diff --git a/src/react/hooks/paragon/useParagonTheme.test.js b/src/react/hooks/paragon/useParagonTheme.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93027f62c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/react/hooks/paragon/useParagonTheme.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+import useParagonTheme from './useParagonTheme';
+import { getConfig } from '../../../config';
+
+jest.mock('../../../config', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('.../../../config'),
+  getConfig: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
+    PARAGON_THEME_URLS: {
+      core: {
+        urls: {
+          default: 'core.css',
+        },
+      },
+      defaults: {
+        light: 'light',
+        dark: 'dark',
+      },
+      variants: {
+        light: {
+          urls: {
+            default: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@edx/paragon@$21.0.0/dist/light.min.css',
+          },
+        },
+        dark: {
+          urls: {
+            default: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@edx/paragon@$21.0.0/dist/dark.min.css',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }),
+}));
+
+let mockMediaQueryListEvent;
+const mockAddEventListener = jest.fn((dispatch, fn) => fn(mockMediaQueryListEvent));
+const mockRemoveEventListener = jest.fn();
+
+Object.defineProperty(window, 'matchMedia', {
+  value: jest.fn(() => ({
+    addEventListener: mockAddEventListener,
+    removeEventListener: mockRemoveEventListener,
+  })),
+});
+
+Object.defineProperty(window, 'localStorage', {
+  value: {
+    getItem: jest.fn(),
+  },
+});
+
+describe('useParagonTheme', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    document.head.innerHTML = '';
+    mockMediaQueryListEvent = { matches: true };
+    mockAddEventListener.mockClear();
+    mockRemoveEventListener.mockClear();
+    window.localStorage.getItem.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  it('should configure theme variants according with system preference and add the change event listener', () => {
+    const { unmount } = renderHook(() => useParagonTheme(getConfig()));
+    const themeLinks = document.head.querySelectorAll('link');
+    const darkLink = document.head.querySelector('link[data-paragon-theme-variant="dark"]');
+    const lightLink = document.head.querySelector('link[data-paragon-theme-variant="light"]');
+    act(() => { themeLinks.forEach((link) => link.onload()); });
+
+    expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
+    expect(mockAddEventListener).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(darkLink.rel).toBe('stylesheet');
+    expect(lightLink.rel).toBe('alternate stylesheet');
+    unmount();
+    expect(mockRemoveEventListener).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should configure theme variants according with user preference if is defined (localStorage)', () => {
+    window.localStorage.getItem.mockReturnValue('light');
+    const { unmount } = renderHook(() => useParagonTheme(getConfig()));
+    const themeLinks = document.head.querySelectorAll('link');
+    const darkLink = document.head.querySelector('link[data-paragon-theme-variant="dark"]');
+    const lightLink = document.head.querySelector('link[data-paragon-theme-variant="light"]');
+    act(() => { themeLinks.forEach((link) => link.onload()); });
+
+    expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
+    expect(mockAddEventListener).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    expect(darkLink.rel).toBe('alternate stylesheet');
+    expect(lightLink.rel).toBe('stylesheet');
+    unmount();
+    expect(mockRemoveEventListener).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/react/hooks/paragon/useParagonThemeVariants.test.js b/src/react/hooks/paragon/useParagonThemeVariants.test.js
index d43dd5588..505b863b4 100644
--- a/src/react/hooks/paragon/useParagonThemeVariants.test.js
+++ b/src/react/hooks/paragon/useParagonThemeVariants.test.js
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@ import useParagonThemeVariants from './useParagonThemeVariants';
 
 jest.mock('../../../logging');
 
-const mockAddEventListener = jest.fn();
-const mockRemoveEventListener = jest.fn();
-const mockOnChange = jest.fn();
-
-Object.defineProperty(window, 'matchMedia', {
-  value: jest.fn(() => ({
-    addEventListener: mockAddEventListener,
-    removeEventListener: mockRemoveEventListener,
-    onchange: mockOnChange,
-  })),
-});
-
 describe('useParagonThemeVariants', () => {
   const themeOnLoad = jest.fn();
 
@@ -85,34 +73,6 @@ describe('useParagonThemeVariants', () => {
     expect(document.querySelector('link').href).toBe(`${getConfig().BASE_URL}/${PARAGON_THEME.paragon.themeUrls.variants.light.fileName}`);
   });
 
-  it('should configure theme variants according with system preference and add the change event listener', () => {
-    window.matchMedia['prefers-color-scheme'] = 'dark';
-
-    const themeVariants = {
-      light: {
-        urls: {
-          default: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@edx/paragon@$21.0.0/dist/light.min.css',
-          brandOverride: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@edx/brand@$2.0.0/dist/light.min.css',
-        },
-      },
-      dark: {
-        urls: {
-          default: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@edx/paragon@$21.0.0/dist/dark.min.css',
-          brandOverride: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@edx/brand@$2.0.0/dist/dark.min.css',
-        },
-      },
-    };
-
-    const currentThemeVariant = 'light';
-
-    renderHook(() => useParagonThemeVariants({ themeVariants, currentThemeVariant, onLoad: themeOnLoad }));
-
-    const themeLinks = document.head.querySelectorAll('link');
-    act(() => { themeLinks.forEach((link) => link.onload()); });
-
-    expect(mockAddEventListener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  });
-
   it('should do nothing if themeVariants is not configured', () => {
     const themeVariants = null;
     const currentTheme = 'light';