diff --git a/lib/chef/json_compat.rb b/lib/chef/json_compat.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/chef/json_compat.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/json_compat.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 # Wrapper class for interacting with JSON.
 
 require 'ffi_yajl'
-#require 'json'
-require 'ffi_yajl/json_gem'  # XXX: parts of chef require JSON gem's Hash#to_json monkeypatch
 require 'chef/exceptions'
 
 class Chef
Removing old .to_json monkeypatching for all objects