diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0fe5534..9c895d1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@ module github.com/cloudogu/blueprint-lib
 go 1.23.4
 
 require (
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/cloudogu/ces-commons-lib v0.2.0
 	github.com/cloudogu/cesapp-lib v0.18.0
 	github.com/cloudogu/k8s-blueprint-operator/v2 v2.2.2
+	github.com/cloudogu/k8s-registry-lib v0.5.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.2
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudogu/k8s-registry-lib v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
@@ -21,9 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.2 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/v2/component.go b/v2/component.go
index ee8b76b..c4a4162 100644
--- a/v2/component.go
+++ b/v2/component.go
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 package v2
 
 import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	"github.com/cloudogu/k8s-blueprint-operator/v2/pkg/domain/ecosystem"
 )
 
 // Component represents a CES component (e.g. operators), its version, and the installation state in which it is supposed to be
@@ -19,19 +15,5 @@ type Component struct {
 	// TargetState defines a state of installation of this package. Optional field, but defaults to "TargetStatePresent"
 	TargetState TargetState
 	// DeployConfig defines generic properties for the component. This field is optional.
-	DeployConfig ecosystem.DeployConfig
-}
-
-// Validate checks if the component is semantically correct.
-func (component *Component) Validate() error {
-	nameError := component.Name.Validate()
-
-	var versionErr error
-	if component.TargetState == TargetStatePresent {
-		if component.Version == nil {
-			versionErr = fmt.Errorf("version of component %q must not be empty", component.Name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return errors.Join(versionErr, nameError)
+	DeployConfig map[string]interface{}
 }
diff --git a/v2/component_test.go b/v2/component_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b3283be..0000000
--- a/v2/component_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-package v2
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/cloudogu/cesapp-lib/core"
-)
-
-var (
-	compVersion123 = semver.MustParse("1.2.3")
-	version123, _  = core.ParseVersion("1.2.3")
-)
-
-func TestComponent_Validate(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("errorOnMissingComponentVersion", func(t *testing.T) {
-		component := Component{Name: testComponentName, TargetState: TargetStatePresent}
-
-		err := component.Validate()
-
-		require.Error(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), `version of component "k8s/my-component" must not be empty`)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("errorOnEmptyComponentVersion", func(t *testing.T) {
-		component := Component{Name: testComponentName, Version: nil, TargetState: TargetStatePresent}
-
-		err := component.Validate()
-
-		require.Error(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "version of component \"k8s/my-component\" must not be empty")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("errorOnMissingComponentName", func(t *testing.T) {
-		component := Component{Version: compVersion123, TargetState: TargetStatePresent}
-
-		err := component.Validate()
-
-		require.Error(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "component name must not be empty")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("errorOnEmptyComponentNamespace", func(t *testing.T) {
-		component := Component{Name: v2.QualifiedComponentName{Namespace: "", SimpleName: "test"}, Version: compVersion123, TargetState: TargetStatePresent}
-		err := component.Validate()
-
-		require.Error(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "namespace of component \"test\" must not be empty")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("errorOnEmptyComponentName", func(t *testing.T) {
-		component := Component{Name: v2.QualifiedComponentName{Namespace: "k8s"}, Version: compVersion123, TargetState: TargetStatePresent}
-
-		err := component.Validate()
-
-		require.Error(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "component name must not be empty")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("emptyComponentStateDefaultsToPresent", func(t *testing.T) {
-		component := Component{Name: testComponentName, Version: compVersion123}
-
-		err := component.Validate()
-
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, TargetState(TargetStatePresent), component.TargetState)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("missingComponentVersionOkayForAbsent", func(t *testing.T) {
-		component := Component{Name: testComponentName, TargetState: TargetStateAbsent}
-
-		err := component.Validate()
-
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-	})
-}