diff --git a/package/libnftnl/Config.in b/package/libnftnl/Config.in
index 347223ce22..0d17751e50 100644
--- a/package/libnftnl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libnftnl/Config.in
@@ -13,13 +13,3 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL
 	  currently used by nftables.
 
 	  http://netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/index.html
-
-if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL_JSON
-	bool "enable JSON support"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_JANSSON
-	help
-	  Enable JSON parsing support
-
-endif
diff --git a/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.mk b/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.mk
index 616afa6307..7ba1158154 100644
--- a/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.mk
+++ b/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.mk
@@ -12,11 +12,4 @@ LIBNFTNL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBNFTNL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBNFTNL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libmnl
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL_JSON),y)
-LIBNFTNL_CONF_OPTS += --with-json-parsing
-LIBNFTNL_DEPENDENCIES += jansson
-else
-LIBNFTNL_CONF_OPTS += --without-json-parsing
-endif
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/nftables/nftables.mk b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
index 232d541488..a64c36094e 100644
--- a/package/nftables/nftables.mk
+++ b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ else
 NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS += --disable-python
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL_JSON),yy)
-NFTABLES_LIBS += -ljansson -lm
-endif
-
 NFTABLES_CONF_ENV = LIBS="$(NFTABLES_LIBS)"
 
 define NFTABLES_LINUX_CONFIG_FIXUPS