Upcoming removal of unused variation themes in the Listings Items API

To simplify the listing experience, variation themes with no sales in the past 12 months will be removed from product templates and the Listings Items API. This change will occur between September 15, 2025 and November 30, 2025. We marked the impacted themes under Lifecycle: EnumDeprecated for the Variation Theme Name field in our Listings Items APIs.

Amazon maintains all versions of critical variation themes like size, color, and style for applicable product types. Your existing variation families will continue to operate normally, with no disruption to sales. You can update the variation themes at any time. Child ASINs will remain active even if you choose to update your variation themes.

Follow these steps to update your ASINs with impacted variation themes:

1. Go to Manage Inventory, and delete the existing parent ASIN.
2. Remove Parentage Level, Child Relationship Type, Parent SKU, and Variation Theme Name attributes from the child ASINs that were tied to the parent ASIN.
3. Create a new parent ASIN with an available variation theme.
4. Assign your relevant child ASINs to the new parent ASIN.

If you don't update the impacted variation themes, your child ASINs will remain active as stand-alone listings and customers can continue to purchase your products.

Additional Resources

• Refer to Variation themes planned for removal for a complete list of affected themes.
• Refer to Variation relationship FAQ for more information about managing variations.