diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.spec.ts
index d0b51f04b1f..bdcdb6f171f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { SearchSettingsComponent } from './search-settings.component';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
@@ -6,15 +5,11 @@ import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../pagination/pagination-componen
 import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
-import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { EnumKeysPipe } from '../../utils/enum-keys-pipe';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { SearchFilterService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search-filter.service';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../utils/var.directive';
 import { SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from '../../../my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component';
-import { SidebarService } from '../../sidebar/sidebar.service';
-import { SidebarServiceStub } from '../../testing/sidebar-service.stub';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
 import { PaginationServiceStub } from '../../testing/pagination-service.stub';
 
@@ -22,32 +17,23 @@ describe('SearchSettingsComponent', () => {
 
   let comp: SearchSettingsComponent;
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<SearchSettingsComponent>;
-  let searchServiceObject: SearchService;
 
   let pagination: PaginationComponentOptions;
   let sort: SortOptions;
-  let mockResults;
-  let searchServiceStub;
 
   let queryParam;
   let scopeParam;
   let paginatedSearchOptions;
 
-  let paginationService;
+  let paginationService: PaginationServiceStub;
 
-  let activatedRouteStub;
 
-  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(async () => {
     pagination = new PaginationComponentOptions();
     pagination.id = 'search-results-pagination';
     pagination.currentPage = 1;
     pagination.pageSize = 10;
     sort = new SortOptions('score', SortDirection.DESC);
-    mockResults = ['test', 'data'];
-    searchServiceStub = {
-      searchOptions: { pagination: pagination, sort: sort },
-      search: () => mockResults,
-    };
 
     queryParam = 'test query';
     scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
@@ -58,30 +44,12 @@ describe('SearchSettingsComponent', () => {
       sort,
     };
 
-    activatedRouteStub = {
-      queryParams: observableOf({
-        query: queryParam,
-        scope: scopeParam,
-      }),
-    };
-
     paginationService = new PaginationServiceStub(pagination, sort);
 
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([])],
       declarations: [SearchSettingsComponent, EnumKeysPipe, VarDirective],
       providers: [
-        { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchServiceStub },
-
-        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
-        {
-          provide: SidebarService,
-          useValue: SidebarServiceStub,
-        },
-        {
-          provide: SearchFilterService,
-          useValue: {},
-        },
         {
           provide: PaginationService,
           useValue: paginationService,
@@ -111,10 +79,7 @@ describe('SearchSettingsComponent', () => {
 
     // SearchPageComponent test instance
     fixture.detectChanges();
-    searchServiceObject = (comp as any).service;
     spyOn(comp, 'reloadOrder');
-    spyOn(searchServiceObject, 'search').and.callThrough();
-
   });
 
   it('it should show the order settings with the respective selectable options', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
index 0efd38b5b28..23c9e78c3a8 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, Inject, Input } from '@angular/core';
-import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
-import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
 import { SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE } from '../../../my-dspace-page/my-dspace-page.component';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
@@ -26,11 +24,10 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent {
    */
   @Input() sortOptionsList: SortOptions[];
 
-  constructor(private service: SearchService,
-              private route: ActivatedRoute,
-              private router: Router,
-              private paginationService: PaginationService,
-              @Inject(SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE) public searchConfigurationService: SearchConfigurationService) {
+  constructor(
+    protected paginationService: PaginationService,
+    @Inject(SEARCH_CONFIG_SERVICE) public searchConfigurationService: SearchConfigurationService,
+  ) {
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
index 8e120940ecc..fc07893d721 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
@@ -315,9 +315,8 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
     // Determinate PaginatedSearchOptions and listen to any update on it
     const configuration$: Observable<string> = this.searchConfigService
       .getCurrentConfiguration(this.configuration).pipe(distinctUntilChanged());
-    const searchSortOptions$: Observable<SortOptions[]> = configuration$.pipe(
-      switchMap((configuration: string) => this.searchConfigService
-        .getConfigurationSearchConfig(configuration)),
+    const searchSortOptions$: Observable<SortOptions[]> = combineLatest([configuration$, this.currentScope$]).pipe(
+      switchMap(([configuration, scope]: [string, string]) => this.searchConfigService.getConfigurationSearchConfig(configuration, scope)),
       map((searchConfig: SearchConfig) => this.searchConfigService.getConfigurationSortOptions(searchConfig)),
       distinctUntilChanged()
     );
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index 1296bb21e25..8245ac6404f 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -3988,6 +3988,18 @@
 
   "sorting.lastModified.DESC": "Last modified Descending",
 
+  "sorting.person.familyName.ASC": "Surname Ascending",
+
+  "sorting.person.familyName.DESC": "Surname Descending",
+
+  "sorting.person.givenName.ASC": "Name Ascending",
+
+  "sorting.person.givenName.DESC": "Name Descending",
+
+  "sorting.person.birthDate.ASC": "Birth Date Ascending",
+
+  "sorting.person.birthDate.DESC": "Birth Date Descending",
+
   "statistics.title": "Statistics",
 
   "statistics.header": "Statistics for {{ scope }}",