diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentScript.ts b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentScript.ts
index 911e23d70..1510ccd15 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentScript.ts
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentScript.ts
@@ -13,19 +13,11 @@ export default class ComponentScript extends Component {
       droppable: false,
       draggable: false,
       layerable: false,
+      highlightable: false,
     };
   }
 
-  static isComponent(el: HTMLImageElement) {
-    if (toLowerCase(el.tagName) == type) {
-      const result: any = { type };
-
-      if (el.src) {
-        result.src = el.src;
-        result.onload = el.onload;
-      }
-
-      return result;
-    }
+  static isComponent(el: HTMLScriptElement) {
+    return toLowerCase(el.tagName) === type;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/dom_components/view/ComponentScriptView.ts b/src/dom_components/view/ComponentScriptView.ts
index c1f48f00f..70f8ba167 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/view/ComponentScriptView.ts
+++ b/src/dom_components/view/ComponentScriptView.ts
@@ -8,40 +8,4 @@ export default class ComponentScriptView extends ComponentView {
   events() {
     return {};
   }
-
-  render() {
-    this.renderAttributes();
-    const { model, em } = this;
-    const src = model.get('src');
-    const scrCnt = em && em.get('scriptCount');
-    const scriptCount = scrCnt ? scrCnt : 0;
-    let content = '';
-
-    // If it's an external script
-    if (src) {
-      const onload = model.get('onload');
-      const svar = `script${scriptCount}`;
-      const svarNext = `script${scriptCount + 1}`;
-      const svarFn = `${svar}Start`;
-      const svarNextFn = `${svarNext}Start`;
-      // Load multiple external scripts in the correct order
-      content = `
-        var ${svar} = document.createElement('script');
-        ${svar}.onload = function() {
-          ${onload ? `${onload}();\n` : ''}
-          typeof ${svarNextFn} == 'function' && ${svarNextFn}();
-        };
-        ${svar}.src = '${src}';
-        function ${svarFn}() { document.body.appendChild(${svar}); };
-        ${!scriptCount ? `${svarFn}();` : ''}
-      `;
-      em && em.set('scriptCount', scriptCount + 1);
-    } else {
-      content = model.__innerHTML()!;
-    }
-
-    this.el.innerHTML = content;
-    this.postRender();
-    return this;
-  }
 }