diff --git a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.cpp b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.cpp
index e610634e6..8ae81691b 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.cpp
@@ -455,9 +455,10 @@ Api_v1::get_results( QxtWebRequestEvent* event )
 void
 Api_v1::sendJSON( const QVariantMap& m, QxtWebRequestEvent* event )
 {
-    QJson::Serializer ser;
     QByteArray ctype;
-    QByteArray body = ser.serialize( m );
+    bool ok;
+    QByteArray body = TomahawkUtils::toJson( m, &ok );
+    Q_ASSERT( ok );
 
     if ( urlHasQueryItem( event->url, "jsonp" ) && !urlQueryItemValue( event->url, "jsonp" ).isEmpty() )
     {
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.h b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.h
index 846d9f63e..514fb05ea 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include <QxtWeb/QxtWebSlotService>
 #include <QxtWeb/QxtWebPageEvent>
 
-#include <qjson/serializer.h>
-
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QSharedPointer>
 #include <QStringList>
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1_5.cpp b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1_5.cpp
index 499133329..e73ad4813 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1_5.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1_5.cpp
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ Api_v1_5::playback( QxtWebRequestEvent* event, const QString& command )
             trackInfo.insert( "duration", currentTrack->track()->duration() );
             trackInfo.insert( "track", currentTrack->track()->track() );
 
-            QJson::Serializer serializer;
             bool ok;
-            json = serializer.serialize( trackInfo, &ok );
+            json = TomahawkUtils::toJson( trackInfo, &ok );
             Q_ASSERT( ok );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/CMakeLists.txt
index e6546749c..bf251ab6f 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ list(APPEND ${TOMAHAWK_PLAYDARAPI_LIBRARY_TARGET}_SOURCES
 list(APPEND ${TOMAHAWK_PLAYDARAPI_LIBRARY_TARGET}_UI
     )
 
-include_directories(${QXTWEB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${QJSON_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories(${QXTWEB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 tomahawk_add_library(${TOMAHAWK_PLAYDARAPI_LIBRARY_TARGET}
     SOURCES ${${TOMAHAWK_PLAYDARAPI_LIBRARY_TARGET}_SOURCES}