diff --git a/pipenv/_pipfile/_json.py b/pipenv/_pipfile/_json.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a8d00eba..00000000
--- a/pipenv/_pipfile/_json.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import _ctypes
-import json
-import re
-from collections import OrderedDict
-
-# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13249415/can-i-implement-custom-indentation-for-pretty-printing-in-python-s-json-module
-#
-def di(obj_id):
-    # from http://stackoverflow.com/a/15012814/355230
-    """ Reverse of id() function. """
-    return _ctypes.PyObj_FromPtr(obj_id)
-
-class NoIndent(object):
-    def __init__(self, value):
-        self.value = value
-    def __repr__(self):
-        if isinstance(self.value, OrderedDict):
-            return json.dumps(self.value)
-        if not isinstance(self.value, list):
-            return repr(self.value)
-        else:  # the sort the representation of any dicts in the list
-            reps = ('{{{}}}'.format(', '.join(('{!r}:{}'.format(
-                                        k, v) for k, v in sorted(v.items()))))
-                    if isinstance(v, dict) else repr(v) for v in self.value)
-
-            return '[' + ', '.join(reps) + ']'
-
-class NoIndentEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
-    FORMAT_SPEC = "@@{}@@"
-    regex = re.compile(FORMAT_SPEC.format(r"(\d+)"))
-
-    def default(self, obj):
-        if not isinstance(obj, NoIndent):
-            return super(NoIndentEncoder, self).default(obj)
-        return self.FORMAT_SPEC.format(id(obj))
-
-    def encode(self, obj):
-        format_spec = self.FORMAT_SPEC  # local var to expedite access
-        result = super(NoIndentEncoder, self).encode(obj)
-        for match in self.regex.finditer(result):
-            id = int(match.group(1))
-            result = result.replace('"{}"'.format(format_spec.format(id)),
-                                    repr(di(int(id))))
-        return result
-
-
-def dumps(obj):
-    """Returns specific data in a specific format."""
-    obj['_meta']['requires'] = [NoIndent(i) for i in obj['_meta']['requires']]
-    obj['_meta']['sources'] = [NoIndent(i) for i in obj['_meta']['sources']]
-    obj['default'] = [NoIndent(i) for i in obj['default']]
-    obj['develop'] = [NoIndent(i) for i in obj['develop']]
-
-    return json.dumps(obj, sort_keys=True, cls=NoIndentEncoder, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pipenv/_pipfile/api.py b/pipenv/_pipfile/api.py
index f0111f45..b55e66b6 100644
--- a/pipenv/_pipfile/api.py
+++ b/pipenv/_pipfile/api.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import platform
 import sys
 import os
 
-from . import _json
-
 def format_full_version(info):
     version = '{0.major}.{0.minor}.{0.micro}'.format(info)
     kind = info.releaselevel
@@ -143,7 +141,6 @@ class Pipfile(object):
         """Returns a JSON representation of the Pipfile."""
         data = self.data
         data['_meta']['Pipfile-sha256'] = self.hash
-        # return _json.dumps(data)
         return json.dumps(data, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
 
     def assert_requirements(self):