diff --git a/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/_left-sidebar.scss b/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/_left-sidebar.scss
index 142eb953..9207ffab 100644
--- a/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/_left-sidebar.scss
+++ b/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/_left-sidebar.scss
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ body {
.sidebar-logo {
width: 100%;
}
+.sidebar-ecosystem-link {
+ padding: var(--sidebar-item-spacing-vertical) var(--sidebar-item-spacing-horizontal);
+ font-size: var(--sidebar-caption-font-size);
+}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Common config for Translations & Previous Releases
diff --git a/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/theme/qiskit-sphinx-theme/custom_templates/sidebar_brand.html b/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/theme/qiskit-sphinx-theme/custom_templates/sidebar_brand.html
index 820e1a81..b78654d2 100644
--- a/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/theme/qiskit-sphinx-theme/custom_templates/sidebar_brand.html
+++ b/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/theme/qiskit-sphinx-theme/custom_templates/sidebar_brand.html
@@ -2,22 +2,7 @@
This file is inspired by Furo (created by Pradyun Gedam) and used under the MIT license.
-#}
-
-{#- We default to showing a Qiskit Ecosystem logo -#}
-{%- if not logo_url and not theme_light_logo and not theme_dark_logo and not theme_disable_ecosystem_logo -%}
-
-
- {% if not theme_sidebar_hide_name %}
- {{ docstitle if docstitle else project }}
- {%- endif %}
-
-
-{#- Else, use Furo's sidebar code. But, we remove the `centered` class from the `a` element because Carbon left-aligns things. -#}
-{%- else %}
+{#- Use Furo's sidebar code. But, we remove the `centered` class from the `a` element because Carbon left-aligns things. -#}
{% block brand_content %}
{%- if logo_url %}
@@ -36,4 +21,4 @@
{%- endif %}
{% endblock brand_content %}
-{%- endif %}
+This project is part of the Qiskit ecosystem
diff --git a/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/theme/qiskit-sphinx-theme/static/images/ecosystem-logo.svg b/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/theme/qiskit-sphinx-theme/static/images/ecosystem-logo.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 51b02dd2..00000000
--- a/src/qiskit_sphinx_theme/theme/qiskit-sphinx-theme/static/images/ecosystem-logo.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-
 }})
-