diff --git a/app/controllers/root_controller.rb b/app/controllers/root_controller.rb
index e6dcec8cf..d4df3fc04 100644
--- a/app/controllers/root_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/root_controller.rb
@@ -22,16 +22,12 @@ class RootController < ApplicationController
     502
     503
     504
-    chromeless
     gem_layout
     gem_layout_account_manager
-    gem_layout_explore_header
     gem_layout_full_width
-    gem_layout_full_width_explore_header
     gem_layout_full_width_no_footer_navigation
     gem_layout_homepage
     gem_layout_homepage_new
-    gem_layout_no_emergency_banner
     gem_layout_no_feedback_form
     gem_layout_no_footer_navigation
     scheduled_maintenance
diff --git a/app/views/root/_gem_base.html.erb b/app/views/root/_gem_base.html.erb
index d3b6de2a2..db3851382 100644
--- a/app/views/root/_gem_base.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/root/_gem_base.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <%
   logo_link ||= Plek.new.website_root.present? ? Plek.new.website_root : "https://www.gov.uk/"
   full_width ||= false
-  omit_emergency_banner ||= false
   omit_feedback_form ||= nil
   omit_footer_navigation ||= nil
   omit_footer_border ||= nil
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
   homepage ||= false
   homepage_blue_navbar ||= false
 
-  @emergency_banner = !omit_emergency_banner && emergency_banner_notification
+  @emergency_banner = emergency_banner_notification
 
   if @emergency_banner
     emergency_banner = render "govuk_publishing_components/components/emergency_banner", {
diff --git a/app/views/root/chromeless.html.erb b/app/views/root/chromeless.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 79534716a..000000000
--- a/app/views/root/chromeless.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<%= render partial: "gem_base" %>
diff --git a/app/views/root/gem_layout_explore_header.html.erb b/app/views/root/gem_layout_explore_header.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 79534716a..000000000
--- a/app/views/root/gem_layout_explore_header.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<%= render partial: "gem_base" %>
diff --git a/app/views/root/gem_layout_full_width_explore_header.html.erb b/app/views/root/gem_layout_full_width_explore_header.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 015061d10..000000000
--- a/app/views/root/gem_layout_full_width_explore_header.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<%= render partial: 'gem_base', locals: { full_width: true } %>
diff --git a/app/views/root/gem_layout_no_emergency_banner.html.erb b/app/views/root/gem_layout_no_emergency_banner.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a4c0f8c2..000000000
--- a/app/views/root/gem_layout_no_emergency_banner.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<%= render partial: "gem_base",
-  locals: {
-    omit_emergency_banner: true
-  }
-%>
diff --git a/test/integration/templates_test.rb b/test/integration/templates_test.rb
index d40a77607..d0dadb1ac 100644
--- a/test/integration/templates_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/templates_test.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 class TemplatesTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
   context "fetching templates" do
     should "be 200 for templates that exist" do
-      %w[404 406 500 chromeless gem_layout scheduled_maintenance].each do |template|
+      %w[404 406 500 gem_layout scheduled_maintenance].each do |template|
         get "/templates/#{template}.html.erb"
         assert_equal 200, last_response.status
       end