diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css b/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
index 24b778c0a..8ccbd030a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
@@ -175,9 +175,6 @@
   --notice-border: 1px solid #CCC999;
 
   --sign-in-link-color: #E00;
-
-  --search-box-button-color: white;
-  --sidebar-submit-button-color: #EEE;
   --footer-border: 1px solid #EEE;
 
   --jquery-ui-state-error-background: #FDDFDE;
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/main_layout.scss b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/main_layout.scss
index 5f685fc3a..f78ac6f77 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/main_layout.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/main_layout.scss
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 @import "../base/000_vars.scss";
 
-div#search {
-  margin-bottom: 1em;
-}
-
-div#search-box button {
-  -webkit-appearance: button;
-  border: 1px solid var(--link-color);
-  background-color: var(--link-color);
-  color: var(--search-box-button-color);
-  &:hover, &:focus {
-    border: 1px solid var(--link-hover-color);
-    background-color: var(--link-hover-color);
-  }
-}
-
 div#page {
   overflow: visible;
   margin: 0 20px;
@@ -55,7 +40,6 @@ div#page {
 
     button[type=submit] {
       padding: 2px 6px;
-      background: var(--sidebar-submit-button-color);
     }
 
     #search-box button[type=submit] {