diff --git a/stats.pl b/stats.pl
index 3cdb083cb..231cd2c0b 100755
--- a/stats.pl
+++ b/stats.pl
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 use lib ("$ENV{'PERLLIB'}/vendor_perl");
 use Net::WebSocket::Server;
 use utf8;
-eval "use JSON::XS qw(encode_json decode_json);";
+eval "use JSON::XS";
 if ($@) {
-    eval "use JSON::PP qw(encode_json decode_json);";
+    eval "use JSON::PP";
 }
 
 our ($current_theme);