diff --git a/lib/swift_storage/node.rb b/lib/swift_storage/node.rb
index 904a05e..95f91f8 100644
--- a/lib/swift_storage/node.rb
+++ b/lib/swift_storage/node.rb
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ def service
     @service
   end
 
-  def get_json(path)
-    headers = {'Accept' => 'application/json'}
-    response = request(path, :headers => headers)
-    Oj.load(response.body)
-  end
-
   def get_lines(path)
     headers = {'Accept' => 'text/plain'}
     response = request(path, :headers => headers)
diff --git a/swift-ruby.gemspec b/swift-ruby.gemspec
index 62a92e9..531071f 100644
--- a/swift-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/swift-ruby.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
 
-  spec.add_dependency "oj", "~> 2.11.1"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.7"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"