diff --git a/lib/react/component.rb b/lib/react/component.rb
index fedae4a..9b21ae9 100644
--- a/lib/react/component.rb
+++ b/lib/react/component.rb
@@ -2,53 +2,21 @@
 
 module React
   class Component
-    def initialize(parent)
-      self.parent = parent
-      @props = {}.freeze
+    def initialize
+      self.props = {}.freeze
     end
 
     def props=(value)
       raise TypeError,     "expected props to be a #{Hash}" unless value.is_a? Hash
       raise ArgumentError, 'expected props to be frozen'    unless value.frozen?
-
-      @window = nil if props[:x] != value[:x] || props[:y] != value[:y] ||
-                       props[:width] != value[:width] || props[:height] != value[:height]
-
       @props = value
     end
 
     def trigger(event); end
 
-    def draw
-      render
-      window.refresh
-    end
-
   private
 
-    attr_reader :parent, :props
-
-    def parent=(value)
-      return if value.nil?
-      raise TypeError, "expected #parent to be a #{Component}" unless value.is_a? Component
-      @parent = value
-    end
-
-    def window
-      @window ||= parent&.subwin(props[:x], props[:y], props[:width], props[:height]) || ::Curses.stdscr
-    end
-
-    def render
-      raise NotImplementedError, "#{self.class}#render"
-    end
-
-    def setpos(x, y)
-      window.setpos y, x
-    end
-
-    def addstr(s)
-      window.addstr s
-    end
+    attr_reader :props
 
     def create_element(type, props = {}, &block)
       Element.create type, props, &block
diff --git a/lib/react/curses/nodes/component.rb b/lib/react/curses/nodes/component.rb
index 64d0cf3..387917d 100644
--- a/lib/react/curses/nodes/component.rb
+++ b/lib/react/curses/nodes/component.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module React
     module Nodes
       class Component < Base
         def instance
-          result = element.type.new nil
+          result = element.type.new
           result.props = props
           result
         end
diff --git a/lib/widgets/container.rb b/lib/widgets/container.rb
index b63858c..e19ded2 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/container.rb
+++ b/lib/widgets/container.rb
@@ -2,22 +2,10 @@
 
 module Widgets
   class Container < React::Component
-    def subwin(x, y, width, height)
-      window.subwin height, width, y, x
-    end
-
   private
 
-    def render
-      children.each(&:draw)
-    end
-
     def focus
       raise NotImplementedError, "#{self.class}#focus"
     end
-
-    def children
-      raise NotImplementedError, "#{self.class}#children"
-    end
   end
 end