diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component.html b/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component.html
index 8498411a38c..851ccaf880d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component.html
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ <h4 class="modal-title">{{'vocabulary-treeview.header' | translate}}</h4>
                             [preloadLevel]="preloadLevel"
                             [selectedItems]="selectedItems"
                             [multiSelect]="multiSelect"
+                            [showAdd]="showAdd"
                             (select)="onSelect($event)">
     </ds-vocabulary-treeview>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component.ts
index 706b725f89e..15532939cc6 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ export class VocabularyTreeviewModalComponent implements OnInit {
    */
   @Input() multiSelect = false;
 
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if to show the add button or not
+   */
+  @Input() showAdd = true;
+
   /**
    * Contain a descriptive message for this vocabulary retrieved from i18n files
    */
diff --git a/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.component.ts b/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.component.ts
index f52e2c9835b..1cee59f435b 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/form/vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { FlatTreeControl } from '@angular/cdk/tree';
 import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnChanges, OnDestroy, OnInit, Output, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
-import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { VocabularyEntryDetail } from '../../../core/submission/vocabularies/models/vocabulary-entry-detail.model';
 import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../empty.util';
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { VocabularyEntry } from '../../../core/submission/vocabularies/models/vocabulary-entry.model';
 import { VocabularyTreeFlattener } from './vocabulary-tree-flattener';
 import { VocabularyTreeFlatDataSource } from './vocabulary-tree-flat-data-source';
-import { VocabularyService } from '../../../core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service';
 import { AlertType } from '../../alert/alert-type';
 import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from '../builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
 
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ export class VocabularyTreeviewComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit, OnChanges
   @Input() multiSelect = false;
 
   /**
-   * The vocabulary entries already selected, if any
+   * A boolean representing if to show the add button or not
    */
   @Input() showAdd = true;
 
@@ -117,13 +115,9 @@ export class VocabularyTreeviewComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit, OnChanges
    * Initialize instance variables
    *
    * @param {VocabularyTreeviewService} vocabularyTreeviewService
-   * @param {vocabularyService} vocabularyService
-   * @param {TranslateService} translate
    */
   constructor(
-    private vocabularyTreeviewService: VocabularyTreeviewService,
-    private vocabularyService: VocabularyService,
-    private translate: TranslateService
+    private vocabularyTreeviewService: VocabularyTreeviewService
   ) {
     this.treeFlattener = new VocabularyTreeFlattener(this.transformer, this.getLevel,
       this.isExpandable, this.getChildren);
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-filters/search-filter/search-hierarchy-filter/search-hierarchy-filter.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-filters/search-filter/search-hierarchy-filter/search-hierarchy-filter.component.ts
index f9b3f2bff94..812be0bfc68 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-filters/search-filter/search-hierarchy-filter/search-hierarchy-filter.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-filters/search-filter/search-hierarchy-filter/search-hierarchy-filter.component.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { SearchService } from '../../../../../core/shared/search/search.service'
 import {
   FILTER_CONFIG,
   IN_PLACE_SEARCH,
-  SearchFilterService, REFRESH_FILTER
+  REFRESH_FILTER,
+  SearchFilterService
 } from '../../../../../core/shared/search/search-filter.service';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../../../../../core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
@@ -18,14 +19,15 @@ import { SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from '../../../../../my-dspace-page/my-dspace-p
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../../../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
 import { SearchFilterConfig } from '../../../models/search-filter-config.model';
 import { FacetValue } from '../../../models/facet-value.model';
-import { getFacetValueForType } from '../../../search.utils';
+import { addOperatorToFilterValue, getFacetValueForType } from '../../../search.utils';
 import { filter, map, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { VocabularyService } from '../../../../../core/submission/vocabularies/vocabulary.service';
-import { Observable, BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { BehaviorSubject, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { PageInfo } from '../../../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 import { environment } from '../../../../../../environments/environment';
-import { addOperatorToFilterValue } from '../../../search.utils';
-import { VocabularyTreeviewModalComponent } from '../../../../form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component';
+import {
+  VocabularyTreeviewModalComponent
+} from '../../../../form/vocabulary-treeview-modal/vocabulary-treeview-modal.component';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-search-hierarchy-filter',
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ export class SearchHierarchyFilterComponent extends SearchFacetFilterComponent i
       name: this.getVocabularyEntry(),
       closed: true
     };
+    modalRef.componentInstance.showAdd = false;
     modalRef.result.then((detail: VocabularyEntryDetail) => {
       this.selectedValues$
         .pipe(take(1))