diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dd9dd57f..64f11524 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Babel>=1.3
 # processing code
 http://tarballs.openstack.org/tripleo-heat-templates/tripleo-heat-templates-master.tar.gz#egg=tripleo_heat_templates
 eventlet>=0.13.0
-Flask>=0.10,<1.0
 greenlet>=0.3.2
 iso8601>=0.1.8
 kombu>=2.4.8
diff --git a/tuskar/api/__init__.py b/tuskar/api/__init__.py
index 01893970..55b76dce 100644
--- a/tuskar/api/__init__.py
+++ b/tuskar/api/__init__.py
@@ -13,13 +13,8 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import flask.helpers
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
-from tuskar.openstack.common import jsonutils
-
-flask.helpers.json = jsonutils
-
 API_SERVICE_OPTS = [
     cfg.StrOpt(
         'tuskar_api_bind_ip',