diff --git a/app/models/remote_theme.rb b/app/models/remote_theme.rb
index cc47c35a32..53a4cd21a3 100644
--- a/app/models/remote_theme.rb
+++ b/app/models/remote_theme.rb
@@ -112,25 +112,6 @@ class RemoteTheme < ActiveRecord::Base
       end
     end
 
-    theme_info["fields"]&.each do |name, info|
-      unless Hash === info
-        info = {
-          "target" => :common,
-          "type" => :theme_var,
-          "value" => info
-        }
-      end
-
-      if info["type"] == "color"
-        info["type"] = :theme_color_var
-      end
-
-      theme.set_field(target: info["target"] || :common,
-                      name: name,
-                      value: info["value"],
-                      type: info["type"] || :theme_var)
-    end
-
     Theme.targets.keys.each do |target|
       next if target == :settings || target == :translations
       ALLOWED_FIELDS.each do |field|
diff --git a/app/models/theme_field.rb b/app/models/theme_field.rb
index 166cbdea63..5e0da4119c 100644
--- a/app/models/theme_field.rb
+++ b/app/models/theme_field.rb
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ class ThemeField < ActiveRecord::Base
     @types ||= Enum.new(html: 0,
                         scss: 1,
                         theme_upload_var: 2,
-                        theme_color_var: 3,
-                        theme_var: 4,
+                        theme_color_var: 3, # No longer used
+                        theme_var: 4, # No longer used
                         yaml: 5)
   end
 
   def self.theme_var_type_ids
-    @theme_var_type_ids ||= [2, 3, 4]
+    @theme_var_type_ids ||= [2]
   end
 
   def self.force_recompilation!
diff --git a/spec/models/theme_spec.rb b/spec/models/theme_spec.rb
index 88604d06d4..1a4b758ee0 100644
--- a/spec/models/theme_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/theme_spec.rb
@@ -239,37 +239,7 @@ HTML
     end
   end
 
-  context 'theme vars' do
-
-    it 'works in parent theme' do
-      theme.set_field(target: :common, name: :scss, value: 'body {color: $magic; }')
-      theme.set_field(target: :common, name: :magic, value: 'red', type: :theme_var)
-      theme.set_field(target: :common, name: :not_red, value: 'red', type: :theme_var)
-      theme.component = true
-      theme.save
-
-      parent_theme = Fabricate(:theme)
-      parent_theme.set_field(target: :common, name: :scss, value: 'body {background-color: $not_red; }')
-      parent_theme.set_field(target: :common, name: :not_red, value: 'blue', type: :theme_var)
-      parent_theme.save
-      parent_theme.add_child_theme!(theme)
-
-      scss, _map = Stylesheet::Compiler.compile('@import "theme_variables"; @import "desktop_theme"; ', "theme.scss", theme_id: parent_theme.id)
-      expect(scss).to include("color:red")
-      expect(scss).to include("background-color:blue")
-    end
-
-    it 'can generate scss based off theme vars' do
-      theme.set_field(target: :common, name: :scss, value: 'body {color: $magic; content: quote($content)}')
-      theme.set_field(target: :common, name: :magic, value: 'red', type: :theme_var)
-      theme.set_field(target: :common, name: :content, value: 'Sam\'s Test', type: :theme_var)
-      theme.save
-
-      scss, _map = Stylesheet::Compiler.compile('@import "theme_variables"; @import "desktop_theme"; ', "theme.scss", theme_id: theme.id)
-      expect(scss).to include("red")
-      expect(scss).to include('"Sam\'s Test"')
-    end
-
+  context 'theme upload vars' do
     let :image do
       file_from_fixtures("logo.png")
     end