diff --git a/lib/simple_form.rb b/lib/simple_form.rb
index 16d470b8..39bce42a 100644
--- a/lib/simple_form.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_form.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ require 'simple_form/action_view_extensions/form_helper'
 require 'simple_form/action_view_extensions/builder'
 
 module SimpleForm
+  autoload :Components,  'simple_form/components'
   autoload :FormBuilder, 'simple_form/form_builder'
   autoload :I18nCache,   'simple_form/i18n_cache'
   autoload :MapType,     'simple_form/map_type'
+  autoload :RequiredComponent, 'simple_form/required_component'
 end
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diff --git a/lib/simple_form/abstract_component.rb b/lib/simple_form/abstract_component.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4333e03c..00000000
--- a/lib/simple_form/abstract_component.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-module SimpleForm
-  class AbstractComponent
-    attr_reader :builder, :attribute, :input_type, :options
-
-    def self.basename
-      @basename ||= name.split("::").last.underscore.to_sym
-    end
-
-    def initialize(builder, attribute, input_type, options)
-      @builder    = builder
-      @attribute  = attribute
-      @input_type = input_type
-      @options    = options 
-    end
-
-    def generate
-      return "" unless valid?
-      component_tag(content).to_s
-    end
-
-    def valid?
-      true
-    end
-
-    def template
-      @builder.template
-    end
-
-    def object
-      @builder.object
-    end
-
-    def hidden_input?
-      @input_type == :hidden
-    end
-
-    def basename
-      self.class.basename
-    end
-
-    def component_tag(content)
-      template.content_tag(:span, content, :class => basename)
-    end
-
-    def translate(default='')
-      lookups = [ :"#{@builder.object_name}.#{@attribute}", :"#{@attribute}", default ]
-      I18n.t(lookups.shift, :scope => :"simple_form.#{basename.to_s.pluralize}", :default => lookups)
-    end
-  end
-end
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diff --git a/lib/simple_form/components.rb b/lib/simple_form/components.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94a3f21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simple_form/components.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module SimpleForm
+  module Components
+    autoload :Base,  'simple_form/components/base'
+    autoload :Error, 'simple_form/components/error'
+    autoload :Hint,  'simple_form/components/hint'
+    autoload :Input, 'simple_form/components/input'
+    autoload :Label, 'simple_form/components/label'
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/simple_form/components/base.rb b/lib/simple_form/components/base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc9328a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simple_form/components/base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+module SimpleForm
+  module Components
+    class Base
+      attr_reader :builder, :attribute, :input_type, :options
+
+      def self.basename
+        @basename ||= name.split("::").last.underscore.to_sym
+      end
+
+      def initialize(builder, attribute, input_type, options)
+        @builder    = builder
+        @attribute  = attribute
+        @input_type = input_type
+        @options    = options 
+      end
+
+      def generate
+        return "" unless valid?
+        component_tag(content).to_s
+      end
+
+      def valid?
+        true
+      end
+
+      def template
+        @builder.template
+      end
+
+      def object
+        @builder.object
+      end
+
+      def hidden_input?
+        @input_type == :hidden
+      end
+
+      def basename
+        self.class.basename
+      end
+
+      def component_tag(content)
+        template.content_tag(:span, content, :class => basename)
+      end
+
+      def translate(default='')
+        lookups = [ :"#{@builder.object_name}.#{@attribute}", :"#{@attribute}", default ]
+        I18n.t(lookups.shift, :scope => :"simple_form.#{basename.to_s.pluralize}", :default => lookups)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/simple_form/components/error.rb b/lib/simple_form/components/error.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..990bb2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simple_form/components/error.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module SimpleForm
+  module Components
+    class Error < Base
+      def valid?
+        !hidden_input? && !errors.blank?
+      end
+
+      def errors
+        @errors ||= object.errors[@attribute]
+      end
+
+      def content
+        Array(errors).to_sentence
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/components/hint.rb b/lib/simple_form/components/hint.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74ba4b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simple_form/components/hint.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module SimpleForm
+  module Components
+    class Hint < Base
+      def valid?
+        !hidden_input? && !content.blank?
+      end
+
+      def content
+        @content ||= @options[:hint] || translate
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/components/input.rb b/lib/simple_form/components/input.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e30b51a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simple_form/components/input.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+module SimpleForm
+  module Components
+    class Input < Base
+      extend I18nCache
+      extend MapType
+      include RequiredComponent
+
+      map_type :boolean,  :to => :check_box
+      map_type :text,     :to => :text_area
+      map_type :datetime, :to => :datetime_select, :options => true
+      map_type :date,     :to => :date_select, :options => true
+      map_type :time,     :to => :time_select, :options => true
+      map_type :password, :to => :password_field
+      map_type :hidden,   :to => :hidden_field
+      map_type :select,   :to => :collection_select, :options => true, :collection => true
+      map_type :radio,    :to => :collection_radio, :collection => true
+      map_type :numeric,  :to => :text_field
+      map_type :string,   :to => :text_field
+
+      def self.boolean_collection
+        i18n_cache :boolean_collection do
+          [ [I18n.t(:"simple_form.true", :default => 'Yes'), true],
+            [I18n.t(:"simple_form.false", :default => 'No'), false] ]
+        end
+      end
+
+      def generate
+        html_options = @options[:html] || {}
+        html_options[:class] = default_css_classes(html_options[:class])
+        @options[:options] ||= {}
+
+        mapping = self.class.mappings[@input_type]
+        raise "Invalid input type #{@input_type.inspect}" unless mapping
+
+        args = [ @attribute ]
+
+        if mapping.collection
+          collection = @options[:collection] || self.class.boolean_collection
+          detect_collection_methods(collection, @options)
+          args.push(collection, @options[:value_method], @options[:label_method])
+        end
+
+        args << @options[:options] if mapping.options
+        args << html_options
+
+        @builder.send(mapping.method, *args)
+      end
+
+      def detect_collection_methods(collection, options)
+        sample = collection.first
+
+        if sample.is_a?(Array) # TODO Test me
+          options[:label_method] ||= :first
+          options[:value_method] ||= :last
+        elsif sample.is_a?(String) # TODO Test me
+          options[:label_method] ||= :to_s
+          options[:value_method] ||= :to_s
+        elsif sample.is_a?(Numeric) # TODO Test me (including selected)
+          options[:label_method] ||= :to_s
+          options[:value_method] ||= :to_i
+        else # TODO Implement collection label methods or something similar
+          options[:label_method] ||= :to_s
+          options[:value_method] ||= :to_s
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/components/label.rb b/lib/simple_form/components/label.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7823639e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simple_form/components/label.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+module SimpleForm
+  module Components
+    class Label < Base
+      extend I18nCache
+      include RequiredComponent
+
+      def self.translate_required_string
+          i18n_cache :translate_required_string do
+            I18n.t(:"simple_form.required.string", :default =>
+              %[<abbr title="#{translate_required_text}">#{translate_required_mark}</abbr> ]
+            )
+          end
+        end
+
+      def self.translate_required_text
+        I18n.t(:"simple_form.required.text", :default => 'required')
+      end
+
+      def self.translate_required_mark
+        I18n.t(:"simple_form.required.mark", :default => '*')
+      end
+
+      def valid?
+        !hidden_input?
+      end
+
+      def generate
+        return '' unless valid?
+        html_options = { :class => default_css_classes }
+        html_options[:for] = @options[:html][:id] if @options.key?(:html)
+        @builder.label(@attribute, label_text, html_options)
+      end
+
+      def label_text
+        required_text << (@options[:label] || translate_label)
+      end
+
+      def required_text
+        attribute_required? ? self.class.translate_required_string.dup : ''
+      end
+
+      def translate_label
+        default = object.try(:human_attribute_name, @attribute.to_s) || @attribute.to_s.humanize
+        translate(default)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/error.rb b/lib/simple_form/error.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e530c49..00000000
--- a/lib/simple_form/error.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-module SimpleForm
-  class Error < AbstractComponent
-    def valid?
-      !hidden_input? && !errors.blank?
-    end
-
-    def errors
-      @errors ||= object.errors[@attribute]
-    end
-
-    def content
-      Array(errors).to_sentence
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb b/lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb
index 0f7c1d01..f29d0b53 100644
--- a/lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
-require 'simple_form/abstract_component'
-require 'simple_form/label'
-require 'simple_form/input'
-require 'simple_form/hint'
-require 'simple_form/error'
-
 module SimpleForm
   class FormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
-    # Components used by the folder builder. By default is:
-    # [SimpleForm::Label, SimpleForm::Input, SimpleForm::Hint, SimpleForm::Error]
+    # Components used by the folder builder.
+    # By default is [:label, :input, :hint, :error].
     cattr_accessor :components, :instance_writer => false
-    @@components = [SimpleForm::Label, SimpleForm::Input, SimpleForm::Hint, SimpleForm::Error]
+    @@components = [
+      SimpleForm::Components::Label, SimpleForm::Components::Input,
+      SimpleForm::Components::Hint,  SimpleForm::Components::Error
+    ]
 
     # Make the template accessible for components
     attr_reader :template
 
     def input(attribute, options={})
-      # TODO Do this makes sense since we are delegating to components?
-      options.assert_valid_keys(:as, :label, :required, :hint, :options, :html,
-                                 :collection, :label_method, :value_method)
-
       input_type = (options[:as] || default_input_type(attribute, options)).to_sym
 
       pieces = self.components.collect do |klass|
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/hint.rb b/lib/simple_form/hint.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a2c3210b..00000000
--- a/lib/simple_form/hint.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-module SimpleForm
-  class Hint < AbstractComponent
-    def valid?
-      !hidden_input? && !content.blank?
-    end
-
-    def content
-      @content ||= @options[:hint] || translate
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/input.rb b/lib/simple_form/input.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 63207e4d..00000000
--- a/lib/simple_form/input.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-require 'simple_form/required_component'
-require 'simple_form/i18n_cache'
-require 'simple_form/map_type'
-
-module SimpleForm
-  class Input < AbstractComponent
-    extend I18nCache
-    extend MapType
-    include RequiredComponent
-
-    map_type :boolean,  :to => :check_box
-    map_type :text,     :to => :text_area
-    map_type :datetime, :to => :datetime_select, :options => true
-    map_type :date,     :to => :date_select, :options => true
-    map_type :time,     :to => :time_select, :options => true
-    map_type :password, :to => :password_field
-    map_type :hidden,   :to => :hidden_field
-    map_type :select,   :to => :collection_select, :options => true, :collection => true
-    map_type :radio,    :to => :collection_radio, :collection => true
-    map_type :numeric,  :to => :text_field
-    map_type :string,   :to => :text_field
-
-    def self.boolean_collection
-      i18n_cache :boolean_collection do
-        [ [I18n.t(:"simple_form.true", :default => 'Yes'), true],
-          [I18n.t(:"simple_form.false", :default => 'No'), false] ]
-      end
-    end
-
-    def generate
-      html_options = @options[:html] || {}
-      html_options[:class] = default_css_classes(html_options[:class])
-      @options[:options] ||= {}
-
-      mapping = self.class.mappings[@input_type]
-      raise "Invalid input type #{@input_type.inspect}" unless mapping
-
-      args = [ @attribute ]
-
-      if mapping.collection
-        collection = @options[:collection] || self.class.boolean_collection
-        detect_collection_methods(collection, @options)
-        args.push(collection, @options[:value_method], @options[:label_method])
-      end
-
-      args << @options[:options] if mapping.options
-      args << html_options
-
-      @builder.send(mapping.method, *args)
-    end
-
-    def detect_collection_methods(collection, options)
-      sample = collection.first
-
-      if sample.is_a?(Array) # TODO Test me
-        options[:label_method] ||= :first
-        options[:value_method] ||= :last
-      elsif sample.is_a?(String) # TODO Test me
-        options[:label_method] ||= :to_s
-        options[:value_method] ||= :to_s
-      elsif sample.is_a?(Numeric) # TODO Test me (including selected)
-        options[:label_method] ||= :to_s
-        options[:value_method] ||= :to_i
-      else # TODO Implement collection label methods or something similar
-        options[:label_method] ||= :to_s
-        options[:value_method] ||= :to_s
-      end
-    end
-
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/label.rb b/lib/simple_form/label.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 579f878e..00000000
--- a/lib/simple_form/label.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-require 'simple_form/required_component'
-require 'simple_form/i18n_cache'
-
-module SimpleForm
-  class Label < AbstractComponent
-    extend SimpleForm::I18nCache
-    include RequiredComponent
-
-    def self.translate_required_string
-        i18n_cache :translate_required_string do
-          I18n.t(:"simple_form.required.string", :default =>
-            %[<abbr title="#{translate_required_text}">#{translate_required_mark}</abbr> ]
-          )
-        end
-      end
-
-    def self.translate_required_text
-      I18n.t(:"simple_form.required.text", :default => 'required')
-    end
-
-    def self.translate_required_mark
-      I18n.t(:"simple_form.required.mark", :default => '*')
-    end
-
-    def valid?
-      !hidden_input?
-    end
-
-    def generate
-      return '' unless valid?
-      html_options = { :class => default_css_classes }
-      html_options[:for] = @options[:html][:id] if @options.key?(:html)
-      @builder.label(@attribute, label_text, html_options)
-    end
-
-    def label_text
-      required_text << (@options[:label] || translate_label)
-    end
-
-    def required_text
-      attribute_required? ? self.class.translate_required_string.dup : ''
-    end
-
-    def translate_label
-      default = object.try(:human_attribute_name, @attribute.to_s) || @attribute.to_s.humanize
-      translate(default)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/input_test.rb b/test/input_test.rb
index 8abdd525..e40f0d89 100644
--- a/test/input_test.rb
+++ b/test/input_test.rb
@@ -3,15 +3,7 @@ require 'test_helper'
 class InputTest < ActionView::TestCase
 
   setup do
-    SimpleForm::Input.reset_i18n_cache :boolean_collection
-  end
-
-  test 'input should verify options hash' do
-    assert_raise ArgumentError do
-      simple_form_for @user do |f|
-        concat f.input :name, :invalid_param => true
-      end
-    end
+    SimpleForm::Components::Input.reset_i18n_cache :boolean_collection
   end
 
   test 'input should generate a default text field' do
diff --git a/test/label_test.rb b/test/label_test.rb
index c404ccf7..6ee9dd7f 100644
--- a/test/label_test.rb
+++ b/test/label_test.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'test_helper'
 class LabelTest < ActionView::TestCase
 
   setup do
-    SimpleForm::Label.reset_i18n_cache :translate_required_string
+    SimpleForm::Components::Label.reset_i18n_cache :translate_required_string
   end
 
   test 'input should generate a label with the text field' do