diff --git a/src/dockerproxy.js b/src/dockerproxy.js
index b7a46c3e0..f70db6e6c 100644
--- a/src/dockerproxy.js
+++ b/src/dockerproxy.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function process(req, res, next) {
 async function start() {
     assert(gHttpServer === null, 'Already started');
 
-    const json = middleware.json({ strict: true });
+    const json = express.json({ strict: true });
 
     // we protect container create as the app/admin can otherwise mount random paths (like the ghost file)
     // protected other paths is done by preventing install/exec access of apps using docker addon
diff --git a/src/middleware/index.js b/src/middleware/index.js
index 2b3f80ee9..72b0dd6ce 100644
--- a/src/middleware/index.js
+++ b/src/middleware/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 exports = module.exports = {
     cookieParser: require('cookie-parser'),
     cors: require('./cors.js'),
-    json: require('body-parser').json,
     proxy: require('./proxy-middleware.js'),
     lastMile: require('connect-lastmile'),
     multipart: require('./multipart.js'),
diff --git a/src/oidc.js b/src/oidc.js
index d80968b85..4eb024048 100644
--- a/src/oidc.js
+++ b/src/oidc.js
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ async function start() {
     app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'oidc_templates'));
     app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
 
-    const json = middleware.json({ strict: true, limit: '2mb' });
+    const json = express.json({ strict: true, limit: '2mb' });
     function setNoCache(req, res, next) {
         res.set('cache-control', 'no-store');
         next();
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index be0998f1a..b85e1830c 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async function initializeExpressSync() {
 
     const REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 60000; // timeout for all requests (see also setTimeout on the httpServer)
 
-    const json = middleware.json({ strict: true, limit: QUERY_LIMIT }), // application/json
+    const json = express.json({ strict: true, limit: QUERY_LIMIT }), // application/json
         urlencoded = middleware.urlencoded({ extended: false, limit: QUERY_LIMIT }); // application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
     app.set('json spaces', 2); // pretty json