diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dbfd1d4da..65ccbaf0a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
         "ipaddr.js": "^2.0.1",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
         "jsdom": "^20.0.0",
-        "json": "^11.0.0",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
         "ldapjs": "^2.3.2",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
@@ -4134,17 +4133,6 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/json": {
-      "version": "11.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json/-/json-11.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-N/ITv3Yw9Za8cGxuQqSqrq6RHnlaHWZkAFavcfpH/R52522c26EbihMxnY7A1chxfXJ4d+cEFIsyTgfi9GihrA==",
-      "bin": {
-        "json": "lib/json.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/json-bigint": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-bigint/-/json-bigint-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -11431,11 +11419,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-OYu7XEzjkCQ3C5Ps3QIZsQfNpqoJyZZA99wd9aWd05NCtC5pWOkShK2mkL6HXQR6/Cy2lbNdPlZBpuQHXE63gA==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "json": {
-      "version": "11.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json/-/json-11.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-N/ITv3Yw9Za8cGxuQqSqrq6RHnlaHWZkAFavcfpH/R52522c26EbihMxnY7A1chxfXJ4d+cEFIsyTgfi9GihrA=="
-    },
     "json-bigint": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-bigint/-/json-bigint-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e17afed0a..5d1def6c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     "ipaddr.js": "^2.0.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "jsdom": "^20.0.0",
-    "json": "^11.0.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
     "ldapjs": "^2.3.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index 5dee421f1..fa342ab01 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ readonly BOX_DATA_DIR="${HOME_DIR}/boxdata/box"
 readonly MAIL_DATA_DIR="${HOME_DIR}/boxdata/mail"
 
 readonly script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-readonly json="$(realpath ${script_dir}/../node_modules/.bin/json)"
 readonly ubuntu_version=$(lsb_release -rs)
 
 cp -f "${script_dir}/../scripts/cloudron-support" /usr/bin/cloudron-support