diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2fc807d0..5cad06f8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "openstack-uicore-foundation",
-    "version": "5.0.43",
+    "version": "5.0.44-beta.0",
     "description": "ui reactjs components for openstack marketing site",
     "main": "lib/openstack-uicore-foundation.js",
     "scripts": {
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 2c50a158..d2d04c2f 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ import 'font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css';
 import 'openstack-uicore-foundation/lib/css/components.css';
 import 'sweetalert2/dist/sweetalert2.css';
 
+## Importing Components
+
+Prefer importing components from their individual paths rather than the
+`openstack-uicore-foundation/lib/components` barrel:
+
+```js
+import UploadInputV3 from 'openstack-uicore-foundation/lib/components/inputs/upload-input-v3';
+```
+
+Components that pull in heavy 3rd-party dependencies (MUI, Stripe,
+react-beautiful-dnd, etc.) are intentionally commented out of
+`src/components/index.js` (see the `// these include 3rd party deps` block)
+so that consumers who don't use them aren't forced to install those peer
+dependencies just to import something unrelated from the barrel. These
+components are only reachable via their individual path — a barrel import
+will not resolve them.
+
 ### Enviroment Variables
 
 * TIMEINTERVALSINCE1970_API_URL                         = URL used on clock component to get server time   
diff --git a/src/components/index.js b/src/components/index.js
index f074b1c0..9eed75e4 100644
--- a/src/components/index.js
+++ b/src/components/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ export {default as DateTimePicker} from './inputs/datetimepicker'
 export {default as GroupedDropdown} from './inputs/grouped-dropdown'
 export {default as UploadInput} from './inputs/upload-input'
 export {default as UploadInputV2} from './inputs/upload-input-v2'
-export {default as UploadInputV3} from './inputs/upload-input-v3'
 export {default as CompanyInput} from './inputs/company-input'
 export {default as PromocodeInput} from './inputs/promocode-input'
 export {default as SponsorInput} from './inputs/sponsor-input'
@@ -135,6 +134,7 @@ export {MuiBaseCustomTheme} from './mui/MuiBaseCustomTheme'
 // export {default as TextEditorV2} from './inputs/editor-input-v2'
 // export {default as TextEditorV3} from './inputs/editor-input-v3'
 // export {default as CompanyInputV2} from './inputs/company-input-v2.js'
+// export {default as UploadInputV3} from './inputs/upload-input-v3'                 // @mui/material, @mui/icons-material, @mui/x-date-pickers, spark-md5, dropzone, react-dropzone
 // export {default as MuiDndList} from './mui/dnd-list'                              // react-beautiful-dnd
 // export {default as MuiSortableTable} from './mui/sortable-table/mui-table-sortable' // react-beautiful-dnd
 // export {default as MuiStripePayment} from './mui/StripePayment'                   // @stripe/react-stripe-js, @stripe/stripe-js