diff --git a/api/sixtyfps-rs/lib.rs b/api/sixtyfps-rs/lib.rs
index b2900a84c..021701657 100644
--- a/api/sixtyfps-rs/lib.rs
+++ b/api/sixtyfps-rs/lib.rs
@@ -218,93 +218,6 @@ pub trait Component: re_exports::HasStaticVTable<re_exports::ComponentVTable> {
     fn run(self: core::pin::Pin<&Self>);
 }
 
-/// Holds a strong reference to a component created from a .60 file.
-///
-/// The SixtyFPS compiler will generate component structure. The T type parameter
-/// is one of these structure.  In order to create a ComponentHandle, you would
-/// use the `T::new()` function, which returns a `ComponentHandle<T>`.
-///
-/// Internally, this is like a Rc pointer.
-/// You can get a weak pointer out of it using the `as_weak` function.
-pub struct ComponentHandle<T> {
-    inner: vtable::VRc<re_exports::ComponentVTable, T>,
-}
-
-impl<T> Clone for ComponentHandle<T> {
-    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        Self { inner: self.inner.clone() }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: Component> core::ops::Deref for ComponentHandle<T> {
-    type Target = T;
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &*self.inner
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> From<vtable::VRc<re_exports::ComponentVTable, T>> for ComponentHandle<T> {
-    fn from(value: vtable::VRc<re_exports::ComponentVTable, T>) -> Self {
-        Self { inner: value }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> From<ComponentHandle<T>> for vtable::VRc<re_exports::ComponentVTable, T> {
-    fn from(value: ComponentHandle<T>) -> Self {
-        value.inner
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: Component> ComponentHandle<T> {
-    /// Create a weak handle to this handle.
-    pub fn as_weak(&self) -> ComponentWeakHandle<T> {
-        ComponentWeakHandle { inner: vtable::VRc::downgrade(&self.inner) }
-    }
-    /// Returns a pinned reference to this component.
-    pub fn as_ref(&self) -> core::pin::Pin<&T> {
-        vtable::VRc::as_pin_ref(&self.inner)
-    }
-
-    /// Show this component and run the event loop
-    pub fn run(self) {
-        self.as_ref().run()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> ComponentHandle<T> {
-    /// Temporary addition until this class is gone.
-    pub fn as_rc(&self) -> vtable::VRc<re_exports::ComponentVTable, T> {
-        self.inner.clone()
-    }
-}
-
-/// A weak handle to a component created from a .60 file.
-///
-/// One create a ComponentWeakHandle using the [`ComponentHandle::as_weak`] function, and one
-/// can get back the original ComponentHandle using the [`Self::upgrade`] function.
-pub struct ComponentWeakHandle<T> {
-    inner: vtable::VWeak<re_exports::ComponentVTable, T>,
-}
-
-impl<T> Clone for ComponentWeakHandle<T> {
-    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        Self { inner: self.inner.clone() }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> Default for ComponentWeakHandle<T> {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self { inner: Default::default() }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> ComponentWeakHandle<T> {
-    /// Convert this weak pointer back to an actual
-    pub fn upgrade(&self) -> Option<ComponentHandle<T>> {
-        self.inner.upgrade().map(|inner| ComponentHandle { inner })
-    }
-}
-
 /// This trait describes the conversion of a strongly referenced SixtyFPS component,
 /// held by a [vtable::VRc] into a weak reference.
 pub trait IntoWeak {
diff --git a/sixtyfps_compiler/generator/rust.rs b/sixtyfps_compiler/generator/rust.rs
index b7bed036a..cb7deaa80 100644
--- a/sixtyfps_compiler/generator/rust.rs
+++ b/sixtyfps_compiler/generator/rust.rs
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ fn generate_component(
     let self_weak = if !component.is_global() { Some(quote!(self_weak)) } else { None };
     let self_weak = self_weak.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
     let component_handle = if !component.is_global() {
-        quote!(sixtyfps::ComponentHandle<Self>)
+        quote!(vtable::VRc<sixtyfps::re_exports::ComponentVTable, Self>)
     } else {
         quote!(::core::pin::Pin<::std::rc::Rc<Self>>)
     };
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ fn generate_component(
 
             impl #public_struct {
                 pub fn new(#(parent: sixtyfps::re_exports::VWeak::<sixtyfps::re_exports::ComponentVTable, #parent_component_type>)* #window_parent_param) -> Self {
-                    Self(#component_id::new(#parent_name #window_parent_name).as_rc())
+                    Self(#component_id::new(#parent_name #window_parent_name))
                 }
                 #(#public_property_and_signal_accessors)*