diff --git a/apps/common/main/lib/controller/Themes.js b/apps/common/main/lib/controller/Themes.js
index 500545eb9..a6aa6cced 100644
--- a/apps/common/main/lib/controller/Themes.js
+++ b/apps/common/main/lib/controller/Themes.js
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ define([
                 function ( obj ) {
                     if ( obj != 'error' ) {
                         parse_themes_object(obj);
+                    } else {
+                        console.warn('failed to load/parse themes.json');
                     }
                 }
             );
diff --git a/apps/common/main/resources/themes/classic-light.json b/apps/common/main/resources/themes/classic-light.json
deleted file mode 100644
index deb591dca..000000000
--- a/apps/common/main/resources/themes/classic-light.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-        "name": "Classic Light 2",
-        "id": "theme-classic-light2",
-        "type": "light",
-        "colors": {
-            "toolbar-header-document": "#446995",
-            "toolbar-header-spreadsheet": "#40865c",
-            "toolbar-header-presentation": "#aa5252",
-
-            "background-normal": "#f00",
-            "background-toolbar": "#f100f1",
-            "background-toolbar-additional": "#f100f1",
-            "background-primary-dialog-button": "#7d858c",
-            "background-tab-underline": "#444",
-            "background-notification-popover": "#fcfed7",
-            "background-notification-badge": "#ffd112",
-            "background-scrim": "rgba(0,0,0, 0.2)",
-            "background-loader": "rgba(0,0,0, .65)"
-        }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/common/main/resources/themes/themes.json b/apps/common/main/resources/themes/themes.json
index 3e8afe8db..943b2bef0 100644
--- a/apps/common/main/resources/themes/themes.json
+++ b/apps/common/main/resources/themes/themes.json
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "themes": [
-        "../../common/main/resources/themes/classic-light.json"
-    ]
+    "themes": []
 }
\ No newline at end of file