1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/json_compat.rb b/lib/chef/json_compat.rb
index 2dbb607d9b..baab1386f6 100644
--- a/lib/chef/json_compat.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/json_compat.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # Wrapper class for interacting with JSON.
 
 require 'ffi_yajl'
-require 'ffi_yajl/json_gem'  # XXX: parts of chef require JSON gem's Hash#to_json monkeypatch
 
 class Chef
   class JSONCompat
@@ -88,14 +87,17 @@ class Chef
       end
 
       def to_json(obj, opts = nil)
-        obj.to_json(opts)
+        ::FFI_Yajl::Encoder.encode(obj, opts)
       end
 
       def to_json_pretty(obj, opts = nil)
-        ::JSON.pretty_generate(obj, opts)
+        opts ||= {}
+        options_map = {}
+        options_map[:pretty] = true
+        options_map[:indent] = opts[:indent] if opts.has_key?(:indent)
+        ::FFI_Yajl::Encoder.encode(obj, options_map).chomp
       end
 
-
       # Map +json_class+ to a Class object. We use a +case+ instead of a Hash
       # assigned to a constant because otherwise this file could not be loaded
       # until all the constants were defined, which means you'd have to load