diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/commands.jupyterlab-settings b/jupyterhub/base/commands.jupyterlab-settings
deleted file mode 100755
index e954c5465e1cfab369dfd26561ff5a45b8d65fb7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/jupyterhub/base/commands.jupyterlab-settings
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "theme": "jupyter"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/themes.jupyterlab-settings b/jupyterhub/base/themes.jupyterlab-settings
deleted file mode 100755
index b71898fbde3625ed149f4ba98f4b8bec264d0781..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/jupyterhub/base/themes.jupyterlab-settings
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "theme": "JupyterLab Dark"
-}
\ No newline at end of file