I already had the likes plugin installed prior to adding the curves ui theme. 
However the likes link is not displaying in the post view.
Is the likes plugin included with the theme different than the likes plugin available on the extend site?

Hey Gordie,

The 'Likes' plugin is one that I have built, and is unrelated to the Thank You/Likes System plugin. It won't show unless mine is activated.

You can remove mine entirely by removing inc/plugins/likes_plugin.php

Thanks Matty...I figured it was a different plugin

I've updated the .xml theme on GitHub to remove the plugin and variables completely.