diff --git a/components.info.yml b/components.info.yml
index b59f7c1b877309e829cc00e54c26218a04611ceb..e875661e32a18d93971f24b8d0108ade63926b17 100644
--- a/components.info.yml
+++ b/components.info.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ type: module
 name: Components
 description: 'Registers folders of components defined by your theme or module as Twig namespaces'
 core_version_requirement: ^8.7.7 || ^9
-# Remove core and dependencies lines after release of 8.8.0.
-core: 8.x
-dependencies:
-  - drupal:system (>=8.7)
 components:
   # Allow themes to reuse this module's default namespace
   allow_default_namespace_reuse: true
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 84b9b8ca090fcbcd83ec661e40454959058a2d92..64dec4dc307663d9d0db43b798857c282f47e020 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@
             "email": "virtually.johnalbin@gmail.com"
         }
     ],
-    "require": {}
+    "require": {
+      "drupal/core": "^8.7.7 || ^9"
+    }
 }