diff --git a/gradio/component.py b/gradio/component.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c9fba82736..0000000000
--- a/gradio/component.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import shutil
-from typing import Any, Dict
-
-from gradio import processing_utils
-from gradio.blocks import Block
-
-
-class Component(Block):
-    """
-    A class for defining the methods that all gradio input and output components should have.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, label, requires_permissions=False):
-        self.label = label
-        self.requires_permissions = requires_permissions
-        super().__init__()
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.__repr__()
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return '{}(label="{}")'.format(type(self).__name__, self.label)
-
-    def get_template_context(self):
-        """
-        :return: a dictionary with context variables for the javascript file associated with the context
-        """
-        return {"name": self.__class__.__name__.lower(), "label": self.label}
-
-    @classmethod
-    def get_shortcut_implementations(cls):
-        """
-        Return dictionary of shortcut implementations
-        """
-        return {}
-
-    def save_flagged(
-        self, dir: str, label: str, data: Any, encryption_key: bool
-    ) -> Any:
-        """
-        Saves flagged data from component
-        """
-        return data
-
-    def restore_flagged(self, dir, data, encryption_key):
-        """
-        Restores flagged data from logs
-        """
-        return data
-
-    def save_flagged_file(
-        self, dir: str, label: str, data: Any, encryption_key: bool
-    ) -> str:
-        """
-        Saved flagged data (e.g. image or audio) as a file and returns filepath
-        """
-        if data is None:
-            return None
-        file = processing_utils.decode_base64_to_file(data, encryption_key)
-        label = "".join([char for char in label if char.isalnum() or char in "._- "])
-        old_file_name = file.name
-        output_dir = os.path.join(dir, label)
-        if os.path.exists(output_dir):
-            file_index = len(os.listdir(output_dir))
-        else:
-            os.makedirs(output_dir)
-            file_index = 0
-        new_file_name = str(file_index)
-        if "." in old_file_name:
-            uploaded_format = old_file_name.split(".")[-1].lower()
-            new_file_name += "." + uploaded_format
-        file.close()
-        shutil.move(old_file_name, os.path.join(dir, label, new_file_name))
-        return label + "/" + new_file_name
-
-    def restore_flagged_file(
-        self,
-        dir: str,
-        file: str,
-        encryption_key: bool,
-    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """
-        Loads flagged data from file and returns it
-        """
-        data = processing_utils.encode_file_to_base64(
-            os.path.join(dir, file), encryption_key=encryption_key
-        )
-        return {"name": file, "data": data}
-
-    @classmethod
-    def get_all_shortcut_implementations(cls):
-        shortcuts = {}
-        for sub_cls in cls.__subclasses__():
-            for shortcut, parameters in sub_cls.get_shortcut_implementations().items():
-                shortcuts[shortcut] = (sub_cls, parameters)
-        return shortcuts
diff --git a/gradio/components.py b/gradio/components.py
index 535f0e13d4..9569fca1ef 100644
--- a/gradio/components.py
+++ b/gradio/components.py
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ class Component(Block):
         """
         :return: a dictionary with context variables for the javascript file associated with the context
         """
-        return {
-            "label": self.label,
-        }
+        return {"name": self.__class__.__name__.lower(), "label": self.label}
 
     @classmethod
     def get_shortcut_implementations(cls):