diff --git a/src/app/core/services/link-head.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/link-head.service.ts
index 39552a44d3..d608618ca4 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/link-head.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/link-head.service.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export class LinkHeadService {
       });
 
       const link = renderer.createElement('link');
-      console.log(tag);
-      console.log(link);
       const head = this.document.head;
 
       if (head === null) {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/rss-feed/rss.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/rss-feed/rss.component.spec.ts
index b304abda83..fc19c65e60 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/rss-feed/rss.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/rss-feed/rss.component.spec.ts
@@ -96,17 +96,17 @@ describe('RssComponent', () => {
     });
 
     it('should formulate the correct url given params in url', () => {
-        const route = comp.formulateRoute(uuid, options, query);
+        const route = comp.formulateRoute(uuid, 'opensearch', options, query);
         expect(route).toBe('/opensearch/search?format=atom&scope=2cfcf65e-0a51-4bcb-8592-b8db7b064790&sort=dc.title&sort_direction=DESC&query=test');
     });
 
     it('should skip uuid if its null', () => {
-        const route = comp.formulateRoute(null, options, query);
+        const route = comp.formulateRoute(null, 'opensearch', options, query);
         expect(route).toBe('/opensearch/search?format=atom&sort=dc.title&sort_direction=DESC&query=test');
     });
 
     it('should default to query * if none provided', () => {
-        const route = comp.formulateRoute(null, options, null);
+        const route = comp.formulateRoute(null, 'opensearch', options, null);
         expect(route).toBe('/opensearch/search?format=atom&sort=dc.title&sort_direction=DESC&query=*');
     });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/rss-feed/rss.component.ts b/src/app/shared/rss-feed/rss.component.ts
index 11286e19e3..456e627941 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/rss-feed/rss.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/rss-feed/rss.component.ts
@@ -45,10 +45,17 @@ export class RSSComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy  {
               private router: Router,
               protected paginationService: PaginationService) {
   }
+  /**
+   * Removes the linktag created when the component gets removed from the page.
+   */
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
     this.linkHeadService.removeTag("rel='alternate'");
   }
 
+
+  /**
+   * Generates the link tags and the url to opensearch when the component is loaded.
+   */
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.configuration$ = this.searchConfigurationService.getCurrentConfiguration('default');
 
@@ -58,26 +65,36 @@ export class RSSComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy  {
       const enabled = (result.payload.values[0] === 'true');
       this.isEnabled$.next(enabled);
     });
-
-    this.searchConfigurationService.getCurrentQuery('').subscribe((query) => {
-      this.sortOption$ = this.paginationService.getCurrentSort(this.searchConfigurationService.paginationID, null, true);
-      this.sortOption$.subscribe((sort) => {
-        this.uuid = this.groupDataService.getUUIDFromString(this.router.url);
-
-        const route = environment.rest.baseUrl + this.formulateRoute(this.uuid, sort, query);
-        this.addLinks(route);
-        this.linkHeadService.addTag({
-          href: environment.rest.baseUrl + '/opensearch/service',
-          type: 'application/atom+xml',
-          rel: 'search',
-          title: 'Dspace'
+    this.configurationService.findByPropertyName('websvc.opensearch.svccontext').pipe(
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+    ).subscribe((url) => {
+      this.searchConfigurationService.getCurrentQuery('').subscribe((query) => {
+        this.sortOption$ = this.paginationService.getCurrentSort(this.searchConfigurationService.paginationID, null, true);
+        this.sortOption$.subscribe((sort) => {
+          this.uuid = this.groupDataService.getUUIDFromString(this.router.url);
+          const route = environment.rest.baseUrl + this.formulateRoute(this.uuid, url.payload.values[0], sort, query);
+          this.addLinks(route);
+          this.linkHeadService.addTag({
+            href: environment.rest.baseUrl + '/' + url.payload.values[0] + '/service',
+            type: 'application/atom+xml',
+            rel: 'search',
+            title: 'Dspace'
+          });
+          this.route$ = new BehaviorSubject<string>(route);
         });
-        this.route$ = new BehaviorSubject<string>(route);
       });
     });
   }
 
-  formulateRoute(uuid: string, sort: SortOptions, query: string): string {
+  /**
+   * Function created a route given the different params available to opensearch
+   * @param uuid The uuid if a scope is present
+   * @param opensearch openSearch uri 
+   * @param sort The sort options for the opensearch request
+   * @param query The query string that was provided in the search
+   * @returns The combine URL to opensearch
+   */
+  formulateRoute(uuid: string, opensearch: string, sort: SortOptions, query: string): string {
     let route = 'search?format=atom';
     if (uuid) {
       route += `&scope=${uuid}`;
@@ -90,10 +107,14 @@ export class RSSComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy  {
     } else {
       route += `&query=*`;
     }
-    route = '/opensearch/' + route;
+    route = '/' + opensearch +'/' + route;
     return route;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates <link> tags in the header of the page
+   * @param route The composed url to opensearch
+   */
   addLinks(route: string): void {
     this.linkHeadService.addTag({
       href: route,
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index c70aff6192..7c6fe6657a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ import { DsSelectComponent } from './ds-select/ds-select.component';
 import { LogInOidcComponent } from './log-in/methods/oidc/log-in-oidc.component';
 import { ThemedItemListPreviewComponent } from './object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/item-list-preview/themed-item-list-preview.component';
 import { RSSComponent } from './rss-feed/rss.component';
+import { ExternalLinkMenuItemComponent } from './menu/menu-item/external-link-menu-item.component';
 
 const MODULES = [
   CommonModule,
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.dev.ts b/src/environments/environment.dev.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 999abd32ee..0000000000
--- a/src/environments/environment.dev.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-export const environment = {
-  ui: {
-    ssl: false,
-    host: 'localhost',
-    port: 18080,
-    nameSpace: '/'
-  },
-  rest: {
-    ssl: false,
-    host: 'localhost',
-    port: 8080,
-    nameSpace: '/server'
-  },
-  universal: {
-    preboot: false
-  }
-};
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c31da7b791..0000000000
--- a/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-export const environment = {
-  ui: {
-    ssl: false,
-    host: 'localhost',
-    port: 18080,
-    nameSpace: '/'
-  },
-  rest: {
-    ssl: false,
-    host: 'localhost',
-    port: 8080,
-    nameSpace: '/server'
-  },
-  universal: {
-    preboot: true
-  }
-};