diff --git a/modules/programs/fish.nix b/modules/programs/fish.nix
index 856fb7c3a..006fb53d1 100644
--- a/modules/programs/fish.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/fish.nix
@@ -765,30 +765,6 @@ in
           }) cfg.plugins
         );
       })
-      (
-        let
-          themes = lib.foldl (
-            themeList: plugin:
-            if lib.pathIsDirectory "${plugin.src}/themes" then
-              themeList ++ lib.filesystem.listFilesRecursive "${plugin.src}/themes"
-            else
-              themeList
-          ) [ ] cfg.plugins;
-        in
-        (mkIf (lib.length themes > 0) {
-          xdg.configFile = lib.mkMerge (
-            map (
-              theme:
-              let
-                basename = lib.last (builtins.split "/" (toString theme));
-              in
-              {
-                "fish/themes/${basename}".source = theme;
-              }
-            ) themes
-          );
-        })
-      )
     ]
   );
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/fish/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/fish/default.nix
index c1d9e70ab..ff1bc7582 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/fish/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/fish/default.nix
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@
   fish-plugins = ./plugins.nix;
   fish-manpage = ./manpage.nix;
   fish-binds = ./binds.nix;
-  fish-themes = ./themes.nix;
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/fish/themes.nix b/tests/modules/programs/fish/themes.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 549054c40..000000000
--- a/tests/modules/programs/fish/themes.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
-let
-  dummy-theme-plugin = pkgs.runCommandLocal "theme" { } ''
-    mkdir -p "$out"/themes
-    echo "fish_color_normal 575279" > "$out/themes/dummy-theme-plugin.theme"
-  '';
-
-  copied-theme = pkgs.writeText "theme.theme" ''
-    fish_color_normal 575279
-  '';
-in
-{
-  config = {
-    programs.fish = {
-      enable = true;
-      plugins = [
-        {
-          name = "foo";
-          src = dummy-theme-plugin;
-        }
-      ];
-    };
-
-    # Needed to avoid error with dummy fish package.
-    xdg.dataFile."fish/home-manager_generated_completions".source = lib.mkForce (
-      builtins.toFile "empty" ""
-    );
-
-    nmt = {
-      description = "if fish plugin contains themes directory copy the themes";
-      script = ''
-        assertDirectoryExists home-files/.config/fish/themes
-        assertFileExists home-files/.config/fish/themes/dummy-theme-plugin.theme
-        assertFileContent home-files/.config/fish/themes/dummy-theme-plugin.theme ${copied-theme}
-      '';
-    };
-  };
-}