There is provided a removable water-dispersible pressure-sensitive adhesive composition to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet capable of exhibiting good curl regulatability. There are also provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet capable of exhibiting good curl regulatability, and an optical component having the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet laminated thereon. The removable water-dispersible pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention forms a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having an initial curl height of not less than 20 mm as determined by a curl test, and a difference in curl height of not more than 10 mm as determined by the curl test. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to the present invention has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of the removable water-dispersible pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The optical component according to the present inventi