diff --git a/vcr/serializers/jsonserializer.py b/vcr/serializers/jsonserializer.py
index 55cf780..e89c9f2 100644
--- a/vcr/serializers/jsonserializer.py
+++ b/vcr/serializers/jsonserializer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-try:
-    import simplejson as json
-except ImportError:
-    import json
+import json
 
 
 def deserialize(cassette_string):