diff --git a/Bender/Bender.csproj b/Bender/Bender.csproj
index 63e038aa..ba12e840 100644
--- a/Bender/Bender.csproj
+++ b/Bender/Bender.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" Version="3.0.0-preview6.19307.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.7.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Kubernetes.Tools.Targets" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Sentry.AspNetCore" Version="1.2.0" />
diff --git a/Bender/Startup.cs b/Bender/Startup.cs
index 3485434c..a75dc1c7 100644
--- a/Bender/Startup.cs
+++ b/Bender/Startup.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
             });
 
             services.AddMvc()
-                .AddNewtonsoftJson()
                 .AddMvcOptions(options =>
                 {
                     options.RespectBrowserAcceptHeader = true;