diff --git a/bin/component b/bin/component
deleted file mode 100755
index 5f5f13bbbc7ae..0000000000000
--- a/bin/component
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-var fs = require("fs"),
-    package = require("../package.json");
-
-console.log(JSON.stringify({
-  "name": "d3",
-  "repository": "mbostock/d3",
-  "description": package.description,
-  "keywords": package.keywords,
-  "version": package.version,
-  "main": "d3.js",
-  "scripts": [
-    "d3.js"
-  ],
-  "license": package.license
-}, null, 2));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52ae988ec4cbc..84f44a231a351 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "vows && echo",
-    "prepublish": "npm test && rm -f component.json package.js src/start.js d3.js d3.min.js d3.zip && bin/start > src/start.js && bin/component > component.json && bin/meteor > package.js && smash src/d3.js | uglifyjs - -b indent-level=2 -o d3.js && bin/uglify d3.js > d3.min.js && chmod a-w d3.js d3.min.js component.json package.js && zip d3.zip LICENSE d3.js d3.min.js",
+    "prepublish": "npm test && rm -f package.js src/start.js d3.js d3.min.js d3.zip && bin/start > src/start.js && bin/meteor > package.js && smash src/d3.js | uglifyjs - -b indent-level=2 -o d3.js && bin/uglify d3.js > d3.min.js && chmod a-w d3.js d3.min.js package.js && zip d3.zip LICENSE d3.js d3.min.js",
     "postpublish": "VERSION=`node -e 'console.log(require(\"./package.json\").version)'`; git push && git tag -am \"Release $VERSION.\" v${VERSION} && git push --tags && cp -v README.md LICENSE d3.js d3.min.js ../d3-bower && cd ../d3-bower && git add README.md LICENSE d3.js d3.min.js && git commit -m \"Release $VERSION.\" && git tag -am \"Release $VERSION.\" v${VERSION} && git push && git push --tags && cd - && cp -v d3.js ../d3.github.com/d3.v3.js && cp -v d3.min.js ../d3.github.com/d3.v3.min.js && cd ../d3.github.com && git add d3.v3.js d3.v3.min.js && git commit -m \"d3 ${VERSION}\" && git push"
   },
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause"