diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/button_submit.js b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/button_submit.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ef5999cd..00000000
--- a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/button_submit.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-import React from 'react';
-
-let ButtonSubmitOrClose = React.createClass({
-    propTypes: {
-        submitted: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
-        text: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired
-    },
-
-    render() {
-        if (this.props.submitted){
-            return (
-                <div className="modal-footer">
-                    <img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ascribe0/media/thumbnails/ascribe_animated_medium.gif" />
-                </div>
-            );
-        }
-        return (
-            <div className="modal-footer">
-                <button type="submit" className="btn btn-ascribe-inv">{this.props.text}</button>
-            </div>
-        );
-    }
-});
-
-export default ButtonSubmitOrClose;
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/button_submit_close.js b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/button_submit_close.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 11d3c0a4..00000000
--- a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/button_submit_close.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-import React from 'react';
-
-import AppConstants from '../../constants/application_constants';
-import { getLangText } from '../../utils/lang_utils.js'
-
-let ButtonSubmitOrClose = React.createClass({
-    propTypes: {
-        submitted: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
-        text: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-        onClose: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
-    },
-
-    render() {
-        if (this.props.submitted){
-            return (
-                <div className="modal-footer">
-                    <img src={AppConstants.baseUrl + 'static/img/ascribe_animated_medium.gif'} />
-                </div>
-            );
-        }
-        return (
-            <div className="modal-footer">
-                <button type="submit" className="btn btn-ascribe-inv">{this.props.text}</button>
-                <button className="btn btn-ascribe-inv" onClick={this.props.onClose}>{getLangText('CLOSE')}</button>
-            </div>
-        );
-    }
-});
-
-export default ButtonSubmitOrClose;
diff --git a/sass/lib/buttons.scss b/sass/lib/buttons.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/sass/main.scss b/sass/main.scss
index 510599bd..a267c576 100644
--- a/sass/main.scss
+++ b/sass/main.scss
@@ -205,38 +205,22 @@ hr {
         border: 1px solid $ascribe-brand-danger;
     }
 }
-
-.btn-ascribe,
-.btn-ascribe-inv {
+.btn-ascribe {
+    background-color: #fff;
     border: 1px solid #444;
     border-radius: 0 !important;
+    color: #222 !important;
     font-family: sans-serif !important;
     line-height: 2em;
     margin-left: 0 !important;
-    margin-right: 1px;
-}
-
-.btn-ascribe,
-.btn-ascribe-inv:active,
-.btn-ascribe-inv:hover {
-    background-color: #fff;
-    color: #222 !important;
 }
 
 .btn-ascribe:active,
-.btn-ascribe:hover,
-.btn-ascribe-inv {
+.btn-ascribe:hover {
     background-color: #444;
     color: #fff !important;
 }
 
-.btn-ascribe-inv:disabled,
-.btn-ascribe-inv:focus {
-    background-color: #BBB !important;
-    border: 1px solid #444 !important;
-    color: #444 !important;
-}
-
 .btn-ascribe-sm {
     font-size: 12px;
     line-height: 1.3em;