diff --git a/docs/source/more/customise.rst b/docs/source/more/customise.rst
index 70905def..dea685b5 100644
--- a/docs/source/more/customise.rst
+++ b/docs/source/more/customise.rst
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ A colour theme ``.conf`` file consists of the following settings:
    author      = Veronica Berglyd Olsen
    credit      = Veronica Berglyd Olsen
    url         = https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter
-   license     = CC BY-SA 4.0
-   licenseurl  = https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
 
    [Base]
    base    = #fcfcfc
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ affects.
    :header: "Section", "Description"
    :class: "tight-table"
 
-   "``[Main]``",    "Meta data about the theme, You must at least set ``name`` and ``mode``, and ``mode`` must be either ``light`` or ``dark``."
+   "``[Main]``",    "Meta data about the theme, You must at least set ``name``, ``mode`` and ``author``, and ``mode`` must be either ``light`` or ``dark``."
    "``[Base]``",    "The base colours of the theme. These are also selectable colours in various places inside the app, like for icon colours in **Preferences**."
    "``[Project]``", "The colours used for icons and markers for the different project item types."
    "``[Palette]``", "The colours used for styling the user interface. The values correspond to the ColorRole_ values in the Qt library."
@@ -177,6 +175,8 @@ There are several ways to enter colour values:
 .. versionadded:: 2.8
    The ``[Syntax]`` section was moved into the main theme file. Previously, these settings were in
    their own file. The ``[Icons]`` section was renamed to ``[Base]``. Added the ``line`` setting.
+   Dropped the ``license`` and ``licenseurl`` settings. The ``description`` and ``author`` fields
+   are now required if the theme is included in the app, but not for user themes.
 
 
 Icon Themes
diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/theme.py b/novelwriter/gui/theme.py
index a92c6add..cbd4166d 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/theme.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/theme.py
@@ -72,8 +72,13 @@ class ThemeMeta:
     author:      str = ""
     credit:      str = ""
     url:         str = ""
-    license:     str = ""
-    licenseUrl:  str = ""
+
+
+class IconsMeta:
+
+    name:    str = ""
+    author:  str = ""
+    license: str = ""
 
 
 class SyntaxColors:
@@ -296,12 +301,10 @@ class GuiTheme:
         if parser.has_section(sec):
             meta.name        = parser.get(sec, "name", fallback="")
             meta.mode        = parser.get(sec, "mode", fallback="light")
-            meta.description = parser.get(sec, "description", fallback="N/A")
-            meta.author      = parser.get(sec, "author", fallback="N/A")
-            meta.credit      = parser.get(sec, "credit", fallback="N/A")
+            meta.description = parser.get(sec, "description", fallback="")
+            meta.author      = parser.get(sec, "author", fallback="")
+            meta.credit      = parser.get(sec, "credit", fallback="")
             meta.url         = parser.get(sec, "url", fallback="")
-            meta.license     = parser.get(sec, "license", fallback="N/A")
-            meta.licenseUrl  = parser.get(sec, "licenseurl", fallback="")
 
         self._meta = meta
 
@@ -613,13 +616,13 @@ class GuiTheme:
                 parser.clear()
                 parser.read(file, encoding="utf-8")
                 name = parser.get("Main", "name", fallback="")
-                dark = parser.get("Main", "mode", fallback="light").lower() == "dark"
-                if name:
+                mode = parser.get("Main", "mode", fallback="").lower()
+                if name and mode in ("light", "dark"):
                     key = file.stem
                     prefix = "*" if key.startswith("default") else ""
                     lookup = f"{prefix}{name} {key}"
                     keys.append(lookup)
-                    data[lookup] = (file.stem, name, dark, file)
+                    data[lookup] = (file.stem, name, mode == "dark", file)
             except Exception:  # noqa: PERF203
                 logger.error("Could not read file: %s", file)
                 logException()
@@ -659,7 +662,7 @@ class GuiIcons:
     def __init__(self, mainTheme: GuiTheme) -> None:
 
         self._theme = mainTheme
-        self._meta = ThemeMeta()
+        self._meta = IconsMeta()
 
         # Storage
         self._allThemes: dict[str, ThemeEntry] = {}
@@ -722,7 +725,7 @@ class GuiIcons:
         CONFIG.splashMessage(f"Loading icon theme: {entry.name}")
         logger.info("Loading icon theme '%s'", theme)
         try:
-            meta = ThemeMeta()
+            meta = IconsMeta()
             with open(entry.path, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as icons:
                 for icon in icons:
                     bits = icon.partition("=")
diff --git a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py
index 805f5009..933043b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ def testGuiTheme_CheckTheme(theme):
 
     structure = {
         "Main": [
-            "name", "mode",  # The rest are not required
+            "name", "mode", "description", "author",  # The rest are not required
         ],
         "Base": [
             "base", "default", "faded", "red", "orange", "yellow", "green",
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ def testGuiTheme_CheckTheme(theme):
             "errorline", "replacetag", "modifier", "texthighlight",
         ],
     }
-    optional = ["description", "author", "credit", "url", "license", "licenseurl"]
+    optional = ["credit", "url"]
     missing = []
     for section, options in structure.items():
         missing.extend(opt for opt in options if opt not in parser[section])