diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/java/org/diylc/common/ComponentType.java b/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/java/org/diylc/common/ComponentType.java
index 1f1b2280..773a5001 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/java/org/diylc/common/ComponentType.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/java/org/diylc/common/ComponentType.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public class ComponentType implements Serializable {
   private boolean enableCache;
   private List<String[]> datasheet;
   private int datasheetCreationStepCount;
-  private boolean hiddenInPalette;
 
   public ComponentType() {
   }
@@ -66,16 +65,6 @@ public class ComponentType implements Serializable {
       boolean flexibleZOrder, BomPolicy bomPolicy, boolean autoEdit, IComponentTransformer transformer,
       KeywordPolicy keywordPolicy, String keywordTag, boolean enableCache, List<String[]> datasheet,
       int datasheetCreationStepCount) {
-    this(name, description, creationMethod, category, namePrefix, author, icon, instanceClass, zOrder,
-        flexibleZOrder, bomPolicy, autoEdit, transformer, keywordPolicy, keywordTag, enableCache, datasheet,
-        datasheetCreationStepCount, false);
-  }
-
-  public ComponentType(String name, String description, CreationMethod creationMethod, String category,
-      String namePrefix, String author, Icon icon, Class<? extends IDIYComponent<?>> instanceClass, double zOrder,
-      boolean flexibleZOrder, BomPolicy bomPolicy, boolean autoEdit, IComponentTransformer transformer,
-      KeywordPolicy keywordPolicy, String keywordTag, boolean enableCache, List<String[]> datasheet,
-      int datasheetCreationStepCount, boolean hiddenInPalette) {
     super();
     this.name = name;
     this.description = description;
@@ -95,7 +84,6 @@ public class ComponentType implements Serializable {
     this.enableCache = enableCache;
     this.datasheet = datasheet;
     this.datasheetCreationStepCount = datasheetCreationStepCount;
-    this.hiddenInPalette = hiddenInPalette;
   }
 
   public String getName() {
@@ -170,10 +158,6 @@ public class ComponentType implements Serializable {
     return datasheetCreationStepCount;
   }
 
-  public boolean isHiddenInPalette() {
-    return hiddenInPalette;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return name;
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/java/org/diylc/presenter/ComponentProcessor.java b/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/java/org/diylc/presenter/ComponentProcessor.java
index cc2c20f8..663d16bb 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/java/org/diylc/presenter/ComponentProcessor.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/java/org/diylc/presenter/ComponentProcessor.java
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ public class ComponentProcessor {
     String keywordTag;
     List<String[]> datasheet = null;
     int datasheetCreationStepCount = 0;
-    boolean hiddenInPalette;
 
     if (clazz.isAnnotationPresent(ComponentDescriptor.class)) {
       ComponentDescriptor annotation = clazz.getAnnotation(ComponentDescriptor.class);
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ public class ComponentProcessor {
       keywordPolicy = annotation.keywordPolicy();
       keywordTag = annotation.keywordTag();
       cacheDrawing = annotation.enableCache();
-      hiddenInPalette = annotation.hiddenInPalette();
       if (annotation.enableDatasheet()) {
         datasheet = DatasheetService.getInstance().loadDatasheet(clazz);
         datasheetCreationStepCount = annotation.datasheetCreationStepCount();
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ public class ComponentProcessor {
     ComponentType componentType =
         new ComponentType(name, description, creationMethod, category, namePrefix, author, icon, clazz, zOrder,
             flexibleZOrder, bomPolicy, autoEdit, transformer, keywordPolicy, keywordTag, cacheDrawing, datasheet,
-            datasheetCreationStepCount, hiddenInPalette);
+            datasheetCreationStepCount);
     componentTypeMap.put(clazz.getName(), componentType);
     return componentType;
   }
@@ -278,7 +276,7 @@ public class ComponentProcessor {
 
             // types created only programmatically (e.g. CompositeComponent) don't belong in the
             // palette, but still need to go through extractProperties() above so the cache is warm
-            if (componentType.isHiddenInPalette())
+            if (clazz.getAnnotation(ComponentDescriptor.class).hiddenInPalette())
               continue;
 
             List<ComponentType> nestedList;