diff --git a/packages/http/httpcall_server.js b/packages/http/httpcall_server.js
index 8735910c86..2323063cdc 100644
--- a/packages/http/httpcall_server.js
+++ b/packages/http/httpcall_server.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { EJSON } from 'meteor/ejson';
 import { path } from 'path';
 import { fetch, Request } from 'meteor/fetch';
 import { URL } from 'meteor/url';
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ function _call (method, url, options, callback) {
   let content = options.content;
 
   if (options.data) {
-    content = EJSON.stringify(options.data);
+    content = JSON.stringify(options.data);
     headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json';
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/http/httpcall_tests.js b/packages/http/httpcall_tests.js
index 372a0d5287..b5aa4f258c 100644
--- a/packages/http/httpcall_tests.js
+++ b/packages/http/httpcall_tests.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { EJSON } from 'meteor/ejson';
 import { HTTP } from 'meteor/http';
 
 // URL prefix for tests to talk to
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ testAsyncMulti('httpcall - params', [
             const data = result.data;
             test.equal(data.method, method);
             test.equal(data.url, expect_url);
-            test.equal(data.body, expect_body, `${method} ${url} ${EJSON.stringify(params)} - expect body`);
+            test.equal(data.body, expect_body, `${method} ${url} ${JSON.stringify(params)} - expect body`);
           }
         }))
     }
diff --git a/packages/http/package.js b/packages/http/package.js
index 276c868cda..19638e85d5 100644
--- a/packages/http/package.js
+++ b/packages/http/package.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Package.onTest(function (api) {
   api.use('webapp', 'server');
   api.use('underscore');
   api.use('random');
-  api.use('ejson');
   api.use('http', ['client', 'server']);
   api.use('tinytest');
   api.use('test-helpers', ['client', 'server']);