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@@ -46,17 +46,6 @@ And constructed with the following guidelines:
 
 For more information on SemVer, please visit http://semver.org.
 
-## Component
-To include as a [component](https://github.com/componentjs/component), just run
-
-    $ component install ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome
-
-Or add
-
-    "ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome": "*"
-
-to the `dependencies` in your `component.json`.
-
 ## Building Fork Awesome
 
 **Before you can build the project**, you must first have the following installed:
diff --git a/component.json b/component.json
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "fork-awesome",
-  "repo": "ForkAwesome/Fork-Awesome",
-  "description": "Fork Awesome",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "dependencies": {},
-  "development": {},
-  "license": "SIL, MIT, CC BY 3.0",
-  "styles": [
-    "css/fork-awesome.css"
-  ],
-  "fonts": [
-    "fonts/forkawesome-webfont.eot",
-    "fonts/forkawesome-webfont.svg",
-    "fonts/forkawesome-webfont.ttf",
-    "fonts/forkawesome-webfont.woff",
-    "fonts/forkawesome-webfont.woff2"
-  ]
-}