * An ngrx action to set a the repository's current theme
- */
-export class SetThemeAction implements Action {
-  type = ThemeActionTypes.SET;
-  payload: {
-    theme: Theme
-  };
-
-  /**
-   * Create a new SetThemeAction
-   *
-   * @param theme
-   *    the theme configuration to change the current theme to
-   */
-  constructor(
-    theme: Theme
-  ) {
-    this.payload = { theme };
-  }
-}
-
-export type ThemeAction
-  = SetThemeAction;
diff --git a/src/app/core/theme/theme.reducer.spec.ts b/src/app/core/theme/theme.reducer.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 662f9bb852..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/theme/theme.reducer.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import * as deepFreeze from 'deep-freeze';
-import { SetThemeAction } from './theme.actions';
-import { themeReducer } from './theme.reducer';
-import { Theme } from '../../../config/theme.inferface';
-
-class NullAction extends SetThemeAction {
-  type = null;
-  payload = null;
-
-  constructor() {
-    super(null);
-  }
-}
-
-const newTheme: Theme = { name: 'New theme', cssClass: 'new-class' };
-describe('themeReducer', () => {
-  const testState = { theme: { name: 'test theme', cssClass: 'test-class' } };
-  deepFreeze(testState);
-
-  it('should return the current state when no valid actions have been made', () => {
-    const action = new NullAction();
-    const newState = themeReducer(testState, action);
-
-    expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
-  });
-
-  it('should start with an empty object', () => {
-    const action = new NullAction();
-    const initialState = themeReducer(undefined, action);
-
-    expect(initialState).toEqual({} as any);
-  });
-
-  it('should perform the SET action without affecting the previous state', () => {
-    const action = new SetThemeAction(newTheme);
-    // testState has already been frozen above
-    themeReducer(testState, action);
-  });
-
-  it('should return a new state with the new theme when calling the SET action with this new theme', () => {
-    const action = new SetThemeAction(newTheme);
-
-    const newState = themeReducer(testState, action);
-    expect(newState.theme).toEqual(newTheme);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/app/core/theme/theme.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/theme/theme.reducer.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 26f717872d..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/theme/theme.reducer.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import { Theme } from '../../../config/theme.inferface';
-import { ThemeAction, ThemeActionTypes } from './theme.actions';
-
-/**
- * Represents the state of the current theme in the store
- */
-export interface ThemeState {
-  theme: Theme
-}
-
-// Object.create(null) ensures the object has no default js properties (e.g. `__proto__`)
-const initialState = Object.create(null);
-
-/**
- * Reducer the current theme state to the new state depending on a given action
- * @param state The previous state, equal to the initial state when it was not defined before
- * @param action The action to perform on the current theme state
- */
-export function themeReducer(state = initialState, action: ThemeAction): ThemeState {
-  switch (action.type) {
-    case ThemeActionTypes.SET: {
-      return Object.assign({}, state, { theme: action.payload.theme });
-    }
-  }
-  return state;
-}
diff --git a/src/app/core/theme/theme.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/theme/theme.service.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3edbc764a3..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/theme/theme.service.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { ThemeService } from './theme.service';
-import { SetThemeAction } from './theme.actions';
-import * as ngrx from '@ngrx/store';
-import { Theme } from '../../../config/theme.inferface';
-import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
-
-describe('ThemeService', () => {
-  let service: ThemeService;
-  let store: Store<CoreState>;
-  const initialTheme: Theme = {
-    name: 'test theme',
-    cssClass: 'test-class'
-  };
-  const config = {
-    themes: [initialTheme]
-  } as any;
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    store = new Store<CoreState>(undefined, undefined, undefined);
-    spyOn(store, 'dispatch');
-    service = new ThemeService(store, config);
-  });
-
-  describe('when the service is created', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      spyOn(ThemeService.prototype, 'setCurrentTheme');
-      service = new ThemeService(store, config);
-    });
-
-    it('should call setCurrentTheme action on itself with the theme from the configuration', () => {
-      expect(service.setCurrentTheme).toHaveBeenCalledWith(initialTheme);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when setCurrentTheme op the service is called', () => {
-    it('should dispatch a SET action on the store', () => {
-      service.setCurrentTheme(initialTheme);
-      expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new SetThemeAction(initialTheme));
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when getCurrentTheme op the service is called', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      spyOnProperty(ngrx, 'select').and.callFake(() => {
-        return () => {
-          return () => observableOf({ theme: initialTheme });
-        };
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should select the current theme from the store', () => {
-      const theme = service.getCurrentTheme();
-      theme.pipe(first()).subscribe((newTheme) => {
-        expect(newTheme).toEqual(initialTheme);
-      });
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/app/core/theme/theme.service.ts b/src/app/core/theme/theme.service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2da6a28f38..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/theme/theme.service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import { createSelector, MemoizedSelector, select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { Theme } from '../../../config/theme.inferface';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { ThemeState } from './theme.reducer';
-import { SetThemeAction } from './theme.actions';
-import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
-
-function themeStateSelector(): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, ThemeState> {
-  return createSelector(coreSelector, (state: CoreState) => state.theme);
-}
-
-/**
- * Service that dispatches to and reads from the Theme state in the store
- */
-@Injectable()
-export class ThemeService {
-  /**
-   * Sets the initial theme read from configuration
-   * @param store The current store for the core state
-   * @param config The global configuration
-   */
-  constructor(private store: Store<CoreState>, @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) public config: GlobalConfig) {
-    const availableThemes: Theme[] = this.config.themes;
-    if (isNotEmpty(availableThemes)) {
-      this.setCurrentTheme(availableThemes[0]);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the current theme from the store
-   */
-  public getCurrentTheme(): Observable<Theme> {
-    return this.store.pipe(
-      select(themeStateSelector()),
-      map((state: ThemeState) => state.theme)
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Sets the current theme in the store
-   * @param theme The new theme
-   */
-  public setCurrentTheme(theme: Theme): void {
-    return this.store.dispatch(new SetThemeAction(theme));
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
index 6bae819513..91aa6a509d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,14 @@ export class SearchFormComponent {
    */
   @Input() scopes: DSpaceObject[];
 
-
+  /**
+   * Whether or not the search button should be displayed large
+   */
   @Input() large = false;
+
+  /**
+   * The brand color of the search button
+   */
   @Input() brandColor = 'primary';
 
   constructor(private router: Router) {