diff --git a/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Component.java b/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Component.java
index ad3aabd..0339cdf 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Component.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Component.java
@@ -49,16 +49,4 @@ public @interface Component
      * @return the role-hint
      */
     String roleHint() default "";
-
-    /**
-     * is the component required?
-     * @return <code>true</code> if the Mojo should fail when the component cannot be injected
-     */
-    boolean required() default true;
-
-    /**
-     * ignored...
-     * @return
-     */
-    boolean readonly() default true;
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
index 1f45d01..73fdb1d 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
@@ -510,11 +510,11 @@ public class JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor
                 parameter.setName( componentAnnotationContent.getFieldName() );
                 parameter.setRequirement(
                     new Requirement( componentAnnotationContent.role(), componentAnnotationContent.roleHint() ) );
-                parameter.setEditable( false );
                 parameter.setDeprecated( componentAnnotationContent.getDeprecated() );
                 parameter.setSince( componentAnnotationContent.getSince() );
+
                 // same behaviour as JavaMojoDescriptorExtractor
-                //parameter.setRequired( componentAnnotationContent.required() );
+                //parameter.setRequired( ... );
                 parameter.setEditable( false );
                 mojoDescriptor.addParameter( parameter );
             }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/site/apt/index.apt b/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/site/apt/index.apt
index 94cd31c..e5e6bb6 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/site/apt/index.apt
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/site/apt/index.apt
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ public class MyMojo
 
     /**
      * @component role="..." roleHint="..."
-     * @readonly
-     * @required
      * @since <since-text>
      * @deprecated <deprecated-text>
      */
@@ -93,4 +91,4 @@ public class MyMojo
 
  * {{{/developers/mojo-api-specification.html#The_Descriptor_and_Annotations}Mojo API Specification}}
 
- * {{{/ref/current/maven-plugin-api/plugin.html}META-INF/maven/plugin.xml plugin descriptor}}
+ * {{{/ref/current/maven-plugin-api/plugin.html}<<<META-INF/maven/plugin.xml>>> plugin descriptor}}