diff --git a/packages/environment-ember-loose/-private/environment/index.ts b/packages/environment-ember-loose/-private/environment/index.ts
index 339f89afe..aa49aaff4 100644
--- a/packages/environment-ember-loose/-private/environment/index.ts
+++ b/packages/environment-ember-loose/-private/environment/index.ts
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ export default function emberLooseEnvironment(
             templatePath.replace(REGEXES.POD_TEMPLATE, '/controller.ts'),
             templatePath.replace(REGEXES.POD_TEMPLATE, '/route.ts')
           );
-        } else if (templatePath.includes('/templates/components/')) {
-          // Classic component
-          candidates.push(colocatedTsScriptPath.replace('/templates/components/', '/components/'));
         } else if (templatePath.includes('/templates/')) {
           // Classic controller/route
           candidates.push(
diff --git a/packages/environment-ember-loose/__tests__/environment.test.ts b/packages/environment-ember-loose/__tests__/environment.test.ts
index 962152d72..627c84dbc 100644
--- a/packages/environment-ember-loose/__tests__/environment.test.ts
+++ b/packages/environment-ember-loose/__tests__/environment.test.ts
@@ -69,14 +69,6 @@ describe('Environments: Ember Loose', () => {
       '/route.js',
     ]);
 
-    // Classic component
-    expect(env?.getPossibleScriptPaths('/templates/components/hello.hbs')).toEqual([
-      '/templates/components/hello.ts',
-      '/templates/components/hello.js',
-      '/components/hello.ts',
-      '/components/hello.js',
-    ]);
-
     // Classic controller/route
     expect(env?.getPossibleScriptPaths('/templates/hello.hbs')).toEqual([
       '/templates/hello.ts',
diff --git a/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/components/foo.hbs b/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/components/foo.hbs
index d04a2dad0..def4a3bb4 100644
--- a/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/components/foo.hbs
+++ b/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/components/foo.hbs
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 <Baz />
 
-<Qux />
-
 <this.MaybeComponent @arg="hi" />
 
 {{! @glint-expect-error: missing required arg }}
diff --git a/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/components/qux.ts b/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/components/qux.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index de5031bba..000000000
--- a/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/components/qux.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable ember/no-classic-components, ember/require-tagless-components */
-import Component from '@ember/component';
-
-export default class Qux extends Component {
-  name = 'QUX';
-}
-
-declare module '@glint/environment-ember-loose/registry' {
-  export default interface Registry {
-    Qux: typeof Qux;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/templates/components/qux.hbs b/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/templates/components/qux.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8131403b3..000000000
--- a/test-packages/ts-ember-app/app/templates/components/qux.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{{this.name}}
-
-{{! @glint-expect-error: bad property }}
-{{this.xyzzy}}
diff --git a/test-packages/ts-ember-app/tests/integration/components/qux-test.ts b/test-packages/ts-ember-app/tests/integration/components/qux-test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b81c8632..000000000
--- a/test-packages/ts-ember-app/tests/integration/components/qux-test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import { module, test } from 'qunit';
-import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
-import { render } from '@ember/test-helpers';
-import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
-
-module('Integration | Component | qux', function (hooks) {
-  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
-
-  test('it renders', async function (assert) {
-    await render(hbs`<Qux />`);
-    assert.dom().hasText('QUX');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/components/foo.hbs b/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/components/foo.hbs
index d04a2dad0..def4a3bb4 100644
--- a/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/components/foo.hbs
+++ b/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/components/foo.hbs
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 <Baz />
 
-<Qux />
-
 <this.MaybeComponent @arg="hi" />
 
 {{! @glint-expect-error: missing required arg }}
diff --git a/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/components/qux.ts b/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/components/qux.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9994f9dcb..000000000
--- a/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/components/qux.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import Component from '@ember/component';
-
-export default class Qux extends Component {
-  name = 'QUX';
-}
-
-declare module '@glint/environment-ember-loose/registry' {
-  export default interface Registry {
-    Qux: typeof Qux;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/templates/components/qux.hbs b/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/templates/components/qux.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8131403b3..000000000
--- a/test-packages/ts-ember-preview-types/app/templates/components/qux.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{{this.name}}
-
-{{! @glint-expect-error: bad property }}
-{{this.xyzzy}}