diff --git a/app/assets/config/manifest.js b/app/assets/config/manifest.js
index fa3b57485..f1a525ebd 100644
--- a/app/assets/config/manifest.js
+++ b/app/assets/config/manifest.js
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 //= link application.js
-//= link application.css
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
index f473b3259..87e721dc5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
@@ -1,8 +1 @@
-$govuk-compatibility-govuktemplate: false;
-$govuk-use-legacy-palette: false;
-$govuk-new-link-styles: true;
-
-// This flag stops the font from being included in this application's
-// stylesheet - the font is being served by Static across all of GOV.UK, so is
-// not needed here.
-$govuk-include-default-font-face: false;
+// Not used since AssetHelper is configured to load individual stylesheets
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index e3cd3d4c8..33b5ef5e2 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     <% if content_for(:meta_description).present? %>
       <meta name="description" content="<%= content_for(:meta_description) %>" />
     <% end %>
-    <%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", media: "all" %>
     <%= yield :head %>
     <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
     <%=