diff --git a/src/React.bs.js b/src/React.bs.js
index 5531373..d5bbb5a 100644
--- a/src/React.bs.js
+++ b/src/React.bs.js
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 var React = require("react");
 var Caml_splice_call = require("rescript/lib/js/caml_splice_call.js");
 
-function component(prim) {
-  return prim;
-}
-
 function createElementWithKey(key, component, props) {
   return React.createElement(component, key !== undefined ? Object.assign({}, props, {
                     key: key
@@ -44,7 +40,6 @@ var Experimental = {
 
 var Uncurried = {};
 
-exports.component = component;
 exports.createElementWithKey = createElementWithKey;
 exports.createElementVariadicWithKey = createElementVariadicWithKey;
 exports.Ref = Ref;
diff --git a/src/React.res b/src/React.res
index 894e6a9..f0dbb7f 100644
--- a/src/React.res
+++ b/src/React.res
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type componentLike<'props, 'return> = Jsx.componentLike<'props, 'return>
 
 type component<'props> = Jsx.component<'props>
 
-let component = Jsx.component
+external component: componentLike<'props, element> => component<'props> = "%identity"
 
 %%private(
   @val