diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/themes.html b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/themes.html
index e3035b2f..d3dac804 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/themes.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/themes.html
@@ -123,8 +123,12 @@
                 <td>{{ theme.name }}</td>
                 <td><code>{{ theme.path }}</code></td>
                 <td>
-                    <form>
-                        <button type="submit" class="button is-danger is-light">{% trans "Remove theme" %}</button>
+                    <form method="POST" action="{% url 'settings-themes-delete' theme.id %}">
+                        {% csrf_token %}
+                        <button type="submit" class="button is-danger is-light is-small">
+                            <span class="icon icon-x" aria-hideen="true"></span>
+                            <span>{% trans "Remove theme" %}</span>
+                        </button>
                     </form>
                 </td>
             </tr>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/urls.py b/bookwyrm/urls.py
index bef6786d..415af912 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/urls.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/urls.py
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ urlpatterns = [
     ),
     re_path(r"^settings/site-settings/?$", views.Site.as_view(), name="settings-site"),
     re_path(r"^settings/themes/?$", views.Themes.as_view(), name="settings-themes"),
+    re_path(
+        r"^settings/themes/(?P<theme_id>\d+)/delete/?$",
+        views.delete_theme,
+        name="settings-themes-delete",
+    ),
     re_path(
         r"^settings/announcements/?$",
         views.Announcements.as_view(),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
index 675221cb..957a0f6e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from .admin.reports import (
     moderator_delete_user,
 )
 from .admin.site import Site
-from .admin.themes import Themes
+from .admin.themes import Themes, delete_theme
 from .admin.user_admin import UserAdmin, UserAdminList
 
 # user preferences
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/admin/themes.py b/bookwyrm/views/admin/themes.py
index c1eacf44..12b449af 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/admin/themes.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/admin/themes.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.utils import get_files
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import StaticFilesStorage
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views import View
+from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
 
 from bookwyrm import forms, models
 
@@ -46,3 +48,12 @@ def get_view_data():
         "choices": [c for c in choices if c not in current and c[-5:] == ".scss"],
         "theme_form": forms.ThemeForm(),
     }
+
+
+@require_POST
+@permission_required("bookwyrm.edit_instance_settings", raise_exception=True)
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument
+def delete_theme(request, theme_id):
+    """Remove a theme"""
+    get_object_or_404(models.Theme, id=theme_id).delete()
+    return redirect("settings-themes")