diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/atoms/datasets.ts b/app/scripts/components/exploration/atoms/datasets.ts
index e85f36201..ed9751f07 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/atoms/datasets.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/atoms/datasets.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { datasetLayers, reconcileDatasets } from '../data-utils';
+import { datasetLayers } from '../data-utils';
+import { reconcileDatasets } from '../data-utils-no-faux-module';
 import { TimelineDataset, TimelineDatasetForUrl } from '../types.d.ts';
 import { atomWithUrlValueStability } from '$utils/params-location-atom/atom-with-url-value-stability';
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/atoms/hooks.ts b/app/scripts/components/exploration/atoms/hooks.ts
index 65dca1f67..93ea7f5d1 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/atoms/hooks.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/atoms/hooks.ts
@@ -148,20 +148,13 @@ export function useTimelineDatasetVisibility(
 export function useTimelineDatasetColormap(
   datasetAtom: PrimitiveAtom<TimelineDataset>
 ) {
-  const dataset = useAtomValue(datasetAtom);
-
   const colorMapAtom = useMemo(() => {
     return focusAtom(datasetAtom, (optic) =>
       optic.prop('settings').prop('colorMap')
     );
   }, [datasetAtom]);
 
-  const [colorMap, setColorMap] = useAtom(colorMapAtom);
-
-  const effectiveColorMap =
-    colorMap ?? dataset.data.sourceParams?.colormap_name ?? 'viridis';
-
-  return [effectiveColorMap, setColorMap];
+  return useAtom(colorMapAtom);
 }
 
 export const useTimelineDatasetAnalysis = (
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/dataset-selector-modal/index.tsx b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/dataset-selector-modal/index.tsx
index c417f881f..2175243be 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/dataset-selector-modal/index.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/dataset-selector-modal/index.tsx
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ import { glsp, themeVal } from '@devseed-ui/theme-provider';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { timelineDatasetsAtom } from '../../atoms/datasets';
 import {
-  reconcileDatasets,
-  datasetLayers,
-  allExploreDatasets
-} from '../../data-utils';
+  reconcileDatasets
+} from '../../data-utils-no-faux-module';
+import {   datasetLayers,
+  allExploreDatasets} from '../../data-utils';
 import RenderModalHeader from './header';
 
 import ModalFooterRender from './footer';
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/colormap-options.tsx b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/colormap-options.tsx
index b0f2f9893..183c46491 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/colormap-options.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/colormap-options.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Button, Icon } from "@trussworks/react-uswds";
+import { Icon } from "@trussworks/react-uswds";
 import { CollecticonDrop } from '@devseed-ui/collecticons';
 import { sequentialColorMaps, divergingColorMaps, restColorMaps } from './colorMaps';
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const classifyColormap = (colormapName: string): 'sequential' | 'divergin
 };
 
 interface ColormapOptionsProps {
-  colorMap: string;
+  colorMap: string | undefined;
   setColorMap: (colorMap: string) => void;
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const getColormapColors = (colormapName: string, isReversed: boolean): st
   return isReversed ? colors.reduceRight((acc, color) => [...acc, color], []) : colors;
 };
 
-export function ColormapOptions({ colorMap, setColorMap}: ColormapOptionsProps) {
+export function ColormapOptions({ colorMap = 'viridis', setColorMap}: ColormapOptionsProps) {
   const initialIsReversed = colorMap.endsWith('_r');
   const initialColorMap = normalizeColorMap(colorMap);
 
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ export function ColormapOptions({ colorMap, setColorMap}: ColormapOptionsProps)
 
   if (colormapType === 'sequential') {
     if (customColorMap) {
-      availableColormaps = [{ name: customColorMap, label: 'Default' }, ...CURATED_SEQUENTIAL_COLORMAPS.map(name => ({ name }))];
+      availableColormaps = [{ name: customColorMap }, ...CURATED_SEQUENTIAL_COLORMAPS.map(name => ({ name }))];
     } else {
       availableColormaps = CURATED_SEQUENTIAL_COLORMAPS.map(name => ({ name }));
     }
   } else if (colormapType === 'diverging') {
     if (customColorMap) {
-      availableColormaps = [{ name: customColorMap, label: 'Default' }, ...CURATED_DIVERGING_COLORMAPS.map(name => ({ name }))];
+      availableColormaps = [{ name: customColorMap }, ...CURATED_DIVERGING_COLORMAPS.map(name => ({ name }))];
     } else {
       availableColormaps = CURATED_DIVERGING_COLORMAPS.map(name => ({ name }));
     }
@@ -101,12 +101,6 @@ export function ColormapOptions({ colorMap, setColorMap}: ColormapOptionsProps)
     setColorMap(isReversed ? `${baseColorMap}_r` : baseColorMap);
   };
 
-  const handleResetAll = () => {
-    setIsReversed(false);
-    const baseColorMap = normalizeColorMap(selectedColorMap);
-    setColorMap(baseColorMap);
-  };
-
   return (
     <div className='colormap-options__container bg-white shadow-1 maxh-mobile-lg'>
       <div className='display-flex flex-align-center text-gray-90 padding-2 font-heading-xs text-bold'><CollecticonDrop className='margin-right-1' /> Colormap options</div>
@@ -121,11 +115,10 @@ export function ColormapOptions({ colorMap, setColorMap}: ColormapOptionsProps)
           )}
           <input className='colormap-options__input' checked={isReversed} type='checkbox' readOnly />
         </div>
-        <Button className='font-ui-3xs' onClick={handleResetAll} type='button' disabled={!isReversed} unstyled>Reset all</Button>
       </div>
 
       <div>
-        {availableColormaps.map(({ name, label }) => {
+        {availableColormaps.map(({ name }) => {
           const previewColors = getColormapColors(name, isReversed);
 
           return (
@@ -139,7 +132,7 @@ export function ColormapOptions({ colorMap, setColorMap}: ColormapOptionsProps)
                 style={{ background: `linear-gradient(to right, ${previewColors.join(', ')})` }}
               />
               <label className='colormap-options__label text-gray-90 font-heading-xs flex-1'>
-                {label ? 'Default' : name}
+                {name}
               </label>
             </div>
           );
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/data-layer-card.tsx b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/data-layer-card.tsx
index 483909a85..28500c92e 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/data-layer-card.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/datasets/data-layer-card.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ interface CardProps {
   datasetAtom: PrimitiveAtom<TimelineDataset>;
   isVisible: boolean | undefined;
   setVisible: any;
-  colorMap: string;
+  colorMap: string | undefined;
   setColorMap: (colorMap: string) => void;
   onClickLayerInfo: () => void;
   datasetLegend: LayerLegendCategorical | LayerLegendGradient | undefined;
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/map/layer.tsx b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/map/layer.tsx
index 5dba2cf46..a252cd8a4 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/map/layer.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/components/map/layer.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ interface LayerProps {
 
 export function Layer(props: LayerProps) {
   const { id: layerId, dataset, order, selectedDay, onStatusChange } = props;
-
-  const { isVisible, opacity } = dataset.settings;
-  const colorMap = dataset.settings.colorMap ?? dataset.data.sourceParams?.colormap_name ?? 'viridis';
+  const { isVisible, opacity, colorMap } = dataset.settings;
 
   // The date needs to match the dataset's time density.
   const relevantDate = useMemo(
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/data-utils-no-faux-module.ts b/app/scripts/components/exploration/data-utils-no-faux-module.ts
index a34e2ea21..3bf0d5c66 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/data-utils-no-faux-module.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/data-utils-no-faux-module.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ function getInitialMetrics(data: DatasetLayer): DataMetric[] {
   return foundMetrics;
 }
 
+function getInitialColorMap(dataset: DatasetLayer): string {
+  return dataset.sourceParams?.colormap_name ?? 'viridis';
+}
+
 export function reconcileDatasets(
   ids: string[],
   datasetsList: EnhancedDatasetLayer[],
@@ -75,7 +79,6 @@ export function reconcileDatasets(
     if (!dataset) {
       throw new Error(`Dataset [${id}] not found`);
     }
-
     return {
       status: DatasetStatus.IDLE,
       data: dataset,
@@ -83,7 +86,8 @@ export function reconcileDatasets(
       settings: {
         isVisible: true,
         opacity: 100,
-        analysisMetrics: getInitialMetrics(dataset)
+        analysisMetrics: getInitialMetrics(dataset),
+        colorMap: getInitialColorMap(dataset)
       },
       analysis: {
         status: DatasetStatus.IDLE,
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/exploration/data-utils.ts b/app/scripts/components/exploration/data-utils.ts
index e677b350d..845eeefa8 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/exploration/data-utils.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/exploration/data-utils.ts
@@ -10,17 +10,10 @@ import eachMonthOfInterval from 'date-fns/eachMonthOfInterval';
 import {
   EnhancedDatasetLayer,
   StacDatasetData,
-  TimeDensity,
-  TimelineDataset,
-  DatasetStatus
+  TimeDensity
 } from './types.d.ts';
-import {
-  DataMetric,
-  DATA_METRICS,
-  DEFAULT_DATA_METRICS
-} from './components/datasets/analysis-metrics';
 import { veda_faux_module_datasets } from '$data-layer/datasets';
-import { DatasetLayer, DatasetData, VedaDatum } from '$types/veda';
+import { DatasetData, VedaDatum } from '$types/veda';
 import { utcString2userTzDate } from '$utils/date';
 
 // @TODO: This file should be deprecated and merged with `data-utils-no-faux-module`
@@ -85,80 +78,6 @@ export const datasetLayers = Object.values(veda_faux_module_datasets).flatMap(
   }
 );
 
-/**
- * Returns an array of metrics based on the given Dataset Layer configuration.
- * If the layer has metrics defined, it returns only the metrics that match the
- * ids. Otherwise, it returns all available metrics.
- *
- * @param data - The Datase tLayer object to get metrics for.
- * @returns An array of metrics objects.
- */
-function getInitialMetrics(data: DatasetLayer): DataMetric[] {
-  const metricsIds = data.analysis?.metrics ?? [];
-
-  if (!metricsIds.length) {
-    return DEFAULT_DATA_METRICS;
-  }
-
-  const foundMetrics = metricsIds
-    .map((metric: string) => {
-      return DATA_METRICS.find((m) => m.id === metric)!;
-    })
-    .filter(Boolean);
-
-  return foundMetrics;
-}
-
-/**
- * Converts the datasets to a format that can be used by the timeline, skipping
- * the ones that have already been reconciled.
- *
- * @param ids The ids of the datasets to reconcile.
- * @param datasetsList The list of datasets layers from VEDA
- * @param reconciledDatasets The datasets that were already reconciled.
- */
-
-// @TODO: Assuming that all the datasets are added only through this method
-// We can find a dataset that a layer belongs to in this method
-// Include it as a part of returned value
-
-export function reconcileDatasets(
-  ids: string[],
-  datasetsList: EnhancedDatasetLayer[],
-  reconciledDatasets: TimelineDataset[]
-): TimelineDataset[] {
-  return ids.map((id) => {
-    const alreadyReconciled = reconciledDatasets.find((d) => d.data.id === id);
-
-    if (alreadyReconciled) {
-      return alreadyReconciled;
-    }
-
-    const dataset = datasetsList.find((d) => d.id === id);
-
-    if (!dataset) {
-      throw new Error(`Dataset [${id}] not found`);
-    }
-
-    return {
-      status: DatasetStatus.IDLE,
-      data: dataset,
-      error: null,
-      settings: {
-        isVisible: true,
-        opacity: 100,
-        analysisMetrics: getInitialMetrics(dataset)
-      },
-      analysis: {
-        status: DatasetStatus.IDLE,
-        data: null,
-        error: null,
-        meta: {}
-      }
-    };
-  });
-}
-
 export function resolveLayerTemporalExtent(
   datasetId: string,
   datasetData: StacDatasetData