diff --git a/metropolis/settings.py b/metropolis/settings.py
index 70307076..43259d63 100644
--- a/metropolis/settings.py
+++ b/metropolis/settings.py
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@
     "allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend",
 ]
 
-# ReCaptcha settings
-
-RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY = ""
-RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = ""
-RECAPTCHA_REQUIRED_SCORE = 0.85
-
 # NavBar settings
 
 NAVBAR = {
@@ -423,11 +417,11 @@
     },
 }
 
-CURRENT_THEME = "spring"
+CURRENT_THEME = "halloween"
 
 # Lazy Loading
 
-LAZY_LOADING = {  # set to False to disable
+LAZY_LOADING = {  # set to` False to disable
     "per_page": 2,
     "initial_limit": 4,
 }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dffa1772..cc08836f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ django-cors-headers = "3.10.0"
 django-crispy-forms = "*"
 django-oauth-toolkit = "*"
 django-pwa = "*"
-django-recaptcha = "3.0.0"
 django-redis = "5.0.0"
 django-select2 = "*"
 django-storages = "1.12.2"
diff --git a/templates/captcha/widget_v3.html b/templates/captcha/widget_v3.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 83945bc8..00000000
--- a/templates/captcha/widget_v3.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<div class="d-none {{ widget.attrs.class }}">
-</div>
-
-{% include "captcha/includes/js_v3.html" %}
-<input class="g-recaptcha"
-    type="hidden"
-    name="{{ widget.name }}"
-    {% for name, value in widget.attrs.items %}{% if value is not False %} {{ name }}{% if value is not True %}="{{ value|stringformat:'s' }}"{% endif %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
->