Removed my own validation source in favour of Ardent.

app/models/Component.php

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class Component extends Firefly\Database\SingleTableInheritanceEntity
             'user_id'           => 'exists:users,id|required',
             'name'              => 'required|between:1,255',
             'class'             => 'required',
-            'component_type_id' => 'required|exists:component_types,id'
         ];
     protected $table = 'components';
     protected $subclassField = 'class';