diff --git a/bookwyrm/management/commands/compilethemes.py b/bookwyrm/management/commands/compilethemes.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e3fba632b..000000000
--- a/bookwyrm/management/commands/compilethemes.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-""" Compile themes """
-import os
-from django.contrib.staticfiles.utils import get_files
-from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import StaticFilesStorage
-from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-
-import sass
-from sass_processor.processor import SassProcessor
-
-# pylint: disable=line-too-long
-class Command(BaseCommand):
-    """Compile themes"""
-
-    help = "Compile theme scss files"
-
-    # pylint: disable=no-self-use,unused-argument
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        """compile themes"""
-        storage = StaticFilesStorage()
-        theme_files = list(get_files(storage, location="css/themes"))
-        theme_files = [t for t in theme_files if t[-5:] == ".scss"]
-        for filename in theme_files:
-            path = storage.path(filename)
-            content = sass.compile(
-                filename=path,
-                include_paths=SassProcessor.include_paths,
-            )
-            basename, _ = os.path.splitext(path)
-            destination_filename = basename + ".css"
-            print(f"saving f{destination_filename}")
-            storage.save(destination_filename, ContentFile(content))
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/themes.html b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/themes.html
index d3dac804f..44d0cecec 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/themes.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/themes.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                 {% trans "Copy the theme file into the <code>bookwyrm/static/css/themes</code> directory on your server from the command line." %}
             </li>
             <li>
-                {% trans "Run <code>./bw-dev compilescss</code>." %}
+                {% trans "Run <code>./bw-dev collectstatic</code>." %}
             </li>
             <li>
                 {% trans "Add the file name using the form below to make it available in the application interface." %}
diff --git a/bw-dev b/bw-dev
index 1cc930264..b4b8cc0d3 100755
--- a/bw-dev
+++ b/bw-dev
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ case "$CMD" in
             --config dev-tools/.stylelintrc.js
         ;;
     compilescss)
-        runweb python manage.py compilethemes
+        runweb python manage.py compilescss
         runweb python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
         ;;
     collectstatic_watch)