diff --git a/ionic/components/app/app.ts b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
index 7ded2f46db..4264836db7 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
@@ -136,9 +136,6 @@ export class IonicApp {
    * @param {TODO} component  The component to register
    */
   register(id, component) {
-    if (this.components[id]) {
-      throw Error('Registered component id "' + id + '" already exists.');
-    }
     this.components[id] = component;
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/app/id.ts b/ionic/components/app/id.ts
index e2b7d96a75..a5456d9a59 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/id.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/app/id.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import {AppViewManager, ElementRef, Directive, Self, Type} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {AppViewManager, ElementRef, Directive} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
-import {Ion} from '../ion';
 import {IonicApp} from './app';
 
 /**
@@ -15,10 +14,8 @@ import {IonicApp} from './app';
 export class IdRef {
 
   constructor(private app: IonicApp, private elementRef: ElementRef, private appViewManager: AppViewManager) {
-
     // Grab the component this directive is attached to
     this.component = appViewManager.getComponent(elementRef);
-
   }
 
   onInit() {