diff --git a/bin/swauth-cleanup-tokens b/bin/swauth-cleanup-tokens
index 259558d..5247134 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-cleanup-tokens
+++ b/bin/swauth-cleanup-tokens
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import timedelta
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
 from getpass import getpass
 import gettext
+import json
 from optparse import OptionParser
 import re
 from sys import argv
diff --git a/bin/swauth-list b/bin/swauth-list
index d7b968d..edeb2ca 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-list
+++ b/bin/swauth-list
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
 from getpass import getpass
 import gettext
+import json
 from optparse import OptionParser
 from sys import argv
 from sys import exit
diff --git a/bin/swauth-set-account-service b/bin/swauth-set-account-service
index 63d2359..a8f8089 100755
--- a/bin/swauth-set-account-service
+++ b/bin/swauth-set-account-service
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
 from getpass import getpass
 import gettext
+import json
 from optparse import OptionParser
 from sys import argv
 from sys import exit
diff --git a/swauth/middleware.py b/swauth/middleware.py
index 7323700..db54467 100644
--- a/swauth/middleware.py
+++ b/swauth/middleware.py
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ from hashlib import sha1
 import hmac
 from httplib import HTTPConnection
 from httplib import HTTPSConnection
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
+import json
 from time import gmtime
 from time import strftime
 from time import time
diff --git a/test/unit/test_middleware.py b/test/unit/test_middleware.py
index 5b6a0af..d04dd82 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_middleware.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_middleware.py
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
+import json
 from time import time
 import unittest